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I did cr*p in French listening for 5 years, but very well in speaking, reading and writing. Most people have a weak point. In the GSCE mock I got A* A* A* B (listening) which pulled me down to an A - which suggests maybe you should revise... On t'other hand, in the real thing I got A*A*A*A* and got 350/360- lost 6 marks on the listening, so obviously lots of people find it difficult, meaning they do something along the lines of "not counting" the bits people found the hardest... something like that anyway I *think*
Anyway, if you do decide to do some (I've never been able to in all honesty, as I finf it too excrutiatingly boring - and I'm doing French A level
) I suggest watching French films as this helps, talking to teachers and French-speaking friends, listening to the French radio stations (eg www.tfl.fr or something- google it
) &getting French tapes with transcriptions from your teacher if they have any
I did cr*p in French listening for 5 years, but very well in speaking, reading and writing. Most people have a weak point. In the GSCE mock I got A* A* A* B (listening) which pulled me down to an A - which suggests maybe you should revise... On t'other hand, in the real thing I got A*A*A*A* and got 350/360- lost 6 marks on the listening, so obviously lots of people find it difficult, meaning they do something along the lines of "not counting" the bits people found the hardest... something like that anyway I *think*
Anyway, if you do decide to do some (I've never been able to in all honesty, as I finf it too excrutiatingly boring - and I'm doing French A level
) I suggest watching French films as this helps, talking to teachers and French-speaking friends, listening to the French radio stations (eg www.tfl.fr or something- google it) &getting French tapes with transcriptions from your teacher if they have anyAs Bethany said, watching French TV/films and listening to French radio/songs should help. If you have cable, you can change the Euro News channel into French, which is good because it repeats itself, so you have several chances to try and translate it. It just familiarises you with the language and the accent, which will also help you with speaking, and you'll probably find yourself automatically trying to pick out the important words, as you would in an exam. You might be able to find a revision guide with a CD or a tape- WH Smith's has the widest selection. If not, www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize has some listening practice.
*Bethany*
Don't ...
I did cr*p in French listening for 5 years, but very well in speaking, reading and writing. Most people have a weak point. In the GSCE mock I got A* A* A* B (listening) which pulled me down to an A - which suggests maybe you should revise... On t'other hand, in the real thing I got A*A*A*A* and got 350/360- lost 6 marks on the listening, so obviously lots of people find it difficult, meaning they do something along the lines of "not counting" the bits people found the hardest... something like that anyway I *think*
I did cr*p in French listening for 5 years, but very well in speaking, reading and writing. Most people have a weak point. In the GSCE mock I got A* A* A* B (listening) which pulled me down to an A - which suggests maybe you should revise... On t'other hand, in the real thing I got A*A*A*A* and got 350/360- lost 6 marks on the listening, so obviously lots of people find it difficult, meaning they do something along the lines of "not counting" the bits people found the hardest... something like that anyway I *think*
What board were you on for GCSE? I was with Edexcel and I didn't find out my actual mark, or the grade I got in each section. All my certificate said was A*, and then on the back it said you needed 320/360 for an A*, so I know I got at least 320 but not my actual mark. Not that it matters lol, but it would have been nice to know whether I just scraped an A* or got quite a high A* or what. Saying that, we didn't get individual marks in the mock either- we were just given an overall grade.
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What board were you on for GCSE? I was with Edexcel and I didn't find out my actual mark, or the grade I got in each section. All my certificate said was A*, and then on the back it said you needed 320/360 for an A*, so I know I got at least 320 but not my actual mark. Not that it matters lol, but it would have been nice to know whether I just scraped an A* or got quite a high A* or what. Saying that, we didn't get individual marks in the mock either- we were just given an overall grade.
Really? That sucks, it's nice to know what you got overall
Lost 10 marks in French and 15 in German, which just about justified my decision to take French over German lol.I was on OCR (still am actually which is lucky considering I changed schools; I like to stay on the same boards).We needed 320/360 too - I remember thinking it was really unfair, cos 3 of my friends who weren't as good at French got A*s even though they only got 321, 321 and 325.
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