Preparing for French?

sully-gormo

How are you all preparing for french. What do ya learn. I'm at a loss at what to do apart from learning some grammar and listening to the tapes

Faerie

Vocab for the written section and format of the formal letters. I'm praying for a letter and a compensez vous on the riots, bird flu or drugs/alcohol.

Setun

Just learning loads of useful phrases worth adapting to any question.

OctavarIan

Daddio wrote:

Just learning loads of useful phrases worth adapting to any question.

Times two. But probably less phrases.

Setun

Heh heh.

Good idea on the topical instances though, anyne got any useful phrases about the france riots et all?

Rockerette

ahahaaa

preapring for french


ahahhaaaa.




i wish i cared.. :eek:

i really should

grimloch

Verbs and tenses aswell. I might get up a bit earlier that day than normal and goin through a comprehension or two, just to get myself into a "French mindset" as my teacher would say.

:|

hmm which french riots? theres been a few recently.....

abercrombie

absolutely nothing

fatal

abercrombie wrote:

absolutely nothing

damn you being fluent at french..............im so jealous right now.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

Setun

abercrombie wrote:

absolutely nothing

Would you care to divulge any useful phrases over the coming days???

Help the serfs like...

deisedolly

I never learnt any vocab about the riots! But I'm thinking they are hardly going to ask an opinion piece about them, surely that would be too difficult?? maybe it could appear in the comprehensions alright but jaysus anything could appear!

disney

abercromie u fluent in french?
how.....................?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what u think will show?

abercrombie

disney wrote:

abercromie u fluent in french?
how.....................?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what u think will show?

my mum is french! i've no idea what will show to be honest...teachers in my school have been saying something bout homeless people..i don't think the riots will show, but i wouldn't take my word for it either!!

Daddio wrote:

Would you care to divulge any useful phrases over the coming days???

i have a couple of phrases in mind but i'll make a big long post later when i've time..just to help all of my LC family

helles belles

does nobody else think that something about football will come up? like guys being obsessed with it? they could probably mix that with riots too---football riots.

Sawa

Hopefully if I stick to a plan Im gonna tryn learn a few lines about:

-Accidents on the Road
-Problems of the young (drugs alchohol, pressure etc.)
-Obesity
-Famine
-Poverty (I did this for my oral for my document thing so i know a bit already about the poverty in central america!)

Nerd007

Im doing Ordinary French. Just wondering if it's possible to avoid Formal Letters completely?? I know there isn't that much to them but I really dont have the time! Ok maybe being on here doesnt help!!

whassupp2

Road accidents is too sensitive an issue to come up (after last year). However in the last 2 years frances road death rate has been reduces greatly so maybe somthenig on safety on the roads, accisent prevention.

AND A FORMAL LETTER OF COMPLAINT

abercrombie

SOME OPINION PHRASES

je suis entierement de votre avis - i am entirely for your opinion

Je suis tout a fait d'accord avec - i am in total agreement with

Je ne suis pas tout a fait d'accord avec - i am in total disagreement with

il me semble que + subjunctive- it appears to me that

D'après moi / À mon avis / Selon moi - in my opinion

C'est mon opinion que - it's my opinion that

Il est impossible de nier que - it is impossible to deny that

Pour ma part - as far as i'm concerned

Je pense que/ je crois que/ je trouve que - i think that

Je suis convaincu que - i'm convinced that

Je ne partage pas cette pointe de vue - I don't share this point of view

Je ne supporte pas - i can't stand

En ce qui me concerne - as far as i'm concerned

Je suis contre - i'm against

Je suis décu par - I'm disappointed by

Je condamne - i condemn

Je ne peux pas accepter - i can't accept

À vrai dire - to tell the truth

C'est à en perdre la tête - It's enough to drive you crazy

Il s'announce bien que - it looks promising that

Il se peut que + subjunctive - It may be that

on pourrait faire davantage pour - we could do more for

de sorte que + subjunctive / pour que + subjunctive - in order to

quoique + subjunctive - even though



ok these are pretty simple phrases but i'm not too sure what you guys want so just let me know and i'll help yous out

helles belles

ah abercrombie ur such a pet!!!!!

abercrombie

helles belles wrote:

ah abercrombie ur such a pet!!!!!

it's the least i could do for all you poor people who have to slave away learning the language can't wait for the exam..it's the only A1 i know i'm gonna get

helles belles

ah i got a b2 in it last year so i know ill prob get the same this year or maybe a b1. havent done any work in it all year. my fav subject tho!

Funkstard

Actually...how do you know when to use the subjunctive? I thought I was great learning it for the oral, but then everything got muddled up and I don't know when it's right to use it or not

nedward

Subjunctive - It's all in your head.

http://www.gbarto.com/languages/frmoods1.html

More detail at about.com

Setun

abercrombie wrote:

it's the least i could do for all you poor people who have to slave away learning the language can't wait for the exam..it's the only A1 i know i'm gonna get

Cheers AberC

<thumbs up>

Funkstard

"Something that effectively takes place in the subject’s/speaker’s mind because it is either a matter of envisioning a thing not known to be true or focusing on the emotion or feeling the thing provokes rather than the fact of the thing."

Sound. That page is deadly cheers

flynnser19

Nerd007 wrote:

Im doing Ordinary French. Just wondering if it's possible to avoid Formal Letters completely?? I know there isn't that much to them but I really dont have the time! Ok maybe being on here doesnt help!!

of course it is!!!just do the fill in the blanks/form filling and den all u;ve got left are the postcard or notes!!!its handy!!ord french is a peace of piss!!i got a c1 last year wit no work and i said oui the whole way thru the oral!!lol

Rob30888

I thought most schools like ours just avoided the letters as they're very difficult. I've heard something on a part-time job is also likely...

Nerd007

flynnser19 wrote:

of course it is!!!just do the fill in the blanks/form filling and den all u;ve got left are the postcard or notes!!!its handy!!ord french is a peace of piss!!i got a c1 last year wit no work and i said oui the whole way thru the oral!!lol

i dropped from higher about 2 months ago cos it was too much work so i should be A-ok!! well as long as i can avoid formal letters!

sully-gormo

You should avoid letters cos theyre so restricted, you have to be able to translate whats on the paper really well. Opinion and Diary questions give you more freedom

Nerd007

How high is the standard for Ordinary Level??? I doubt its that high?

RagShagBill

Nerd,

If you look at the French Ordinary level results from last year, only 0.1% of the candidates received an A1. So, it seems that either they have a very high standard, or everyone taking Ordinary level is, well, just a bit thick. You can choose whichever conclusion you prefer.

I think I'm sorted for an A or a high B in French. I've been reading some French blogs for the past 2 months and can read whole articles now without reference to a dictionary. So, the comprehensions should be grand. My problem will be the essays. I have 10 prepared, and they are, I'm certain, A standard. However, they deal primarily with pretty heavy topics; AIDS, the War on Terror, Unemployment, Racism, Drink, Drugs, Smoking, the Environment, Nuclear Power and something else which I can't remember. I'm therefore going to be thrown-off if they present us with stupid questions like Les pressions des jeunes de nos jours, Il faut avoir les amis de nos jours, oui? or la role joué par nos grand-meres. Teachers have a habit of preparing altogether worldy issues, when the test is, in actual fact, littered with ****ty questions indiqué ci-dessus.

TX123

it wud be quite funny if abercrombie didnt get an A1. shes been so cocky about how good she is at the language.

tolosenc

TX123, you would be too if you were taking an english test in france. It would just be too easy.
I had an au pair who was french for 3 years back when i was 1 and I kept up basic lessons till 1st year where i started studying it proper. Got an A in honours junior and an A2 in the mocks. If you have a basic grounding in the alnguage it's not complicated at all.

helles belles

obl wrote:

TX123, you would be too if you were taking an english test in france. It would just be too easy.
I had an au pair who was french for 3 years back when i was 1 and I kept up basic lessons till 1st year where i started studying it proper. Got an A in honours junior and an A2 in the mocks. If you have a basic grounding in the alnguage it's not complicated at all.

your au pair spoke french to you?
i have had au pairs for years---until i was 13 and they never spoke french to me EVER.
the only i learnt was merde.

flynnser19

ordinary level french is very easy!!!id say der is ppl who are worthy of a's in ord french but dey dont give them a's becoz it would look bad if everyone was gettin high grades!!!do u ever notice dat in the north everyone seems to get A's in their a-levels??dat piss.es me rite off!!!im the only one of my relations from the south and i look stupid compared to them coz im repeating!!!

helles belles

eh the A mark in your a levels in 70%+
so its considerably easier
i know a guy who went in stoned to his english a levels and came out with an A. bloody waster

flynnser19

i kno its dead snakey!!!i wish we could get a's dat easily!!

helles belles

yeah but there tests are harder

flynnser19

spose so!!id love if we cud focus on a few subjects like dat tho!!apparently der changin the leavin to be more like the a levels tho!!

abercrombie

TX123 wrote:

it wud be quite funny if abercrombie didnt get an A1. shes been so cocky about how good she is at the language.

i'm FLUENT in the language so of course i'm good at it!!!!!

fatal

abercrombie wrote:

SOME OPINION PHRASES

je suis entierement de votre avis - i am entirely for your opinion

Je suis tout a fait d'accord avec - i am in total agreement with

Je ne suis pas tout a fait d'accord avec - i am in total disagreement with

il me semble que + subjunctive- it appears to me that

D'après moi / À mon avis / Selon moi - in my opinion

C'est mon opinion que - it's my opinion that

Il est impossible de nier que - it is impossible to deny that

Pour ma part - as far as i'm concerned

Je pense que/ je crois que/ je trouve que - i think that

Je suis convaincu que - i'm convinced that

Je ne partage pas cette pointe de vue - I don't share this point of view

Je ne supporte pas - i can't stand

En ce qui me concerne - as far as i'm concerned

Je suis contre - i'm against

Je suis décu par - I'm disappointed by

Je condamne - i condemn

Je ne peux pas accepter - i can't accept

À vrai dire - to tell the truth

C'est à en perdre la tête - It's enough to drive you crazy

Il s'announce bien que - it looks promising that

Il se peut que + subjunctive - It may be that

on pourrait faire davantage pour - we could do more for

de sorte que + subjunctive / pour que + subjunctive - in order to

quoique + subjunctive - even though



ok these are pretty simple phrases but i'm not too sure what you guys want so just let me know and i'll help yous out

thanks a mil...i owe ya;)