Junior Cert 2010: French

suitcasepink

So If I do a load of work on my aural tomorrow Ill be feeling okay about this exam
Just hope its not a formal letter, we never learned them

lolzNato

i have a feeling the Aural will mess me up , but im awesome (sorta) at written expression so i might get a good grade :rolleyes: i've always loved French

coolyourjets

deise_girl wrote: »

So If I do a load of work on my aural tomorrow Ill be feeling okay about this exam
Just hope its not a formal letter, we never learned them

dont worry u always hav a choice between a formal and informal letter:pac:

giggsy664

Inb4 Henry-based handball part on the paper

Gaeilge-go-deo

i'd love if a formal letter cam up.. i always write like a page and a half for the formal letter and half for the informal ... :L:L

coolyourjets

I just plain hate formal letters in any language french,english,irish,japanese etc.....:D

Tommyrawr

For the informal i just blab on about how french is the best subject ever and how my french teacher is the best and how i dispise other subjects
then i talk about my family my mam or dad in a car accident and im minding the children then when i wnt out friday night and partyed and met a girl then i discribe her and then we all went to the chipper
and then i ask does he have any news and end my letter

i got an A in the pre xD

Tommyrawr

coolyourjets wrote: »

I just plain hate formal letters in any language french,english,irish,japanese etc.....:D

Japanese formal letters are quite Funny as the tenses dont go together and your saying mister all the time kinda confuzing =S
i prefer informal japanese:D

coolyourjets

Tommyrawr wrote: »

Japanese formal letters are quite Funny as the tenses dont go together and your saying mister all the time kinda confuzing =S
i prefer informal japanese:D

I hope theres no japanese ppl on tonight :pac:or they might b offended nd cut u wit their samurai sword:L

Squidgy Black

any of you geniuses want to provide me with a basic start and ending for the informal letter? :pac:

coolyourjets

Dublin,le 6 janvier

Cher Marc,
Ca va?Ca va tres bien. blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

a bientot/Amities

Francois:D

Squidgy Black

thanks dude, dosey slut of a teacher was too busy fixing her makeup to give us an example :cool:

coolyourjets

No way ur french teacher's a whore too? Small world:L

Squidgy Black

yeah, rumour is she gave a 6th year head at graduation a couple of years ago, and she just dissapeared after that year and came back like 3 years after. she also drives a mini, meaning she's a total whore :cool:

Gaeilge-go-deo

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

i'd love if a formal letter cam up.. i always write like a page and a half for the formal letter and half for the informal ... :L:L

The length of answers don't matter, the less you write the best in most cases. One/two sentences is enough for full marks on a point. The more you write the more you have a chance of getting wrong and losing marks in the spelling section :rolleyes: But if you're 100% sure then go ahead with whatever you write.

deise_girl wrote: »

So If I do a load of work on my aural tomorrow Ill be feeling okay about this exam
Just hope its not a formal letter, we never learned them

Formal letters are *****. I really hate them in comparison to my informals :P But as said, we always have a choice
I was doing aurals the other day but my papers only do like 6 years back so I ran out quite quickly but I'm feeling confident Good luck as I know aurals catch a lot of people

SineadCork

Any one wanna give me a couple of perdictions or help on the letter and note..How i hate french

Parawhore.xD

Aural's gonna be my best section! Got 100% on a few papers when we did them in class and well into the high 90%'s with some hard mock papers!

Written expression on the other hand...not so good! I'll hopefully still get enough for it to get an A but yanno!

leekikwang

my french teacher got pregnant and left us :P we had THEE most stupid teacher for 3rd year... shes worst than sh*t , that pretty much sums her up :L
anyways... im gonna be like so sleepy during the aural... they bore the heck outta me :P

the comprehensions.. in the pre were way to easy, thats probs why i got an A... id say a high B in the actual thing 2mrw :P

informal letters all the way

decisions

Parawhore.xD wrote: »

Aural's gonna be my best section! Got 100% on a few papers when we did them in class and well into the high 90%'s with some hard mock papers!

Written expression on the other hand...not so good! I'll hopefully still get enough for it to get an A but yanno!

Same in the mocks I got full marks But I cant write a letter or a note/ postcard to save my life

fiestapower

dont have time to study french cause there is so much history to learn
gota get up early too . .

got a b in the mocks but dont think i really deserved it

Vivara

Does anyone think it's possible to predict at least three of the letter topics? Anyone have a go? People usually seem to be better at this than I. :P

Ed.

Closed ac

I do Spanish but gl tomorrow guys.

Blue_Seas

My teacher said that we're probably getting a note because there's never been a postcard two years in a row..?

Tommyrawr

There has been a note 2 years in a row 2006/2007 maybe they might do the same this year but my teacher Really thinks theres gonna be a note as she gave us a few a4's of stuff that we did in class over the last few months asnd she wrote on it your probably getting a note tommorow =]

im gonna learn both just incase
now need to get studying on my formals =S

Spattersonox

leekikwang wrote: »

my french teacher got pregnant and left us :P we had THEE most stupid teacher for 3rd year... shes worst than sh*t , that pretty much sums her up :L
anyways... im gonna be like so sleepy during the aural... they bore the heck outta me :P

the comprehensions.. in the pre were way to easy, thats probs why i got an A... id say a high B in the actual thing 2mrw :P

informal letters all the way

We had the BEST french teacer in the school for 1st year..
in 2nd year she got pregnant and when go a woman so bad at french - We were correcting her ! then, our teacher was back for like 2 month in september and went off on maternity leave again and we got some woman from sligo who keeps speaking French constantly and we cant understand her,, The Fact she Is from Sligo doesn't help.. shes ok tho no where near as good as our real teacher

Spattersonox

Vivara wrote: »

Does anyone think it's possible to predict at least three of the letter topics? Anyone have a go? People usually seem to be better at this than I. :P

Ed.

Most years they pretty much ask you the same things..

things you did.. invite them to your house.. things you will do.. news about the family..

same stuff every year really

Colm!

Part 1 of the French test (listening comprehension) was so easy that I could do that and Part 2 (written comprehension) simultaneously. After finishing up on Part 2, I then practically destroyed part 3 (informal letter). As a result, I left the exam an hour early. Can't say I'm worried about that paper.

Luno

I done so bad! I missed a whole section of the listening! (was too tired)
Didn't understand the comprehensions atall!
Had given up by section 3 couldn't remember a single phrase.

We started the exam 15 min late and I left at quarter past 11!

I done so bad!

lolzNato

Ahhh difficult much ? Listening was easy but comprehension was :pac: i'll be happy if i get a D

Washington Irving

I ballsed that one up big time. Screwed up the listening comprehension and letters/ postcard. Did average on the reading comprehension. I'd be happy with a D

DylanS09

Answered everything, got almost everything right I'd say( well most of the stuff)
Screwed up a little on the informal letter but other than that I found it fairly ok!
Left at 11:25, I was worried because not that many people left when I did, but oh well...

suitcasepink

Probs the best listening I ever did tbh, provided my answers are actually right!! :pac:
It was what I expected tbh I'd say I got a C/B

Winnel

deise_girl wrote: »

Probs the best listening I ever did tbh, provided my answers are actually right!! :pac:
It was what I expected tbh I'd say I got a C/B

I actually found the listening harder than previous years but the reading comprehensions were simple this year! The letter was ok and the note was ok would have preferred a postcar though

Fickidy

Can anyone tell me what the informal letter and note were about please?

fiestapower

Completely forgot about the note or postcard :L!
Did pretty average, really wana b

Note:
-You left when they were sleeping
-Gone to shopping centre w/friends
-Asked if he wants to go to the stadium with you this afternoon.

Letter:
-Apologise for not writing sooner and give an excuse.
-Ask news about his family.
-Tell him what you did over easter
-Thank him for the invitation to go to St Malo to his house
-Say what your going to do in St Malo


i think!
hope that helps

DylanS09

fiestapower wrote: »

Completely forgot about the note or postcard :L!
Did pretty average, really wana b

Note:
-You left when they were sleeping
-Gone to shopping centre w/friends
-Asked if he wants to go to the stadium with you this afternoon.

Letter:
-Apologise for not writing sooner and give an excuse.
-Ask news about his family.
-Tell him what you did over easter
-Thank him for the invitation to go to St Malo to his house
-Say what your going to do in St Malo


i think!
hope that helps

You seriously forget the note and letter??:eek:

RML

Thought that French was pissy easy!!
The witing was also gr8888!!:D

Usually one of my best subjects, was hoping for an A. Found certain parts difficult and thought it was certainly more difficult than previous years. Most likely I just underestimated this exam :rolleyes:
I hope I retained my A but most likely I'll get a B:)

Fickidy

Thanks fiestapower. They seem hard enough actually. Not doing JC this year, just wanted to know. Thanks again.

Smiley Laura

deise_girl wrote: »

Probs the best listening I ever did tbh, provided my answers are actually right!! :pac:
It was what I expected tbh I'd say I got a C/B

Yea, I agree! It was really easy in comparison to what it has been like. I hope to dear God I got at least a B. (But tbh, I want an A!;))

Smiley Laura

fiestapower wrote: »

Completely forgot about the note or postcard :L!
Did pretty average, really wana b

Note:
-You left when they were sleeping
-Gone to shopping centre w/friends
-Asked if he wants to go to the stadium with you this afternoon.

Letter:
-Apologise for not writing sooner and give an excuse.
-Ask news about his family.
-Tell him what you did over easter
-Thank him for the invitation to go to St Malo to his house
-Say what your going to do in St Malo


i think!
hope that helps

Nooooo, you actually forgot them? Ah, God...:(

Tommyrawr

i got everything in the tape but i found the reading comphrensions quite tricky like the 6th to the 8th
em the letter was fyn i wrote 2 and a half pages =D

Gentlemanne

oh man I was looking over french vocab last night and I thought 'god why do I have such a long list of animals? These will never come up'.
and then during the second speaker n section B of the listenng, I ddnt get either of the animals the guy liked haha

My friends made fun of me because I didnt get the type of book he liked.
I said non-fiction because I heard ____-fiction and took a guess but my friends say 'it clearly said science fiction' :pac:

schtroumpf94

Gentlemanne wrote: »

oh man I was looking over french vocab last night and I thought 'god why do I have such a long list of animals? These will never come up'.
and then during the second speaker n section B of the listenng, I ddnt get either of the animals the guy liked haha

My friends made fun of me because I didnt get the type of book he liked.
I said non-fiction because I heard ____-fiction and took a guess but my friends say 'it clearly said science fiction' :pac:

he liked fish, turtles and guinea pigs :L

coolyourjets

Did anybody else laugh in the aural at some of the ppls accents???Like wen the fella said 'ooohh la la'?

DylanS09

coolyourjets wrote: »

Did anybody else laugh in the aural at some of the ppls accents???Like wen the fella said 'ooohh la la'?

Yeah I heard that!
oooo la laah! ha!