* French Higher Level Aftermath * (1 thread only please)

fionnsci

Just out, delighted with the paper. Very predictable written topics and easy comprehensions.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Yeah its almost too good to be true! Feel quite good about it! Listening was soo easy too, easiest in years, as were the comprehensions, only thing I was unsure about was the preposition, anyone remember the answer??

soccymonster

Aural and comprehensions were assez facile opinions were grand too. I'm extremely happy with how it went.

And the answer for the last aural question 'picking mushrooms' made my day :pac: everyone after the aural exam was like .. 'did you hear....mushrooms?' :P

xxCookiexx

For the preposition i got "du" . but thats only one of many. For the imparfait i put "faullait". hope thats right. is it just me or did anyone else think the last answer on the listening test was to do with mushrooms!?

flyaway.

It was okay. French isn't one of my best subjects but hopefully scraped the C3 requirement I need. I'm just glad it's over.

soccymonster

xxCookiexx wrote: »

For the preposition i got "du" . but thats only one of many. For the imparfait i put "faullait". hope thats right. is it just me or did anyone else think the last answer on the listening test was to do with mushrooms!?

i said picking mushrooms :P Is dans a preposition?

J_E

Paper was A standard but I did mess up the listening a bit, as was expected...

LilMissCiara

I was thinking of dropping but stayed at higher level.

Comprehensions were good, journal was lovely, did the religion piece which was ok and did 1b which was bad!

Aural, Section 1 was lovely, then section 2 happened, then 3 and 4 were also bad! 5 was good but I think I was the only person who didn't hear mushrooms..! I thought I heard salle-de-bain..! :P

xxCookiexx

would saying, "they were getting mushrooms" the same as saying they were "picking mushrooms"?

LilMissCiara

soccymonster wrote: »

i said picking mushrooms :P Is dans a preposition?

FúCK..! Just realized I thought it was pronoun for some reason..! :mad: Damn..!

nommm

Pour, a and du are the prepositions

J_E

I was so mad when they asked for a preposition, I was expecting a pronoun. I was like "What the hell is a preposition again?" and ended up picking something wrong.

ClaireMarie

soccymonster wrote: »

Aural and comprehensions were assez facile opinions were grand too. I'm extremely happy with how it went.

And the answer for the last aural question 'picking mushrooms' made my day :pac: everyone after the aural exam was like .. 'did you hear....mushrooms?' :P

Oh no!! :eek: I said that the parents were on magic mushrooms *facepalm*

soccymonster

nommm wrote: »

Pour, a and du are the prepositions

ah crap

xxCookiexx

What did every1 get for the multiple choice on the comprehensions.
I remember I got (C) for text 1 and (A) for text 2. anyone else get these?

irish_man

I didn't get the last question in the aural. Not worried though. Its only worth 2 marks.

Grand paper. Comprehensions were lovely. They asked for a preposition. There was at least 20 of them in that paragraph. The reactions were lovely also. I did the one on beer, independence and social networks. Its a great exam too. Your not under any time constraints which is lovely. Happy out. I was dreading it!!

TheFullDuck

nommm wrote: »

Pour, a and du are the prepositions

Our french teacher was up she said méme is also a prep?! Thats what I had put down :pac:

dannyirishman

Comps were fine and the topics for the written were grand.

Listening was a disaster though if someone offered me 6-7% for it right now I would take it....

LittleMissLost

Yeah... I got the preposition wrong! And the parents, yes were... gathering mushrooms :P

1st comprehension was a beaut, 2nd wasn't too bad but I said Nathan wasn't cool and calculated
Did Q1a) and got in my "subjonctif" yesssss :P
Q on alcohol, too good to be true methinks?
Q on social networking sites.. not as good as the other two but still grand all the same

Listening wasn't toooo bad but I didn't get some bits of it!

J_E

irish_man wrote: »

Grand paper. Comprehensions were lovely. They asked for a preposition. There was at least 20 of them in that paragraph.

The problem for me was figuring out what a preposition is :P

For my composition I did young independence, diary, alcohol, and religion.

soccymonster

Would you lose marks if you said nathan wasnt cool and calculated actually? If you backed it up with decent points. Because i said he wasnt but looking back now *facepalm*

DessieMG

For the listening, do you think you would get any marks for:

in section 4
saying that it was her own arm that was broken,
you see the sun rise 6 times a day,
there are plenty of jobs for women,

in section 3,

saying that he pulled out at a roundabout
and he didn't see the lorry coming?

in section 2

he was depressed because he could not pay his rent?

LittleMissLost

soccymonster wrote: »

Would you lose marks if you said nathan wasnt cool and calculated actually? If you backed it up with decent points. Because i said he wasnt but looking back now *facepalm*

I did this too!!

I said he wasn't because his hands were shaking and hears was thumping when he was reading the letter and also because he did something "avec impatience" can't remember what it was now

Also where the fúck did he fall over?! I'm guessing tomber has a different meaning somewhere?

michaelm82803

FAB french paper! I did, unlike everyone else, it seems, question 1(b) on criminality. I also did, alcohol and the beaut of a diary entry!
The comprehensions were lovely and so was the listening, bar section 2
I was kicking myself after the listening, was sitting there for the last question on mushrooms with a complete mind block! :pac:
ah sure its only 2 marks!! Fingers crossed for the A

irish_man

soccymonster wrote: »

Would you lose marks if you said nathan wasnt cool and calculated actually? If you backed it up with decent points. Because i said he wasnt but looking back now *facepalm*

Nope as long as you backed it up with evidence that he wasn't from the story.

ClaireMarie

soccymonster wrote: »

Would you lose marks if you said nathan wasnt cool and calculated actually? If you backed it up with decent points. Because i said he wasnt but looking back now *facepalm*

No, as long as you can back it up, you're fine
If you ever look at the marking scheme for a French paper, they always accept both sides, as long as you back it up!

irish_man

LittleMissLost wrote: »

I did this too!!

Also where the fúck did he fall over?! I'm guessing tomber has a different meaning somewhere?

was it not he made something fall?? i said the medical files

xxCookiexx

Because question 1 (a) asked what do you think is the importance of independence (or something like that!) i knocked out a page on how it is important for old people as well as the young to be independent and all the societies that were set up for independent old people and all the facilities we have here in ireland that allows old people to be independent. Literally a page full of BS!

UrbanSea

Was so worried about French. Got a C1 last year and I thought I'd gotten about a D,did nothing for it.
Hoping for at least a B this year,seeing as I did far more work for it.
Think I got it,hopefully.

partyatmygaff

irish_man wrote: »

was it not he made something fall?? i said the medical files

He did. The verb used was "faire tomber" which means to drop or to knock over. He knocked over the "Dossiers medicales" aka Medical files.

IfUSeekAmy

nommm wrote: »

Pour, a and du are the prepositions

scaring me like that.....

dans is a preposition.

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa010800.htm

Very much liked it overall.

said a van instead of a lorry in the aural. stupid mistake.

wasn't overly certain about the 2comprehension qs about the dog, and how he fell, but I think I got the 3of them.

A1 hopefully.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Did 1 (a), the journal and the question on alcohol, can anyone confirm if meme is or is not a preposition??

DessieMG

For the listening, do you think you would get any marks for:

in section 4
saying that it was her own arm that was broken,
you see the sun rise 6 times a day,
there are plenty of jobs for women,

in section 3,

saying that he pulled out at a roundabout
and he didn't see the lorry coming?

in section 2

he was depressed because he could not pay his rent?

eVeNtInE

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Gavarn

Haha well I don't know how I did after reading through the posts.. Heard nothing about mushrooms :P So failed the listening!

God I just hope I have passed

irish_man

partyatmygaff wrote: »

He did. The verb used was "faire tomber" which means to drop or to knock over. He knocked over the "Dossiers medicales" aka Medical files.

It said he knocked over half of them, so i stuck that in too as it said what exactly did he knock over.

MikeHough

soccymonster wrote: »

Would you lose marks if you said nathan wasnt cool and calculated actually? If you backed it up with decent points. Because i said he wasnt but looking back now *facepalm*

I started saying nathan was cool and calculating but then thought he was more the other way but it was to late at that stage.
These were both the arguments i was considerin
WAS: He dealt with the dog and worked quickly in the house (not sure)
WASNT:He got freaked out by the dog and didnt realise your man was back
Doesnt matter which side you chose really though does it?

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

MikeHough wrote: »

I started saying nathan was cool and calculating but then thought he was more the other way but it was to late at that stage.
These were both the arguments i was considerin
WAS: He dealt with the dog and worked quickly in the house (not sure)
WASNT:He got freaked out by the dog and didnt realise your man was back
Doesnt matter which side you chose really though does it?

No. If you go through the old marking schemes you can agree or disagree with everyting so long as you back up your point.

J_E

Gavarn wrote: »

Haha well I don't know how I did after reading through the posts.. Heard nothing about mushrooms :P So failed the listening!

God I just hope I have passed

I didn't hear anything about lorries either, or credit cards, or anything. I'm scared now :P

gbro800

just wondering what was the main theme of the paper? what essay/writing options were given?

J_E

gbro800 wrote: »

just wondering what was the main theme of the paper? what essay/writing options were given?

Seemed to focus mainly on young people/school leavers.

electrictrad

Written paper was grand. . .used dans for the proposition. . .sneaky imparfait question. . .theres only one imparfait verb, fallait, the rest are plusque-parfait's I think. . .the first etait had deja after it, but after deja, there was a participe passe. . .

Listening paper didnt go great. . .said the parents were selling mushrooms. . .and section 4 answers were strange. . .did she want to be an astronaut afeter seeing the moon landings?. . .was it her own arm or her brothers that broke?. . .and what is she convinced of?

Anyone fluent in french, either native speakers or teachers, if anyones capable of writing the tapescript, theres a lot of people here who'd be very grateful. . .

samapp

what was the number in section 4 in listening! and in the second comprehension how do we know that the lawyer was almost "saisi"?? by the dog?

Gavarn

Cydoniac wrote: »

I didn't hear anything about lorries either, or credit cards, or anything. I'm scared now :P

Lorries and credit cards?....

Yeah I've failed the listening!

Siveen

xxCookiexx wrote: »

What did every1 get for the multiple choice on the comprehensions.
I remember I got (C) for text 1 and (A) for text 2. anyone else get these?

I got these too! Although I wouldn't take that as a reassurance since my french isn't that great....
The paper was nice enough....wished I had gotten vocabulary from my teacher on social websites, ah well :rolleyes:
And the mushrooms bit threw me off at the end, happy to hear everyone else got that too

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

samapp wrote: »

what was the number in section 4 in listening! and in the second comprehension how do we know that the lawyer was almost "saisi"?? by the dog?

I said in the way he just dodged the dog, anyone else?

xaoifsx

what were the opinion pieces on?...i dropped down ! i saw something on the internet came up!! :rolleyes:

samapp

THFC wrote: »

I said in the way he just dodged the dog, anyone else?

I had that but then said the part where the dog jumped at him because I thought saying the way he dodged wasnt saying how he was almost Saisi? by the dog.

I could be wrong though. Hopefully not anyway.

electrictrad

THFC wrote: »

I said in the way he just dodged the dog, anyone else?

Same. . .something about <<justesse>>

samapp

electrictrad wrote: »

Same. . .something about <<justesse>>

crap....had it then crossed it out.....

B_Fanatic

Cydoniac wrote: »

Paper was A standard but I did mess up the listening a bit, as was expected...

me too... Last question they were... Watching the champions league? Lol, yes, I said that : )