**HL FRENCH...Before/After**

Namlub

Oh my god your username

Dwellingdweller

IRA 1916 wrote: »

Haha wtf? How does that translate to wet dream??

these are the kind of questions best left unanswered. my advice: never get into bed with a french man

ChemHickey

IRA 1916 wrote: »

Dwellingdweller wrote: »

just found an idiom yous might find useful in the exam... faire une carte de france! literal meaning: make a map of france

actual meaning: have a wet dream :P

Haha wtf? How does that translate to wet dream??

One of those 'just lie back and think of France' moments ;-)

There we go, into the diary entry you go!

Coeurdepirate

Les jeux Olympiques

Les jeux olympiques ont commencé en Grèce il y a longtemps. Les sports et la participation étaient les aspects les plus importants. Pourtant, tout a changé de nos jours. Tout le monde veut gagner et il y a trop de concurrence. Aussi, beaucoup de monde prend les drogues pour être plus en forme. Tristement, il y a pas mal de conséquences quand on prend les drogues, et il faut lutter contre ce problème avant qu'il soit trop tard.

Cela dit, il y a aussi un tas d'avantages qui sont liés aux jeux. Ils enseignent l'importance du sport et le travail d'équipe. Aussi, les jeux aident l'économie du pays où ils sont situés. Pour ces raisons, je crois que les jeux olympiques sont très intéressants et il faut qu'on fasse de son mieux pour améliorer les problèmes qui sont liés avec eux.




Not great, just something I threw together for those stuck for ideas! I typed it in less than 10 mins so beware of potential mistakes! :P

Coeurdepirate

Namlub wrote: »

Oh my god your username

God I know. It actually embarrasses me to think that some people actually support the ira. No different to Al Qaeda imo!

IRA 1916

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

God I know. It actually embarrasses me to think that some people actually support the ira. No different to Al Qaeda imo!

The IRA that actually fought for Ireland's freedom in 1916, not the idiots nowadays that think they are the IRA

Namlub

There was no IRA in 1916.

IRA 1916

Namlub wrote: »

There was no IRA in 1916.

Ok then the IRA from 1919-1922

ele1992

anybody have anything on immigration or anything topical? our teacher gave us nothing:(

Luno

Question for all you francophones! Am I able to use the same vocab for all the opinion pieces? I've a nice little opening sentence that I generally use but is it okay to re-use it?

imelle

is anyone learning formal letters?

HowAreWe

M&S* wrote: »

Question for all you francophones! Am I able to use the same vocab for all the opinion pieces? I've a nice little opening sentence that I generally use but is it okay to re-use it?

For Different pieces yes, technically that should be okay. Just dont re-use it in the same one.

ashalingable

topics? i have a good bit learnt but i'd like to hear what everyone else is doing tonight?

IRA 1916

imelle wrote: »

is anyone learning formal letters?

Trying to anyway, what side does your address go on?

porsche924

If I pass HL French I'll be delighted!!

imelle

IRA 1916 wrote: »

Trying to anyway, what side does your address go on?

our teacher told us our address goes on the left and the person you're writing to on the right?

NinjaDucks

Hey, I was just wondering if someone could clarify something for me: y'know in the written section, I know you must do Q1 but then after that, do you only have to do two from either Q's 2, 3 and 4? I'm sure it's only two, but je suis un peu nerveuse. *please let that be right* Merci et bonne chance (:

IRA 1916

NinjaDucks wrote: »

Hey, I was just wondering if someone could clarify something for me: y'know in the written section, I know you must do Q1 but then after that, do you only have to do two from either Q's 2, 3 and 4? I'm sure it's only two, but je suis un peu nerveuse. *please let that be right* Merci et bonne chance (:

Yup correct

17Dan21

What's the layout for an email?

Togepi

17Dan21 wrote: »

What's the layout for an email?

Date:
À:
De:
Objet:

*Email*



That's it, order doesn't matter for the first four lines because there's no marks going for layout, unlike letters.

17Dan21

Thanks.

AnnaKin

Actually a bit freaked about french, its one of my requirements but its not so much that as the fact that this exam might be weird to answer or very specific. I mean, reading over some of your stuff posted on here, my french phrases are relatively simple and I think I'll look incredibly stupid

I think I'll have to change my whole CAO if tomorrow goes bad!

IRA 1916

AnnaKin wrote: »

Actually a bit freaked about french, its one of my requirements but its not so much that as the fact that this exam might be weird to answer or very specific. I mean, reading over some of your stuff posted on here, my french phrases are relatively simple and I think I'll look incredibly stupid

I think I'll have to change my whole CAO if tomorrow goes bad!

Mine are super simple too and I keep mine to the bare 75 or 90 words

Fergus_

I assumed the letter came up every year, what are the chances of it not coming up because our teacher didn't cover anything else with us.

Dwellingdweller

imelle wrote: »

our teacher told us our address goes on the left and the person you're writing to on the right?

Can anyone verify this?

IRA 1916

Dwellingdweller wrote: »

Can anyone verify this?

Yeah it's right I found my sheets there

Joey.

Dwellingdweller wrote: »

imelle wrote: »

our teacher told us our address goes on the left and the person you're writing to on the right?

Can anyone verify this?

I think it's right, I have a (very!) vague recollection of being told that it's the opposite to how we write it in English

AnnaKin

IRA 1916 wrote: »

Mine are super simple too and I keep mine to the bare 75 or 90 words

Really?? Oh thank God!!
This is the most important exam for me but I just cant study french because I prefer to just go with what I think with the question. I hope to God this exam is decent!

Jed_Dreams

AnnaKin wrote: »

Actually a bit freaked about french, its one of my requirements but its not so much that as the fact that this exam might be weird to answer or very specific. I mean, reading over some of your stuff posted on here, my french phrases are relatively simple and I think I'll look incredibly stupid

I think I'll have to change my whole CAO if tomorrow goes bad!

I'm the same really hope its a nice paper i have to do well !

Dwellingdweller

IRA 1916 wrote: »

Yeah it's right I found my sheets there

Joey. wrote: »

I think it's right, I have a (very!) vague recollection of being told that it's the opposite to how we write it in English

Thanks!

Jed_Dreams

anybody know when was the last time the third world came up ?

sarahmocks

hey i was just wondering if anybody has an opening and ending for a diary that can be used for any of them?

Coeurdepirate

sarahmocks wrote: »

hey i was just wondering if anybody has an opening and ending for a diary that can be used for any of them?

Cher Journal!
À bientôt!

Dwellingdweller

Anybody got any more on the letter layout? What I know so far is that the addresses are laid out like this

[sender's address] - [recipient's address (other side of page)]

[to whoever]
[body of letter]
[goodbye bit]

Does anyone know if that would get full marks for layout?

Togepi

Jed_Dreams wrote: »

anybody know when was the last time the third world came up ?

Poverty was up in 2007. Volunteering was up in 2010.

@Dwellingdweller the only other thing you need is [Town, Date] above the (recipient's) address on the right.

cocopopsxx

Need help. I have been sitting with my notes lurking around the biology thread for the last two hours simply because I don't know where to start. Any help? What topics are worth looking at?

Fergus_

Is it possible to get pretty decent marks if you have a perfect essay but it's only at the very minimum (75-90?)

amyleaving

Definitely fine! you only need to get the 75-90 to get full marks also i have been told by teachers if you write too much they stop correcting , that could cut out your ending and you can lose marks so don't write too much!

amyleaving

hey i keep seeing people talk about traffic as a topic to come up? I'm a bit confused as to what they could ask on that? any suggestions would be helpful please..

Fergus_

amyleaving wrote: »

Definitely fine! you only need to get the 75-90 to get full marks also i have been told by teachers if you write too much they stop correcting , that could cut out your ending and you can lose marks so don't write too much!

Phew that's a relief! I'm using really simple phrases though, but better than making mistakes I guess!

amyleaving

Well to get the full marks you should learn off some of the key phrases
i think this site is good ,
http://www.francais.ie/leaving_cert/writing/essay_writing/
once you stick a few in your essay say one for the opening , your opinion and a solution you should be fine!
thats true less room to make mistakes. I wouldn't worry to much anyway

grantyrs10

quick question please answer,you know in the section 2 written production, i know you must do q1 but can you do the next two as in q2a and q2b or does it have to be one from 2 then one from either 3 or 4 ???? please just gettin worried now !!

grantyrs10

amyleaving wrote: »

Definitely fine! you only need to get the 75-90 to get full marks also i have been told by teachers if you write too much they stop correcting , that could cut out your ending and you can lose marks so don't write too much!

i dont think that is enogh to get high marks... Carinne Gavenda on rte countdown to 606 said should be about 100-125 and that you will never be penalised for excess!!

Togepi

You can't do 2A and 2B, same goes for questions 3 and 4. Do question 1, then one from 2, 3 or 4, and another from 2, 3 or 4, excluding the one you've already answered from!

smithy77

I've: Road accidents, racism, third world (famine), environment, drugs and emigration covered.. will that do?

imelle

i've nothing covered. fecked.

Joey.

I can barely speak French, I'm starting to think that it shall not be grand

paaula

imelle wrote: »

i've nothing covered. fecked.

same here, just hoping for a pass

grantyrs10

Togepi wrote: »

You can't do 2A and 2B, same goes for questions 3 and 4. Do question 1, then one from 2, 3 or 4, and another from 2, 3 or 4, excluding the one you've already answered from!

phew thanks i reli thouyght i cud do whatever

biohaiid

Ive just gone over poverty in the 3rd world. the homeless. drugs. obesity, the media and youth, emigration, unemployement.
I really have like 2-3 sentences on each.
I have 2 seperate layouts that I can slot the points into and that's my 75/90 words.

Its not the worse.

Also. does anybody know if there;s extra paper to plan our answers? Either on the paper or that we can ask for. I reaaallly need to plan before!