FRENCH-Higher Level Junior Cert 2012

theCRAIG

so who here does french?
any predictions...or what should we be studying?
praying to god a formal letter does NOT come up:mad::D:confused:
so any predictions....?

ALL discussion on french jc 2012 HL goes here...

BEST OF LUCK!:D

Hannah_2012

me. Im just looking over vocab and learning phrases for the notes, post card & letter.

I thought that if a formal letter comes up, you could choose between that or an informal letter?

theCRAIG

yup thats right but i thinbk you can choose between two normal letters if it doesnt?

alright..i guess its an unpredictable test really isnt it?
just learn:

VOCAB
Letter ettiquitte
Grammer
etc...:D

aptmilpalmeras

Hannah_2012 wrote: »

I thought that if a formal letter comes up, you could choose between that or an informal letter?

Formal letter has only come up twice in past number of years. Both times it was optional, with informal letter also up.

Revise basic vocab- numbers & alphabet to help your Listening section, weather, know basic sentences in past, present & future for your written section. Bon courage!

Hannah_2012

theCRAIG wrote: »

yup thats right but i thinbk you can choose between two normal letters if it doesnt?.

I think its only one. Hopefully its not too specfic on what to write! My pre exam was hard, it was writing about the junior cert, & exams etc. I'd prefer if it was something like Two things you did/will do. That would be alot easier!

Hannah_2012

aptmilpalmeras wrote: »

Formal letter has only come up twice in past number of years. Both times it was optional, with informal letter also up.

Revise basic vocab- numbers & alphabet to help your Listening section, weather, know basic sentences in past, present & future for your written section. Bon courage!

Alright thanks!:D

Daledge

So far it's only ever come up as one informal letter on its own or a few years it has come up as an informal and a formal with a choice between the two. But who knows, there's a first time for everything.

Myself, I've just studied for the informal and hoping they don't throw a twist in this year. :eek:

Hannah_2012

Daledge wrote: »

Myself, I've just studied for the informal and hoping they don't throw a twist in this year. :eek:

Me too! bit worried now.

Daledge

Hannah_2012 wrote: »

Me too! bit worried now.

No need, I'm quite confident they won't.

Increasing Meteornium

Well, no sense in starting to study now, I guess. Could've done with looking over present tense verb conjugations and such. Yera, 'tis only the JC. But I swear to god, if that bloody formal letter comes up and we can't avoid it...

thecrammer

That was graaaand
Except for what her dad got for Christmas lol, I put Christmas tree but it was a guess :P

iliketwixbars

nice paper...hope history goes as well!

blobcat

thecrammer wrote: »

That was graaaand
Except for what her dad got for Christmas lol, I put Christmas tree but it was a guess :P

I said that too, le sapin de noel. 99% sure it's right.

It was quite easy overall.

Hannah_2012

thecrammer wrote: »

That was graaaand
Except for what her dad got for Christmas lol, I put Christmas tree but it was a guess :P

Couldn't get that one atall.. I wrote down a present. :rolleyes:

Hannah_2012

I was slightly pissed of at the listening, there was 3 rooms of 3rd years, and you could hear the tapes from the other 2 rooms, beeping n all. & they were played at different times. :mad:

Increasing Meteornium

That could've gone worse. Listening was the easiest I've ever done, tbh. Just the written part was a bit sketchy. I never know what to write when you're asked to tell the recipient news about something. ended up saying he got a summer job which was magnifique 'cause there's a recession on. :L

Hannah_2012

Yeah tbh, the listening was one of the easiest, especially the section E, definiatly better that ones ive done in class.:D

Hannah_2012

Increasing Meteornium wrote: »

I never know what to write when you're asked to tell the recipient news about something. ended up saying he got a summer job which was magnifique 'cause there's a recession on. :L

Haha me too, I ended up saying she was in hospial, getting better because she was in a car accident, then I added bits on, like saying her name and age. :P

How long was your overall letter?

Increasing Meteornium

Hannah_2012 wrote: »

Haha me too, I ended up saying she was in hospial, getting better because she was in a car accident, then I added bits on, like saying her name and age. :P

How long was your overall letter?

I managed to fill all the space given on the exam paper, except for a single sentence I had to write on extra paper. Seriously, the entire booklet only had about five words on it.

Hannah_2012

Increasing Meteornium wrote: »

I managed to fill all the space given on the exam paper, except for a single sentence I had to write on extra paper. Seriously, the entire booklet only had about five words on it.

Alright graaand. Hope I got a B.

thecrammer

blobcat wrote: »

I said that too, le sapin de noel. 99% sure it's right.

It was quite easy overall.

Hey it was right! Google translate to the rescue

Troxck

The listening wasn't too bad, the comprehensions got tricky at the end, as expected. The letter was a strange mix, I had a good few sentences prepared that I couldn't really use. I just said my friend broke her arm cycling, that I visited her etc... Anyway, I'm hoping for a B... Does anyone know what the girl got and why Andre's cousin was so lazy?

Hannah_2012

Troxck wrote: »

Does anyone know what the girl got and why Andre's cousin was so lazy?

They are the two I got stuck on. I heard something about a bedroom, so i just wrote hes always in his bedroom:L

Oozamine

I heard vaissle so i presumed that it he never does the washing or cleaning,forget which i put down

Troxck

Hannah_2012 wrote: »

They are the two I got stuck on. I heard something about a bedroom, so i just wrote hes always in his bedroom:L

Yeah, I said he was also in his bed... I say that caught a few people out

blobcat

Troxck wrote: »

The listening wasn't too bad, the comprehensions got tricky at the end, as expected. The letter was a strange mix, I had a good few sentences prepared that I couldn't really use. I just said my friend broke her arm cycling, that I visited her etc... Anyway, I'm hoping for a B... Does anyone know what the girl got and why Andre's cousin was so lazy?

She got a rabbit. Andre never made his bed or did the washing, and one other thing I can't remember.

katiebellhealy

i got because he never cleans his room and he dosnt do the dishes.

Hannah_2012

Whats the marking scheme like for the listening? Half marks on some stuff maybe? :P

lynchy101

Hey McPeake I know you're reading this.

jd6920s

It wasnt funny how easy french was the only thing I couldnt get was in the listening about what did the father buy Anyone get the answer ?

harich56

He bought a Christmas Tree thats what i got anyway.