!! French (HL) LC '16 - Predictions, discussion, aftermath

lc16_

What topics would be highly likely to come up this year in the opinion questions lads?
I'm learning the topics Migrants, Poverty, Sport, Environment, Inequality & Europe inside out.
I've been focusing on maths&irish for the majority of the weekend but is there any other topic that is topical/due atm that I should have a quick run through tonight or tuesday night?
Cheers!

MomijiHime

Maybe obesity? Make sure you have phrases you can use in any opinion piece such as: Il faut qu'on fasse quelques choses etc. (that would be a good one to have to make sure you use the subjunctive).

Also, I'm learning diary entry phrases as it comes up every year.

I think the best thing you can do is make sure your grammar is good. Often you'll have to change your learned off essays around.

Gahv

top 3
Obesity
Global Warming
Refugees

and then possibly

Marriage Equality
10 years after the french riots
Racism
Drinking responsibly
reality t.v

randylonghorn

Totally off the top of my head, but would the fact that Euro '16 is in France this year mean it might pop up somewhere in the paper?

thestylegal

Has anyone get any words or phrases for equality topics? Our teacher is useless and we only have refugees and sport. If anyone could help me out with something it would be a massive help!

diusmr8a504cvk

Is the listening on after the written paper?

lc16_

Lia Wrong Manganese wrote: »

Is the listening on after the written paper?

Yep

Seaaan

thestylegal wrote: »

Has anyone get any words or phrases for equality topics? Our teacher is useless and we only have refugees and sport. If anyone could help me out with something it would be a massive help!

De nos jours, les driots de la femme progressent mais il y a un grand besoin d'échance et plus de progrés.

On doit lutter pour le progrés et l'échange.

Le coutumes sont stricts et ils limitent la liberté de les femmes. (this is about middle east i think)

La dominance de l'homme dans les etats islamiques


Not much but it's just some phrases I had written down



I LOST ALL MY FRENCH NOTES OH DEAR LORD WHERE ARE THEY WHY DID I LEAVE THIS SO LATE

BrownTrout

Tough exam I thought, was hoping for a B2, think I'll be lucky to come out of that with a C1.

koolis02

The question on refugees was so strange, I had so much learned on it but I did obesity instead..
Weird paper and weird choice of essays. No environment or doping/sport...
Comprehensions were niceeee and the listening was too minus a few mistakes:) Hopefully not too much to cost me an A grade

onlinenerd

Really tough especially the listening which was a complete disaster

lumosteph

So so happy with the 1916 question! I awkwardly disagreed with Q1 but I think it was ok. Comprehensions were lovely, so much simpler than last year. The listening had a few dodgy parts though but I think I might have scraped a B1/A2.

user53

I found it fine, although I am only going for a C.
What time was the train?
And How many lightening strikes does anyone know?

nerobert

user53 wrote: »

I found it fine, although I only going for a C.
What time was the train?
And How many lightening strikes does anyone know?

Train was at 13:40 I'm pretty sure and they're was 28 lightening strikes

koolis02

nerobert wrote: »

Train was at 13:40 I'm pretty sure and they're was 28 lightening strikes

13:40 and 28,000 lightening strikes

Seaaan

Paper was nice, comprehensions were very doable and written pieces too.. Pity the Q1 wasn't on environment or war though hmm hmm..

Listening was difficult enough, got more than a few wrong id say

lumosteph

What were the two reason why the girl was jealous of her 18 year old brother?

koolis02

lumosteph wrote: »

What were the two reason why the girl was jealous of her 18 year old brother?

I said because he can go out when he wants, with who he wants
and he has a salary

lumosteph

koolis02 wrote: »

I said because he can go out when he wants, with who he wants
and he has a salary

Grand I got that too!

koolis02

what did the 'lui' refer to in the 2nd comprehension?

Mrs Mop

koolis02 wrote: »

what did the 'lui' refer to in the 2nd comprehension?

Mia / la jeune femme

Bangdiggy

nerobert wrote: »

Train was at 13:40 I'm pretty sure and they're was 28 lightening strikes

It was 28,000 lightening strikes...sorry

Bazinga_N

My written paper went great tbh, but I dunno what happened me in the Aural! I kept missing things and making mistakes! Gutted over it! Usually it's the other way around :P hopefully I'll be okay overall!

koolis02

Mrs Mop wrote: »

Mia / la jeune femme

I put this down all my friends were saying it was Paul so I wasn't sure..
Was anyone tight on time for the written? Didnt happen in the mocks but I had to rush my last essay and didnt have a whole lot of time to read over it all, which was annoying but meh :pac:

themadscone

Bangdiggy wrote: »

It was 28,000 lightening strikes...sorry

There was an option for 28 on my mates ordinary paper... I put 'more than 28' tho so dont even know if i got it, also did anyone else put 'courriel' for the 'lui' question?

lumosteph

All I heard for the lightning question was "plus de vingt huit"

Alan106

they definitley said mille

Bangdiggy

themadscone wrote: »

There was an option for 28 on my mates ordinary paper... I put 'more than 28' tho so dont even know if i got it, also did anyone else put 'courriel' for the 'lui' question?

it defo said ''plus de 28 mille''....And I also put 'courriel' but people say its Mia or the man hmm

Mrs Mop

it is 28,000 lightning bolts

Mrs Mop

" la jeune femme referma le courrier, comme s'il lui avait brûlé les yeux qu'elle gardait pourtant rivés sur l'écran"

The young woman closed the email as if it had burned ( to her ) the eyes which she nonetheless kept riveted to the screen. Lui - indirect object pronoun to her hence Mia Voilà!

Rachel98

For the listening in the last section, was it a bomb that was found?

lumosteph

Rachel98 wrote: »

For the listening in the last section, was it a bomb that was found?

Yeah from the second world war I think.

Where was it found??

Seaaan

lumosteph wrote: »

Yeah from the second world war I think.

Where was it found??

Behind town hall I think

siebey123

I hope everyone is happy! Those written questions (bar 2 I think) were quite unpredictable I think but they were fair. How did everyone find the reading comprehensions?

User1963

Seemed to be a fair enough paper, didn't get the 'lui' part but think I got most of the comps - what did everyone get for the multiple choice q's? - D and B for me

koolis02

What did Mia do the previous day? 3(i) of the 2nd comp
and why did Jonathan have to use his own money during his work placement 2(i) first comp ?

nerobert

Bangdiggy wrote: »

It was 28,000 lightening strikes...sorry

Ah how could I have missed the mille ffs

Bangdiggy

lumosteph wrote: »

Yeah from the second world war I think.

Where was it found??

Yeah from WWII and it was behind à hotel

User1963

koolis02 wrote: »

What did Mia do the previous day? 3(i) of the 2nd comp
and why did Jonathan have to use his own money during his work placement 2(i) first comp ?

I got that she was on the home page of the site yesterday for 3(i) and for 2(i) because the grant only funded a small bit of his placement..
Wasn't sure about either

Mrs Mop

koolis02 wrote: »

What did Mia do the previous day? 3(i) of the 2nd comp
and why did Jonathan have to use his own money during his work placement 2(i) first comp ?

Elle avait visité un site de rencontres RC2

Parce que la bourse offerte ne suffit pas/ n'est pas suffisante/ 'ne couvre qu'une petite partie des frais'

medhopeful16

koolis02 wrote: »

What did Mia do the previous day? 3(i) of the 2nd comp
and why did Jonathan have to use his own money during his work placement 2(i) first comp ?

Mia visited the website and Jonathan used his own money because the grant was only 700 and covered only a part of the costs(something like that anyway)

koolis02

Mrs Mop wrote: »

Elle avait visité un site de rencontres RC2

Parce que la bourse offerte ne suffit pas/ n'est pas suffisante/ 'ne couvre qu'une petite partie des frais'

I got the 2nd one but said Elle a créé un profil sur un site de rencontres for the 1st one, is that wrong?

Mrs Mop

User1963 wrote: »

Seemed to be a fair enough paper, didn't get the 'lui' part but think I got most of the comps - what did everyone get for the multiple choice q's? - D and B for me

RC1 - D
RC2 - B ..... Very sneaky one ... tried to catch you out with (C )

koolis02 wrote: »

I got the 2nd one but said Elle a créé un profil sur un site de rencontres for the 1st one, is that wrong?

That's fine! 5 marks 😉

koolis02

Mrs Mop wrote: »

got the 2nd one but said Elle a créé un profil sur un site de rencontres for the 1st one, is that wrong?[

That's fine! 5 marks ��

Perfect thank you

red.velvet

Do you guys know if they take the word count into strong consideration when marking? I had 12 French teachers over my 6 years and they all had different opinions on the matter, but I know for a fact that I wrote over it on all 3 essays, will I be penalised? I wasn't in the mocks so I'm not entirely sure..

Jack55

What did you guys put for the expression that indicates that she hasn't got a regular time job & how we know that she didn't stay in contact with her agent?

User1963

Jack55 wrote: »

What did you guys put for the expression that indicates that she hasn't got a regular time job & how we know that she didn't stay in contact with her agent?

Something about ayant horaires difficile (forget) and then I said for the agent one: il l'a dit de lui donner ses nouvelles
Don't think I got it right though

jl12234

You don't get docked marks for going over! I think 90/75 words is a guideline. I definitely wrote over on all 3

User1963

red.velvet wrote: »

Do you guys know if they take the word count into strong consideration when marking? I had 12 French teachers over my 6 years and they all had different opinions on the matter, but I know for a fact that I wrote over it on all 3 essays, will I be penalised? I wasn't in the mocks so I'm not entirely sure..

If you wrote under the word count I'd say you would defs be penalised but it's almost impossible to get your point across without writing atleast 100 words -

jl12234

What were the two things wrong with the hotel for the aural?
and for comprehension i said the reason We know mia doesnt keep contact with her agent was cause she didnt reply to her email? what did ye say?

Consonata

Bangdiggy wrote:

Yeah from WWII and it was behind à hotel

It was actually town hall I think Hotel de Ville is town hall