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Higher level Francais

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  • #152
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    Spent about two hours here last night writing up notes to help people out - only one guy said he appreciated it, while everone else bragging they've got their A's. I think so much of that guy who said he appreciated it - good manners cost nothing!!

    Good luck to everyone anyway

    James


  • #153
    LivingDeadGirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭LivingDeadGirl


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Spent about two hours here last night writing up notes to help people out - only one guy said he appreciated it, while everone else bragging they've got their A's. I think so much of that guy who said he appreciated it - good manners cost nothing!!

    Good luck to everyone anyway

    James

    Sorry I actually thought after my exam 'must go thank that person on boards for the french notes, I used a good bit of the diary stuff,' it just slipped my mind when I got home. :( Thanks a million for the notes, they were really really helpful. :)


  • #154
    banjopaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 931 ✭✭✭banjopaul


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Spent about two hours here last night writing up notes to help people out - only one guy said he appreciated it, while everone else bragging they've got their A's. I think so much of that guy who said he appreciated it - good manners cost nothing!!

    Good luck to everyone anyway

    James

    Your new to boards so you may not realise it, but lots of people thanked you:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60619306&postcount=37
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60618882&postcount=26
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60619659&postcount=48

    The blue names under your posts are people who appreciated your work and said thanks!:)


  • #155
    Saffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Saffy


    K4t wrote: »
    Would like to hear other's views on this one?!

    I heard sans abris:)


  • #156
    -ME-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 99 ✭✭-ME-


    I'm actually in love with that paper. Wow, couldn't have been easier! Tough marking scheme to follow i'd say.


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  • #157
    irishmonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭irishmonkey


    OH MY GOD

    I just realised it was an email.
    I wrote a formal letter... with the addresses and everything :(
    And i even totally blanked on the layout, so i just had it as best as i could remember.

    I'm totally losing marks for that.

    And i was really happy with that question :(:(

    Apart ca..

    Comprehensions - which im usually not the best at - were lovely.
    Did the internet question - managed to make it personal by talking about how my brother is on a trip around the world, and we use it to keep in touch.
    Did the 'letter'... pants.
    And did the question about sport. Was running out of time, so i kinda waffled a lot. But i got about 90 words down, so i'm happy enough.

    Listening was quite good too.

    Overall, bar the email fiasco, im a happy camper!


  • #158
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    Thanks guys.

    I'm marking French so hope to be giving lots of A's !!

    Best wishes to you all

    J


  • #159
    phic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭phic


    Mr.S wrote: »


    Oh and some people have different anwsers for the "According to Alain, what did many French people do that they would never have done eight years ago?" question, The guy said that people wake up in the middle of the night to watch them on the TV duing the olmypics, and that 8 years ago, people woundn't have done that.

    :)

    yup I heard that too!


  • #160
    banjopaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 931 ✭✭✭banjopaul


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Thanks guys.

    I'm marking French so hope to be giving lots of A's !!

    Best wishes to you all

    J

    Haha no bother! Now we can all pm you our exam numbers so you can give us all A1's yeah?:D


  • #161
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    To LivingDeadGirl:

    Really glad to hear the notes were of help!!

    Wishing you all the best.


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  • #162
    phic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭phic


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Spent about two hours here last night writing up notes to help people out - only one guy said he appreciated it, while everone else bragging they've got their A's. I think so much of that guy who said he appreciated it - good manners cost nothing!!

    Good luck to everyone anyway

    James

    Ah what a teacherly message! sorry sir! but you did get thanked lots don't worry someones already posted a link!
    and I'm sure if we'd seen you on here you would have gotten renewed thanks!
    I used some stuff you posted today, really do appreciate it, you posted really good simple phrases, that could be used for lots of topics, not complicated things like everyone else was posting!
    So thanks again James!


  • #163
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    Hi BanjoPaul

    :) Hope you'll visit me in Mountjoy after you all send me your exam numbers!!! :D I'd be locked up!! Great to hear it went well for you.

    Wishing you well in the rest of your exams!!


  • #164
    banjopaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 931 ✭✭✭banjopaul


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Hi BanjoPaul

    :) Hope you'll visit me in Mountjoy after you all send me your exam numbers!!! :D I'd be locked up!! Great to hear it went well for you.

    Wishing you well in the rest of your exams!!

    Of course, we'll get the whole leaving cert forum to break you out, something along the lines of the great escape!:pac:
    Then we'll sell the film rights and live kings! Who needs college with life plans like that!:p

    Thanks, going alright so far, have fun correcting them, I'm sure it's delightfully tedious!:D


  • #165
    Saffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Saffy


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Thanks guys.

    I'm marking French so hope to be giving lots of A's !!

    Best wishes to you all

    J


    really??


  • #166
    naasface
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭naasface


    please help!!

    my friend doesnt have a boards account but for the second q the journal intime he wrote about a fight with his girlfriend (as in petite amie) instead of meilluere ami (best friend).. said they has a fight at the cinema etc.
    how many marks can be taken off?
    and could he get away with it bcos his girlfriend could be his best friend??

    please please reply somebody in the know, i tried examinations.ie but no info there.


  • #167
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    You're very welcome - the simple phrases get the marks. They come "from the heart" - ha ha!! And that's what we like as examiners, not the chunks of learned off stuff.

    Well done and hope results day brings lots of smiles! :)


  • #168
    phic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭phic


    naasface wrote: »
    please help!!

    my friend doesnt have a boards account but for the second q the journal intime he wrote about a fight with his girlfriend (as in petite amie) instead of meilluere ami (best friend).. said they has a fight at the cinema etc.
    how many marks can be taken off?
    and could he get away with it bcos his girlfriend could be his best friend??

    please please reply somebody in the know, i tried examinations.ie but no info there.

    well they tend to be really picky about stuff like that in LC French,as in he could lose nearly all the marks for that....do you know how obvious it was that he was talking about a girlfriend? Like he could just have a particularily small friend...or something?


  • #169
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,561 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    Jesus guys "Cartable" is like from first year French. Weird how the easy words slip your mind when you haven't used them in ages.

    Anyway,

    Bonne continuation!


  • #170
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    Hi Nassface:

    Tell your friend not to worry - no marks will be deducted for mentioning girlfriend instead of best friend as it's the same thing more or less!


  • #171
    Saffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Saffy


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Hi Nassface:

    Tell your friend not to worry - no marks will be deducted for mentioning girlfriend instead of best friend as it's the same thing more or less!

    what about if you write less than 90 words for the first essay??
    (not much less than 90)


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  • #172
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    Hi Saffy:

    Don't worry about the no. of words ... it's the QUALITY that gets the marks.

    I've given full marks before to a pupil who wrote less; and full marks to another who wrote over a page ... both were of excellent quality ... so don't worry!!! :)


  • #173
    irishmonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭irishmonkey


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Hi Nassface:

    Tell your friend not to worry - no marks will be deducted for mentioning girlfriend instead of best friend as it's the same thing more or less!


    How much many marks would you lose for giving a formal letter layout instead of an email?


  • #174
    naasface
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭naasface


    Teacher 28 wrote: »
    Hi Nassface:

    Tell your friend not to worry - no marks will be deducted for mentioning girlfriend instead of best friend as it's the same thing more or less!

    R u sure? didnt mention the phrase mon meiulluere ami.
    just went that he went to cinema for their 6 mth anniversary, saw his gf Jane talking to a boy outside who she kissed a few mths ago. they huge fight after the film..dont know why shes still my girlfriend after 5th fight. angry emotions etc. said its over.
    Can u clarify? this is so helpful thank u and sorry 4 being picky he just needs a high b/a grade in francais merci ;)


  • #175
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    You'd lose very, very few marks for the formal letter layout, if any!

    You see, there's no marks given for e mail layout ( in previous yrs anyway). You'd lose 2 marks max, that's all!!


  • #176
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    i thonk i said 3 years for the first question when it was obviously 3 days! will i get any marks for this! a slip of the pencil!


  • #177
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    Tell your friend not to worry. He won't lose marks.

    What he has written is of excellent quality. His girlfriend is his best friend (!) so it's the same thing - tell him to relax and enjoy the summer - sounds like he'll do extremely well!!


  • #178
    Teacher 28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Teacher 28


    unfortunately 3 years would get 0 marks


  • #179
    Heinrich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Heinrich


    naasface wrote: »
    please help!!

    my friend doesnt have a boards account but for the second q the journal intime he wrote about a fight with his girlfriend (as in petite amie) instead of meilluere ami (best friend).. said they has a fight at the cinema etc.
    how many marks can be taken off?
    and could he get away with it bcos his girlfriend could be his best friend??

    please please reply somebody in the know, i tried examinations.ie but no info there.

    Meilleure copine would be more current. (Watch the ortographe) If he says meilleure amie that would certainly count as his girlfriend.


  • #180
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    F**k! I just noticed they wanted a plural feminine adjectif! I said 'grande'. Such an easy question to lsoe marks :(

    I hope I didn't do anything else stupid like that! Ah the exam situation, gotta love it!


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  • #181
    Lucet
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭Lucet


    K4t wrote: »
    F**k! I just noticed they wanted a plural feminine adjectif! I said 'grande'. Such an easy question to lsoe marks :(

    I hope I didn't do anything else stupid like that! Ah the exam situation, gotta love it!

    Hahaha, I did the same. I just misread that question. It's a pity, but don't worry, we're grand :D


  • #182
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Lucet wrote: »
    Hahaha, I did the same. I just misread that question. It's a pity, but don't worry, we're grand :D
    Lol.....5 marks could be the difference between my A and a B!!!!!


  • #183
    Lucet
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭Lucet


    K4t wrote: »
    Lol.....5 marks could be the difference between my A and a B!!!!!

    I know, but now we can't do anything, so :pac:.


  • #184
    lorna100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 168 ✭✭lorna100


    James - your notes on the journal intime saved me today, I had never done one before and think I got pretty good marks.

    For the question on the internet, I think my french grammer was fairly complex and correct, but I felt that I was a bit rambly and to a certain extent off the point, talking about the advantages/disadvantages etc - what do you think is the maximum I could get?
    Thanks for all your help.


  • #185
    LivingDeadGirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭LivingDeadGirl


    Or how about for answers using basic french but without any mistakes? :D


  • #186
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    LivingDeadGirl wrote: »
    Or how about for answers using basic french but without any mistakes? :D


    you'll get about a C1 but it's hard to define ''basic''.. that to you could be a huge standard to others so i'm not sure.


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  • #187
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Lucet wrote: »
    I know, but now we can't do anything, so :pac:.
    You're dead right! C'est la vie........au revoir


  • #188
    LivingDeadGirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭LivingDeadGirl


    Well I had like one si clause out of the three pieces, made everything personal, je was all over the place, used conditional and future in the last one a lot, made sure to use some common phrases about feelings/reactions etc in the journal intime, and I'm pretty sure I made very few grammatical mistakes and stayed very relevant to the topic. Clearer? Thanks for the opinion btw :)


  • #189
    ~Candy~
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭~Candy~


    Sweet wrote: »
    I said that she was talking to collette about the marriage of her brother?

    same same, and i adore ur username :D:D


  • #190
    0418161
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭0418161


    Well done to everyone today. Just a word of advice-its better not to try to predict how many marks will be awarded or deducted for any given question, especially in the aural. The marking scheme will be decided upon in Athlone over a two day period next week and until then I'm afraid no-one, even the most experienced teacher or examiner, can tell you where marks will be lost or gained. It is probably better now to concentrate on the remaining exams.


  • #191
    pearliefan
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭pearliefan


    French=cool..
    tape was nice:)


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  • #192
    Jam-Fly
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭Jam-Fly


    Hmmm, if I get lucky, a B3 is not out of the question. Absolutely must be a C3. Really happy if I get a B3. Don't think I've gotten over 50 since 5th yr, so to peak today was quite fortunate! :D handy paper helped a bit aswell I suppose!


  • #193
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Did anybody else go way over the given 'word count' in the written pieces. I wrote about 150 words for each question and am just wondering if that's perhaps too much? My own teacher said to not go over the 90 words but he's a bit of an idiot and I did hear from that teacher on 2fm to write as much as you can? Anyone know?


  • #194
    Saffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Saffy


    K4t wrote: »
    Did anybody else go way over the given 'word count' in the written pieces. I wrote about 150 words for each question and am just wondering if that's perhaps too much? My own teacher said to not go over the 90 words but he's a bit of an idiot and I did hear from that teacher on 2fm to write as much as you can? Anyone know?

    my grinds teacher told be to stick to 90 and 75.
    my teacher at school said to write more.
    I listed to my grinds teacher because my teacher at school crazy!


  • #195
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Every teacher seems to say a different one on that, my own teacher just said stick to around 90 or 75 words, while a few grinds teachers that people have had in my year said to always write more, about 120 and 100 words.

    The way i see it, if you write loads over 90 or 75 words, you have more chances of being marked down because theres more to correct.

    my teacher is French and she says write what's asked it's enough.


  • #196
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    hmmm I don't think i ahd many mistakes though so I should be alright. The advice on 2fm from a 'top' french teacher was to write over 120 words for the higher grades. We'll see.


  • #197
    robz18
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭robz18


    You definitely don't lose marks for writing too much. You'll just have more opportunities to make mistakes I guess.


  • #198
    GVNDNN
    Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭GVNDNN


    I freaked out over the Honours and did the pass

    My luck everything i knew came up :(b


  • #199
    Mallox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Mallox


    hey since everyone seems to have found french easy will they mark it harder??? :confused:


  • #200
    robz18
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭robz18


    Yeah, they will.


  • #201
    Piste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    My German teacher, who's a senior French examiner, told us that when they're being shown answers by students and asked to rate them the top ones are always quite long (well longer than the stated word count anyway). Sometimes examiners are like "oh this ones a bit short" then my teacher counts the words and it usually ends up being the word length stated.

    I know it's not French, but in German you're told EXACTLY what to say, so when all the tasks are fulfilled I find I've gone way over.


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