How To improve for IGCSE French
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How To improve for IGCSE French
Hi all,
I'm new here discovered it today after a thread on mumsnet, anyway DD is currently doing IGCSE french and is struggling with the questions where to read a french text and then answer in french. any tips for how to improve its where she's loosing the most marks.
Thanks
I'm new here discovered it today after a thread on mumsnet, anyway DD is currently doing IGCSE french and is struggling with the questions where to read a french text and then answer in french. any tips for how to improve its where she's loosing the most marks.
Thanks
Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
Welcome - have you found the online past papers? They are very helpful.
The Student Room may have resources [just avoid the siilly threads] and try searching online for revision notes etc.
The Student Room may have resources [just avoid the siilly threads] and try searching online for revision notes etc.
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Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
Yes she's done all the past papers (course only dates back to 2012) x they've done them all in classGuest55 wrote:Welcome - have you found the online past papers? They are very helpful.
The Student Room may have resources [just avoid the siilly threads] and try searching online for revision notes etc.
Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
Is it worth looking at older papers? MFL specifications don't change that much.
What about other iGCSE boards?
I found these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTReBqghik" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.co.uk/ ... -2015.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What about other iGCSE boards?
I found these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTReBqghik" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.co.uk/ ... -2015.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
Are the questions in French as well?
We were told to try and think in the language and not translate back and forth in our heads. That's much easier said than done of course!
There is something to be said though for using the question and the passage to write the answer rather than formulating an answer in English and then translating it back to French.
Apologies if DD is already doing this.
We were told to try and think in the language and not translate back and forth in our heads. That's much easier said than done of course!
There is something to be said though for using the question and the passage to write the answer rather than formulating an answer in English and then translating it back to French.
Apologies if DD is already doing this.
Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
That's good advice KB. I have taught several languages and I always told students to try and think in the language. It is indeed easier said than done especially when they first start out, but it is always best to try and use natural idiom. At GCSE as you say, the question will lead you to the answer - innovation won't be needed. The types of questions will be predictable and formulaic and the teacher ought to be able to help with a list of 'answer this type of question this way' openers. So, get your daughter to ask the teacher first; and tell her to try and forget English while dealing with that type of question.
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Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
Hi yes. At DDs old school she DD gcse French so had controlled assessments at new school it's igcse French so no controlled assessments so they assess reading and writing in one paper. And gcse papers are no good as they don't help DD practice for her exams as they can answer in English etc...
She tries to not translate but sometimes does, her teacher has said just to go over the papers again.
She tries to not translate but sometimes does, her teacher has said just to go over the papers again.
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Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
Hi some of the questions do require innovationAmber wrote:That's good advice KB. I have taught several languages and I always told students to try and think in the language. It is indeed easier said than done especially when they first start out, but it is always best to try and use natural idiom. At GCSE as you say, the question will lead you to the answer - innovation won't be needed. The types of questions will be predictable and formulaic and the teacher ought to be able to help with a list of 'answer this type of question this way' openers. So, get your daughter to ask the teacher first; and tell her to try and forget English while dealing with that type of question.
Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
There is more than one board for iGCSE ... use their papers too.
Re: How To improve for IGCSE French
I don't know whether anything on this site would be of any help?
http://www.ciep.fr/en/delf-scolaire
http://www.ciep.fr/en/delf-scolaire
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