what to study for your french gcse exam?
Theme 1:
Unit 1 – family relationships and marriage
Unit 2 – Technology and social network
Unit 3 – Free time activities (weekend, food, sports)
Unit 4 – customs and festivals
Theme 2:
Unit 5 – Home town, neighbourhood and region
Unit 6 – Charities, healthy living
Unit 7 - Environment and homelessness
Unit 8 - Holidays
Theme 3:
Unit 9 - School subjects and day
Unit 10 - School rules and life
Unit 11 - future studies
Unit 12 - future jobs and careers
Speaking:
Complete the tasks set by your teacher to get a pass, merit or distinction. ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Fluency, justified opinions, extended sentences with complex structures, pronunciation, range of tenses
[How does the exam work: click here for a detailed explanation = N/A]
Examples of speaking questions to help you practise:
List 1
Master list
Vocabulary:
quizlet GCSE all lists
French GCSE revision
Resources:
- www.kerboodle.com > interactive listening and reading activities per topic to practise. You also have access to the Higher and Foundation textbook, with all the vocabulary lists.
- www.quizlet.com > learn and revise vocabulary, this will help you to use more complex structures in you speaking and writing and help you with your reading and listening.
- BBC Bitesize > lots of practice across the different themes with revisions, tests and videos
- www.languagesonline.org.uk > the grammar section of this website shows you how to use all the different tenses and tests you on them with interactive activities.
Revision cards for listening and reading > Create yourself some revision cards/ sheets with key phrases and vocabulary from each Unit. Write the English at the back and learn how to say and spell them.
Struggling with listening skill? > When completing a listening task on Kerboodle, also look at the transcript as you are listening to it, to help you getting used to the French sounds.
Mastering the tenses > make sure you know how to put any verb in different tenses (perfect, imperfect, present, near future, simple future and conditional)
11A/C, Miss Mazabraud [email protected]
11B, Mr Paillette: [email protected]