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French Oral Questions

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  • 16-08-2008 11:45am
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    Bonjour! Having asked a question about what to do for the 'document' in my French Oral Exam, I'm wondering what other topics could come up in the exam.

    I've been told to learn off things like the weather, my future career, etc.

    What else normally comes up and what should I learn off?

    Merci!


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    pedanticwretch
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    [/quote] I've been told to learn off things like the weather, my future career, etc.

    What else normally comes up and what should I learn off?

    Merci![/quote]



    NEVER EVER LEARN THINGS OFF!! I can't actually stress that enough.
    Learn a huge variety phrases, proverbs and french expressions to show you have a genuine store of vocab and a grasp of French because the examiner is well aware if you learned a whole bit off. They may interrupt you or even just let you speak and not listen, meanwhile they will think of a question to TOTALLY throw you off!!


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    I'd be surprised if you got asked about the weather!

    Just revise basic things like your family, your school, your area, your pasttimes etc.
    Then have some phrases prepared on more dificult topics like social problems, differences between rural and urban life, maybe a little on politics.

    Learn a lot of different phrases, rather than big blocks of text.

    Oh and throw in as many different verbs and correct tenses as you can.


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    Imallin9989
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    Wtf are people talking about the orals during their holidays.. stop worrying they are months away .. I did my leaving cert last year the oral is easy.. learn off loads of ****


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    jaffa20
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    I train people for their oral exams and it's not good to learn things off bar the questions that will more than likely be asked eg. Family, pastimes and your school. However, you have to show that you are thinking about the question and dont just throw it at them. They CAN mark you down for this. It is meant to be a conversation. You should learn expressions like:

    Hmm, c'est une question difficille (pause for thought)

    Hmm, je dirais que

    Oh c'est vrai mais....

    Try to show that you are in control and know your grammar. Make eye contact and relax. Don't worry about mistakes. Just correct yourself: "Pardon, je voulais dire..."

    Make sure that you slip in a few complex grammatical conjunctions like le subjonctif:

    Il faut que je...
    Pourvu que
    A condition que

    ONLY use the conditional if you are asked a question about something that could happen. Example. Your future:

    Je n'en suis pas sur. Je pourrais aller a l'universite mais a l'instant j'ai d'autres soucis. Par exemple. Les examens.

    This is taking control of the conversation. You can easily twist the conversation in your direction and talk about what you want.

    You will only be asked something complex, e.g society issues if your french is really good.

    Listen to as much french as possible to perfect your acent because it is worth a good chunck of the marks.

    If you have any other questions. Feel free to PM me. If you need grinds in any area of french i am also available to help.


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