HL German Oral...aargh?

tragic and blonde

I only do one class of german a week and can get a solid B / potential A on the written...but we've barely done any work on the oral.

I'm currently learning the pictures/role plays, which I don't think are too bad, but the conversation is worrying me...does it have to be somewhat schmancy language, or will the "Ich muss drei Stunde jeden Tag Hausaufgaben machen" sort of stuff work?

finality

You just need to be able to communicate effectively and somewhat fluently, fancy language isn't really necessary. Just be able to converse, get the word order, pronunciation, etc right.

IloveConverse

tragic and blonde wrote: »

I only do one class of german a week and can get a solid B / potential A on the written...but we've barely done any work on the oral.

I'm currently learning the pictures/role plays, which I don't think are too bad, but the conversation is worrying me...does it have to be somewhat schmancy language, or will the "Ich muss drei Stunde jeden Tag Hausaufgaben machen" sort of stuff work?

With one class per week you seem to be doing very well.

-Remember TMP during conversation.
-Very careful with plurals (Stunden)

-Clear to the point language is the way to go; no point in struggling to say what you can't. Remember nice sentence starters such as Zum Glueck/Endlich/Ehrlich gesagt/Deshalb usw.
-Add in sayings after sentenes where appropriate such as 'Übung macht den Meister'
-Listen to German-radio and think of possible replies to what's being said
-Chief Examiner's Reports will guide you in the right direction

Viel Erfolg!