Hey!
1. Okay, so my teacher did not give our class a specific topic or theme, it was all up to us in terms of what topic we wanted to choose. However, you want to impress the examiners and I therefore recommend choosing a topic that is close to French culture, history, traditions, current issues etc.
2. Use various resources to gather your information - books, novels, autobiographies, movies, internet, magazines and even people who can give you useful information. This is very important as during your final examination you will need to cite at least one reference in order to achieve full marks...personally I told them I obtained my info from various books I had read (make sure you tell them the specific novel and its author) and also recited a poem related to my topic and then told them I found it while reading the newspaper.
3.Assign a seperate notebook or folder for you detailed study, in which to write notes in. This will vary from person to person however I wrote a lot of brief notes while reading through books about my topic. I later read these notes before my exam so that I had a quick and general overview of my work,instead of having to read long and tedious texts again.
4. Write down all your information in the form of an eight minute speech, get it corrected by your teacher, fit in good vocab and then read it everyday until your exam.
5. A couple of weeks before the exam think of possible questions they may ask you (the general who, what, when, why etc.) about the topic and write down your answer, then go through them regularly and say them out aloud whilst trying to incorporate fancy vocabulary.
6. Make some kind of poster or visual that can prompt you during the oral examination. I had a poster that had all these photos that I categorised in sub-topics and that also went in order of what I was planning to say. That way you won't leave out any important information and it will give less time for the examiners to ask you questions if you are constantly referring back to your poster and explaining the pictures.
7. Last of all, repeat the key sections of your topic, practise your 2 minute intro everywhere and anywhere, and try and answer possible questions that pop up in your head anywhere and everywhere! Two weeks before my exam, I was literally talking in Punjabi (the language I did last year) 24/7 (with the exception of school)! And trust me it really makes a difference as you become confident in your speaking and you end up learning your whole detailed study without even having to try and memorise it!
Anyway, I really hope this helped, and good luck with French!
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