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Tips/Advice for 40+
« on: November 14, 2014, 12:36:32 pm »
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Hey guys! I will be doing French next year (2015) and I was wondering for those who have done it any tips/advice to get a 40+. Thanks in advance! :)

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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2014, 02:21:46 pm »
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Hey guys! I will be doing French next year (2015) and I was wondering for those who have done it any tips/advice to get a 40+. Thanks in advance! :)

Get hooked to a French TV show
Listen to podcasts.
Read in french.
Think in French.
Do weekly exams.
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2014, 02:51:27 pm »
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Thanks for the reply Ya Habibi! How many exams do you recommend doing for French? When did you start doing weekly exams? Crazy scores you got there by the way :)

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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2014, 10:58:24 am »
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Thanks for the reply Ya Habibi! How many exams do you recommend doing for French? When did you start doing weekly exams? Crazy scores you got there by the way :)

I've been doing an exam a week since the start of term 1. I didn't start doing the essay sections until term 3 or so. I've probably done around 35 exams now.
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2014, 08:55:43 pm »
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I've been doing an exam a week since the start of term 1. I didn't start doing the essay sections until term 3 or so. I've probably done around 35 exams now.

pretttttty sure you didn't get a 48 in Latin last year

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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2014, 09:12:43 pm »
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Hey guys! I will be doing French next year (2015) and I was wondering for those who have done it any tips/advice to get a 40+. Thanks in advance! :)

Try to incorporate French in your life. Use it every day. Turn your phone/facebook etc into French. Read the French news. Listen to French radio. Immerse yourself. It's as easy as hell and is far more effective than any study you'll do.
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2014, 10:01:20 pm »
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Try to incorporate French in your life. Use it every day. Turn your phone/facebook etc into French. Read the French news. Listen to French radio. Immerse yourself. It's as easy as hell and is far more effective than any study you'll do.

Thanks for the reply T-Rav! Just out of curiosity, when did you start really immersing yourself like listening/reading french on a day to day basis - start of year 12, year 11, even earlier? Basically where I'm getting at, have I left it a bit late to start now to do well for next year? I pretty much neglected French for the past month or so concentrating on my 3/4 and I didn't really develop good habits to begin with (listening podcasts, reading french news) throughout the year :s

I've been doing an exam a week since the start of term 1. I didn't start doing the essay sections until term 3 or so. I've probably done around 35 exams now.

Which exam companies are good and you would recommend? I assume you started off with the secondary companies before moving into the VCAA ones?

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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2014, 10:22:22 pm »
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Thanks for the reply T-Rav! Just out of curiosity, when did you start really immersing yourself like listening/reading french on a day to day basis - start of year 12, year 11, even earlier? Basically where I'm getting at, have I left it a bit late to start now to do well for next year? I pretty much neglected French for the past month or so concentrating on my 3/4 and I didn't really develop good habits to begin with (listening podcasts, reading french news) throughout the year :s

I started doing little things from year 9, but that was only like changing my iPod into French and changing Facebook into French. When I really started getting cracking would have been year 12. I also started Spanish from scratch last year and used the same strategy and believe you me, a year is definitely enough. In fact, I was post VCE in under a year, so you've got plenty of time :)
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2014, 09:40:17 am »
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Thanks for the reply T-Rav! Just out of curiosity, when did you start really immersing yourself like listening/reading french on a day to day basis - start of year 12, year 11, even earlier? Basically where I'm getting at, have I left it a bit late to start now to do well for next year? I pretty much neglected French for the past month or so concentrating on my 3/4 and I didn't really develop good habits to begin with (listening podcasts, reading french news) throughout the year :s

Which exam companies are good and you would recommend? I assume you started off with the secondary companies before moving into the VCAA ones?

Any exams, really. Melbourne Uni, IARTV, CSE, anything. Yeah, I did VCAA semesterly.
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2014, 10:47:38 pm »
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Get hooked to a French TV show

Any good French TV shows that you would recommend for me to watch? :D

I started doing little things from year 9, but that was only like changing my iPod into French and changing Facebook into French. When I really started getting cracking would have been year 12. I also started Spanish from scratch last year and used the same strategy and believe you me, a year is definitely enough. In fact, I was post VCE in under a year, so you've got plenty of time :)

Wow you seem to be very talented in learning languages! How did you work on improving your writing skills for French throughout your year 12 year?

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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2014, 11:10:55 pm »
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Wow you seem to be very talented in learning languages! How did you work on improving your writing skills for French throughout your year 12 year?

I wrote :) Write as much as you can in French! Practise practise practise
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2014, 09:42:32 am »
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Any good French TV shows that you would recommend for me to watch? :D

Wow you seem to be very talented in learning languages! How did you work on improving your writing skills for French throughout your year 12 year?
I'm currently watching Les Revenants (The Returned). It's really good!
If you go to imdb then you'll find top French shows there.
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2014, 07:19:03 pm »
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pretttttty sure you didn't get a 48 in Latin last year

How come? Their other scores are crazy enough to make it believable.
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Re: Tips/Advice for 40+
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2014, 07:56:38 pm »
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How come? Their other scores are crazy enough to make it believable.
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