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Vermilliona:
Salut tout le monde!
 
Je commencerai à étudier le français 3/4 l'année (an?) prochaine, et je me demandais si quelqu'un avait de conseils pour ceux entre nous qui sont au bord de commencer. À vrai dire, je suis très incertaine de mon niveau du français, d'autant qu'il y a beaucoup de gens dans mon école qui vont en échange, et ils vont parler couramment et 'rankings' et euhhh. Ce que je fais maintenant, c'est écouter les podcasts françaises (RFI, SBS), j'ai un cahier où j'écris le vocabulaire, et je lis 'bonjour tristesse' (lentement). Vous recommandez que je trouve un 'tutor'? Dois-je écrire  quelque chose en français toutes les semaines pour me préparer? En fait, je ne vois pas comment peux-je me battre contre ceux qui sont allés en échange, désolée si je semble un peu désespérée :/

xenial:
First off how did you get a 50 in ukranian lol wtf there are like 10 people who do that subject. You must've been sooo many standard deviations away from the mean.

Anyway, you can improve heaps from here. I was pretty poop this time last year at French, hard work and tears got me to a pretty solid position. During these holidays I was on exchange, it helped, sure, but what helped the most was that I nailed my grammar. Looking at your post, however, your grammar is much better than mine was, but still a few small errors: des conseils - nail when you need de, des, de la, de l'. Je me demandais, the imparfait isn't necessary, and as for the last sentence: it's pretty much always puis-je, but I would rephrase that whole sentence altogether. You're doing really well, don't worry I'm just being an ass, but I think if you read a few French articles you'll start to get a better grasp for the syntax, and a few grammar exercises in weak areas wouldn't help. Get to a point where you're pretty confident about any grammar rule, and you can write without stopping to think about grammar.

As for vocab and listening: do you have an iphone? I got an app called FrenchVocab, if you can complete all 15 exercises you'll be in good stead. It'll surprise you how much it helped. I think about 3-4 abstract words I learnt from that app were on my French exam this year, and I only did the first 9 exercises. Probably prioritise vocab and listening though, you can get to pumping out essays later. As for listening, I never really listened to television or anything, but maybe try to regularly watch a bit of TV or listen to radio. Make sure it's regular. If you've got EcoutezBien they're good too.

Lastly, don't go over the top these holidays. I worked, yes, but keep a grip on actual life as well. VCE will pretty quickly sweep you away from reality and into the world of SAC rankings and petty competition - have some fun, and try to make your French learning a hobby more than anything :)

lolalol:
Bonjour! Firstly, don't stress too much about not having gone on exchange! I'm sure can help a lot but it's not imperative for success in French. I didn't go on exchange but worked hard to improve my French and managed to become rank 1 in my school this year (just finished up 3/4 French in a fairly strong-performing school) :).

Also, well done for already starting to do some of your own listening and reading! This will greatly help your French, especially if you keep it up throughout the year. The vocab bank you're making is also a really good idea. In terms of getting a tutor, I wouldn't say it's absolutely necessary although I did go to one though and found it really helpful to have more French 'class time' outside of class and also someone to practice speaking with, especially in the lead up to the oral exam. So it's definitely something to consider :) And also it's not really necessary to write something every week in French but I found that doing a few of my own essays throughout the year (not set by my teacher but using topics from past VCAA exams) greatly helped in improving my writing speed. Try to get these marked by a teacher/tutor if you can! One of the best ways to learn is to see where you commonly make mistakes and improve those areas.

And yes I second pretty much everything xenial said! Particularly about having a strong grip on grammar as you go into Year 12 French, not stressing yourself too much these holidays and having fun when it comes to learning French. Bonne chance!

catnus:
Travaillez si dur que vous ne pouvez plus penser à autre chose!

Mais je plaisante, bien sûr. Si vous travaillez petit à petit tous les jours, je suis certain que vous réussirez. Je ne suis pas français et je n'ai jamais vécu en France (ma relation avec la France reste très superficielle, j'y suis allé pendant trois semaines en vacances), mais j'ai obtenu un bon résultat grace à un vrai intérêt dans la langue de Molière. Alors, essayez de rendre vos études un peu plus intéressantes! Variez ce que vous faites à la maison (pourquoi pas regarder des séries en streaming? ou même voire, regarder des films français si vous en êtes capables). Arrêtez de bachoter la veille des examens, et arrêtez de vous inquiéter parce que cela ne vous aidera jamais.

Bonne chance pour l'année prochaine. Quelles que soient vos attentes, si vous y mettez l'effort, je suis sûr que les résultats suivront.

P.S. One's grammar and vocab really does go quickly without practice :P

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