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sparked:
Hahaha trust me this is not "derailing the thread".

So yes, I have been doing French for one year and am third or fourth in the SACs for my cohort which generally gets 3 or 4 scores in the 40s raw. I am working hard for 40 haha

I am doing two languages, I am doing Latin by distance, which means I teach myself the course and send in homework sets to the Victorian School of Languages for assessment, so in general I am motivated in my language studies in general.

Languages definitely complement each other. In saying that, getting a 45+ in biology is just hands down easier than getting an equivalent scaled score in German. French has better scaling and I would recommend you stick with it. If you have a chance to, I would do 3/4 biology in year 11, get a tutor if necessary, but just dedicate time to the course.

If you are going on French exchange your French will drastically improve. German is much more of a risk than biology. Biology is something I was passionate about myself though, so it also depends on what you will enjoy more.

If you want to, PM me and I can give you more in depth advice/ answers to specific questions. Otherwise, good luck with your French studies and talk to your VCE coordinator about German versus Biology!

Limista:

--- Quote from: Cheddar Cheese on June 13, 2014, 10:47:00 pm ---sparked:
Wow! You've only been learning french for a year?!!! Thanks for the tips. I'm getting better!

Also, I've noticed that you're doing two languages this year. I'm interested in doing french and german for vce, and although latin is quite an outlier in terms of the course, I'd like to know how you're finding balancing two languages. The thing is that I'm significantly less adept in german than I am in french, but I know that if I do well in both of them, the scaling will be really good. I'm currently weighing german with biology - would you say biology is quite easy to lose marks in? And also, do you have to know how to use a microscope for the sacs? I'm so so sorry I'm derailing this thread haha, but I'd appreciate any first-hand info. Thanks heaps haha

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Just thought I'd add to what 'sparked' said above  :) -->

I did German in year 12, and I thought it was very demanding. That said, I did enjoy it a lot, so I guess I didn't really think of the subject as 'work'. But I think if I did another language along with German, I probably wouldn't have survived year 12. To be honest, German is one of the tougher languages to become fluent in (mainly because the grammar is annoying to get your head around).
From what you said in your post, the fact that you are 'significantly less adept in German' is basically a sufficient enough reason not to pursue the language in year 12. Also, the 'scaling' advantage that you are weighing the cons with is not a good enough reason to take the language. If you do decide to pursue German, it should be because you absolutely and truly love the subject, then you're more likely to get an excellent score without having to worry about the scaling. I'm sure you've heard multiple VCE veterans tell you not to choose a subject because of the scaling; they are 100% correct.
Also, German and French are European languages. As a result, it is expected that they will share some similarities. The last thing you want to be doing, then, is confusing the rules for one language with the other.

Whilst the majority of this post may seem to be an attempt to dissuade you from picking up German for year 12, I'm just trying to help you out with your decisions based on my experiences. You're already doing French (from the tone of your post, you seem to be rather good at it  :P ) which scales highly, so you don't need to pick up another language solely for the scaling - one is enough!

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