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Tips/Advice for 40+
vox nihili:
--- Quote from: AllG_ on November 14, 2014, 12:36:32 pm ---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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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.
AllG_:
--- Quote from: Mr. T-Rav on November 16, 2014, 09:12:43 pm ---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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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
--- Quote from: Ya Habibi on November 16, 2014, 10:58:24 am ---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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Which exam companies are good and you would recommend? I assume you started off with the secondary companies before moving into the VCAA ones?
vox nihili:
--- Quote from: AllG_ on November 16, 2014, 10:01:20 pm ---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
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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 :)
Ya Habibi:
--- Quote from: AllG_ on November 16, 2014, 10:01:20 pm ---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?
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Any exams, really. Melbourne Uni, IARTV, CSE, anything. Yeah, I did VCAA semesterly.
AllG_:
--- Quote from: Ya Habibi on November 15, 2014, 02:21:46 pm ---Get hooked to a French TV show
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Any good French TV shows that you would recommend for me to watch? :D
--- Quote from: Mr. T-Rav on November 16, 2014, 10:22:22 pm ---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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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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