Hey all - does anyone have any advice for French 3/4 or just tips and tricks, anything they'd recommend to do really well, and stuff that others might not generally do/focus on? All contribution is appreciated 
Hi
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I finished VCE French last year. I personally think that it's most important to do lots of smaller skill-building activities regularly, especially as you can't really cram for languages. I watched French new on SBS on demand while I ate dinner around 3-5 days a week - while it does feel quite fast at first, by the end of the year, I was able to understand the reporters quite well, and it also helps you to understand the French community/society as a whole, which helps you to have better ideas and separate you from the rest of the cohort I think. It also makes learning a language more interesting!
I also did dictations on a website (search up "Dictée d'Archibald) which improves your ability to guess the spelling of words you don't know and to understand what is being said better (eg. what tenses are being used, what something is referring back to, etc.) which will increase your attention to detail.
Other things included reading the reading comprehension texts out-loud before completing the questions to work on pronunciation, memorising vocab, and when I searched up a word on WordReference, I noticed that there are often expressions at the bottom of the page, which can help enrich your language through idiomatic expressions, etc. if they are relevant. Closer to the oral, I also started randomly picking topics to think about when I had spare time (eg. in the car), and I would just waffle on in my head - that helped me to figure out what vocabulary I needed to learn, and also improved my ability to spontaneously talk with accuracy.
Hope that helps a bit and bonne chance!
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