Speaking exam advice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8042nqCclg
Role play ( 10 + 5 ) Give the correct amount of details. If you have to give an activity, make sure it is a sport, leisure pursuit, reading etc. Answer the question. Make questions simple, eg le temps ? (Quel temps fait –il?) le sport ? Tu fais du sport? If you find asking questions difficult, do it this way – Moi, je fais de la natation. Et toi? ?/ Et vous? Do not expand any area of the role play.
Photocard advice (15) FL – 2 minutes ( 25 secs per Q) HL – 3 minutes ( 40 secs per Q) PAWS – people ( appearance, personality, clothes), Actions, Weather, Situation. Highest mark is for candidates who answer without ambiguity and in the correct tense all the answers, give and explain opinions. Develop your answers. D O E Useful phrases: Je pense que la fille / le garçon / l’homme/ la femme a les cheveux/ yeux…porte (wear)… Il / elle semble…He / she seems… Il / elle a l’air…He/ she seems… Je dirais que…I would say that… Je vois que…I see that… Le lycée – high school ( Yr 11/ 12/13) Je crois que…- I believe…
Step by step guide to success in the general conversation exam Answer question Give an opinion and explain the opinion. Add conjunctions. Use a different tense. Higher – range of all time frames. Task: Prepare all of your answers for the questions from the three themes – use the AQA GCSE revision mind maps to help you. Your chosen theme for this exam will be theme one. You must be able to answer all of the questions from all of the themes.