GCSE French

Practice role plays and picture cards in timed conditions. 12 minutes preparation time.

Presentation: 1 minute, use flash cards to write down your presentation to ensure you memorise it.

Write answers to GCSE speaking questions (2-3) sentences each. Make flash cards to remember your answers.

Revision methods: look, cover, write and check. Use flashcards to write out the question and answer.

Practice past paper questions. Ensure you know all your verb conjugations for past present and future.

Learn set higher-level phrases (see tortilla 100% sheet).

Do brain dumps on themes e.g. brain dump on the topic of holiday and see what you can write from memory.

Practice annotating rubrics on the exam questions using the success criteria: 1. identify what type of text and to whom 2. identify bullet points and tenses 3. success criteria (INBOOST – idiom, negative word, bullet point, opinion, olé ocho phrase, structure, tenses).

Vocabulary is essential in order for you to access the listening and reading questions. Ensure you look through the lists and learn vocabulary.

Ensure to focus your attention to literature style questions – these are often in the format of an extract from a book or play.

Practice exam style questions under timed conditions.

When practising exam questions, ensure you maximise the 5 minutes of reading time initially and write in possible answers to questions and predictions. On the first listen, write down what you can understand in French and the second time round solidify your answer in English. Always ensure to listen to the example question first.

Listen to different extracts in French on YouTube, listening exercises on online textbooks or a podcast to ensure you are used to listening to French.