FabSwingers.com forum: GCSE French

By *evaquit OP Couple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

A fishing style post tbh.

We're both looking to study A level French but obviously need a B grade at GCSE. We live near Birmingham and are desperate to learn GCSE French over one year to advance to our desired course; so we're asking you guys for any advice, ideally we don't want to go down the tutor route.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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By *irm FoundationsMan
over a year ago

Hertfordshire

"A fishing style post tbh.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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Hello . Instead of doing GCSE and A levels have you considered taking the DELF exams instead . ? The certificate is internationally recognised ( or should be by any company who need an independent assessment of your standard of French )

The Institut de Francais in London ( this organisation is part of the French government and the only thing that they do is teach French ) run a variety of distance learning programmes and also prepare you for the Delf exams ( there are various different levels )

I attending their evening classes for the last eighteen months and found the tuition to be excellent .

However I under estimated the amount of time which you need to put in in order to substantially improve and due to a change in work location ( plus a crisis with an ex partner where I had to stay at a different location in order to carry out a substantial amount of work ) I abandoned my last set of lessons after having attended five ( but paid for the full course )

Setting yourselves targets for exams is good as it gives you something to achieve .

Whether you can avoid the tuition route depends on how quickly you can learn , how disciplined you are and what you current knowledge is .

My progress was slow as I am not a quick learner ( but have always managed to pass a wide variety of )

I started trying to learn from a book but found progress to be non existent .

The advantage of tuition is that it gives you a target to focus on and interaction with other students .

If it is no longer practical for me to travel to the Institut de Francais ( which is located in South Kensington ) , I will enroll on one of their distance learning classes .

You might also want to consider one of their crash courses ( intensive tuition for a week etc )

I can read and understand French quite easily but my spoken and understanding or oral French is poor .

Using the contacts section of a French swingers site may not be the best way to sex. On a recent holiday to Cap d Agde I meet a French lay from Paris . The only problem was she wanted to practise English and I wanted to practise French . However we have stayed in contact and I will assist her when she is over in the UK for work and vice versa hopefully she will assist me when either in Cap d Agde or Paris .

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By *evaquit OP Couple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

"A fishing style post tbh.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hello . Instead of doing GCSE and A levels have you considered taking the DELF exams instead . ? The certificate is internationally recognised ( or should be by any company who need an independent assessment of your standard of French )