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French A-level speaking strategy guidance

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A useful worksheet that walks you through how to tackle the topics/card section of your French A-level speaking exam. With a guide on how to approach each question, reminders of what you need to include, examples of complex language to bake-in to your responses, and pro tips about the exam

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French speaking strategy
First and foremost: Read the text for comprehension! Try to use context to
o Addition: de surcroît, en outre
Language checklist:
figure out words you o Opposition: mais, cependant, sauf, en revanche, toutefois
Q1 - rephrase the text in your own words don’t know. But if
you’re confused, you o Justification:
 Connectives par conséquent,
- Start every grâce à with a connective
idea and subclause
can avoid mentioning oo Explanation:
Addition: de àsurcroît,
savoir, c’est-à-dire,
en outre autrement dit
some parts of the
text oo Example:
Opposition: parmais,
exemple, notamment,
cependant, telrevanche,
sauf, en que toutefois
oo Outcome:
Justification:en conséquence,
par conséquent, c’est pourquoi,
grâce à de façon que
 Opinion o phrases
Explanation:– ‘Quant à moi’,
à savoir, ‘de mon point
c’est-à-dire, de vue’,
autrement dit‘Je dirais
que’,o‘J’opine que’
Example: par exemple, notamment, tel que
 Pronouns – ‘à mon en
o Outcome: avis’ ‘Je n’y avais c’est
conséquence, pas pensé avant’
pourquoi, de façon que
 Tenses
Opinion– phrases
‘Quand j’avais
– ‘Quantseize ans…’,
à moi’, ‘de‘Dans
mon le futurdeil vue’,
point faudra…’
‘Je dirais que’,
Q2 - make sure to justify your opinions (complex sentences) and think about  A‘J’opine
si clause ‘Si c’était ma
que’, ‘à mon avis’ decisión, je changerais le système en…’
 APronouns
subjunctive– ‘Je– n’y
‘Bien qu’ilpas
avais soitpensé
difficile de comprendre/croire…’,
avant’, ‘Je leur conseillerais de…’ ‘afin
 qu’on
Tensespuisse…’
– ‘Quand j’avais seize ans…’, ‘Dans le futur il faudra…’
 AApresent
si clauseor‘Sipast participle
c’était – ‘En lisant
ma décision, cette carte’,
je changerais ‘Ayant entendu
le système en…’
 l’argument
A subjunctive opposé’
– ‘Bien qu’il soit difficile de croire…’, ‘…afin qu’on
puisse…’, ‘Autant que je sache…’
 A present or past participle – ‘En lisant cette carte’, ‘Ayant entendu
l’argument opposé’

how this affected you in the past or future (easy way to include tenses) Pro tips:

Q3 - think of one or two real-world examples relevant to the card from the  Always mention at least 2 or 3 ideas per question (don’t
textbook or your own research wait for the examiner to prompt you with a follow-up
question) - expand your arguments, justify, draw
conclusions
 If you forget how to say something, find a work-around –
explain it in a different way, describe the thing
Language checklist:  Practise!!!
o Arrange with classmates to meet up and practise
 Connectives - Start every idea and subclause with a connective
speaking, even just 10 minutes before class
o Record yourself speaking and listen back to self-
evaluate
Think about two questions to ask the examiner! –
try to slip them “naturally” into the conversation
‘Qu’est que vous en pensez?’, ‘Quelle est votre
opinion de…?’ ‘Qu’est-ce que vous feriez si vous

étiez dans cette situation?’

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