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IckUber · 10-27-2003, 06:11 PM

Im taking intro to french at my college, and its the hardist thing to do. Anyone in the same boat? I seriously dont know anything in french, and i have an oral exam tomorrow! Any advise?

ninety09 · 10-27-2003, 06:21 PM

French is my first language. What do you need help with?

la petite moi · 10-27-2003, 09:10 PM

I know French, as well. Not my first language, but I lived there for three months...

collide · 10-27-2003, 10:54 PM

Je ne parle Francais.

John Henry · 10-28-2003, 12:50 PM

Listen to French radio (LW), find a documentary, tape it, listen to it again and talk about it in your oral exam. That's if your oral exam is a discussion thing. If it's question and answer, then if it's only intro french, try the following: Learn how to tell someone your name, age, hometown, general personal details, etc. exchange social niceties, hello, how are you, nice weather, please, thank you etc.. Learn some basic shop, cafe, garage stuff, one of these please, 20 euros, cup of coffee, loaf of bread, I have a flat tyre. They will probably ask you about your family, five brothers, three sisters, a cat, my father is a dentist, my mother is a plumber, etc. All the basic phrasebook stuff essentially. DO NOT learn much grammar if you need to cram for a basic french oral. It will all be present tense indicative (don't worry what that means either (-

Find a phrasebook with this stuff in read through the bits you need, visualising the concepts or objects described as you look at the French words.

Now cover up the English side while reading the French side and try to remember each one then reveal it until you've gone all the way through one section. Mark all the ones you get wrong then go through doing the same with those.

Now do the same from English to French.

All along, say the words out loud as you read/guess them.

Have a conversation with yourself, then go through again.

Repeat until tired, then GO TO BED. Have a strong coffee before your exam and have a smell around while you revise that you can have around during your exam: an aftershave you don't usually use, lemon oil on a hanky etc. Smells really help your associative memory, its scientifically proven. Hope this helps. Let me know if you don't have a vocab. list/Phrasebook and I'll try to help.

CSflim · 10-28-2003, 01:53 PM

Je suis une trés grande pomme de terre!

jumpjet · 11-04-2003, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by collide
Je ne parle Francais.

Je ne parle PAS Francais. ou Je ne parle jamais Francais

Poyzun_Ivy · 11-06-2003, 04:52 AM

I've spoken french for 6 years if you need some help... I made it through 5 years of high school french classes, then got a 'D' in my college one 'cause I never went.

-+ Ivy +-

John Henry · 11-06-2003, 12:25 PM

well, did it work?

IckUber · 11-12-2003, 05:21 PM

Wow thanks guys, it really did, i got out some flash cards, and some of the stuff just stuck. Thanks again.

10-27-2003, 06:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
IckUber Funran Location: Norman, OK	French Help Im taking intro to french at my college, and its the hardist thing to do. Anyone in the same boat? I seriously dont know anything in french, and i have an oral exam tomorrow! Any advise? __________________ How much is y'all Piolkles?

10-27-2003, 10:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
collide Turn off your TV. Location: ... .- -. ..-. .-. .- -. -.-. .. ... -.-. --- --..-- -.-. .-	Je ne parle Francais. __________________ "inhuman fiery goat worship" is an anagram for "information superhighway" -kingvolc

10-28-2003, 12:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
John Henry Addict Location: Grey Britain	Listen to French radio (LW), find a documentary, tape it, listen to it again and talk about it in your oral exam. That's if your oral exam is a discussion thing. If it's question and answer, then if it's only intro french, try the following: Learn how to tell someone your name, age, hometown, general personal details, etc. exchange social niceties, hello, how are you, nice weather, please, thank you etc.. Learn some basic shop, cafe, garage stuff, one of these please, 20 euros, cup of coffee, loaf of bread, I have a flat tyre. They will probably ask you about your family, five brothers, three sisters, a cat, my father is a dentist, my mother is a plumber, etc. All the basic phrasebook stuff essentially. DO NOT learn much grammar if you need to cram for a basic french oral. It will all be present tense indicative (don't worry what that means either (- Find a phrasebook with this stuff in read through the bits you need, visualising the concepts or objects described as you look at the French words. Now cover up the English side while reading the French side and try to remember each one then reveal it until you've gone all the way through one section. Mark all the ones you get wrong then go through doing the same with those. Now do the same from English to French. All along, say the words out loud as you read/guess them. Have a conversation with yourself, then go through again. Repeat until tired, then GO TO BED. Have a strong coffee before your exam and have a smell around while you revise that you can have around during your exam: an aftershave you don't usually use, lemon oil on a hanky etc. Smells really help your associative memory, its scientifically proven. Hope this helps. Let me know if you don't have a vocab. list/Phrasebook and I'll try to help. __________________ "No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."

10-28-2003, 01:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Je suis une trés grande pomme de terre! __________________

11-06-2003, 04:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
Poyzun_Ivy Crazy Location: I'm standing right behind you...	I've spoken french for 6 years if you need some help... I made it through 5 years of high school french classes, then got a 'D' in my college one 'cause I never went. -+ Ivy +- __________________ She's pretty as a daisy But look out man she's crazy She'll really do you in If you let her get under your skin

10-27-2003, 06:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
ninety09 Flavour of the Weak Location: Canada	French is my first language. What do you need help with?

10-27-2003, 09:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
la petite moi Filling the Void. Location: California	I know French, as well. Not my first language, but I lived there for three months...

11-06-2003, 12:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
John Henry Addict Location: Grey Britain	well, did it work? __________________ "No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."

11-12-2003, 05:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
IckUber Funran Location: Norman, OK	Wow thanks guys, it really did, i got out some flash cards, and some of the stuff just stuck. Thanks again. __________________ How much is y'all Piolkles?