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Offline 777

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Drop French?
« on: April 22, 2010, 08:31:23 pm »
Hey guys I am currently taking 6 IGCSE subjects and 4 EDEXCEL ones - french, geog, urdu, and eng lit.

I am horrible at french and am confident i can get A or above in everything else so my question to you would be that do you think I can drop french? i am doing edexcel GCSE french and am wondering it is optional? My speaking exam is on saturday in 2 days and its the weekend so I cant talk to anyone at school about this... i have urdu anyways so i will still be doing 9 subjects like everyone else...

thanks for any and all advice...
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2010, 09:12:02 pm »
So you already registered for the subject and payed the money?

If yes, then just sit in your exam and try. You won't lose anything.

I can give you links for you to prepare for your speaking exam in 2 days or even 1 day and you will do great in it. =]

Other than that, I believe 8 subjects are enough.
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 09:14:28 pm »
dont drop it

u already paid for ur exam and its in two days



just do it
« Last Edit: April 22, 2010, 09:16:16 pm by T.Q »
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 09:15:57 pm »
Quote from: T.Q on April 22, 2010, 09:14:28 pm
dont drop it

u already paid for ur exam and its in two days

just do it

lol agreed
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 09:20:41 pm »
hahahah but i dont want that B on my certificate! also without french i will have 9 subjects.

lastly my school pays for exam entries and i dont have to pay anything extra if i drop out...

thanks for the help guys! much appreciated
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2010, 09:22:49 pm »
Quote from: 777 on April 22, 2010, 09:20:41 pm
hahahah but i dont want that B on my certificate! also without french i will have 9 subjects.

lastly my school pays for exam entries and i dont have to pay anything extra if i drop out...

thanks for the help guys! much appreciated

come on man

B is a good mark  :P
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2010, 09:23:37 pm »
Here are some links where you can study french from :

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php >> was posted already somewhere by Nid404. AWESOME ONE.

https://studentforums.biz/index.php/topic,3832.0.html >> Many resources

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ >> check speaking section.

I almost studied from ONLY those links for my speaking and the examiner told me 5 days ago in my speaking IGCSE exam that I did very good. =]

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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2010, 09:27:07 pm »
Quote from: 777 on April 22, 2010, 09:20:41 pm
hahahah but i dont want that B on my certificate! also without french i will have 9 subjects.

lastly my school pays for exam entries and i dont have to pay anything extra if i drop out...

thanks for the help guys! much appreciated

im afraid that ur school takes the fees of the examz from the tuition fees ;)
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2010, 09:27:49 pm »
Quote from: Shoshou..Mony on April 22, 2010, 09:23:37 pm
Here are some links where you can study french from :

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php >> was posted already somewhere by Nid404. AWESOME ONE.

https://studentforums.biz/index.php/topic,3832.0.html >> Many resources

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ >> check speaking section.

I almost studied from ONLY those links for my speaking and the examiner told me 5 days ago in my speaking IGCSE exam that I did very good. =]



Thanks

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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2010, 09:29:17 pm »
thanks again for those wonderful links and the help and comments...

my problem is that i started french in year 10, whereas others have been doing for basically year 5 onwards, so i dont know the basics of the languages and this means that i am horrible at tenses and grammar... i think this will drastically affect my speaking mark... also my spellings are horrible and accents are almost non-existent...

i realise i probably sound very biased and lazy and stubborn but there you have it!

even if i do decide to go ahead with this, what are the consequences if i refuse to do the exam 5 minutes before it is scheduled and simply say i am taking urdu instead of french?

thanks guys!

@T.Q - yes i am aware, tuition fees are unfortunately extremely high here, but it is one of the best english based schools in saudi arabia and i have little choice...
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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2010, 09:30:59 pm »
I STARTED FRENCH IN GRADE 9!!!!!!

and you live in KSA?! which city? school?
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2010, 09:36:11 pm »
ahaha but i simply dont understand the language! :( can't get my head around the tenses and unfortunately didnt put in too much work and focused on other stuff...

im in riyadh :)
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2010, 09:40:47 pm »
ahah BISR... :p

so, any idea about the consequences of not doing the exam?

thanks so much for the help guys
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2010, 09:49:05 pm »
Quote from: 777 on April 22, 2010, 09:40:47 pm
ahah BISR... :p

so, any idea about the consequences of not doing the exam?

thanks so much for the help guys

if u registered for an exam

and u didnt do it

u will have an X MARK for that subject

so my advice to u , go ahead and do it

By the way , where r u from , i mean ur original  country
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Re: Drop French?
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2010, 09:50:29 pm »
X mark, hmm... what if i simply tell my advisor to "unregister" me or withdraw my application... :/

i'm from pakistan originally :)
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