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| Buba Triglot Newbie Peru Joined 3727 days ago 8 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French | Message 1 of 2 12 October 2014 at 5:59pm | IP Logged |
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About 1 month ago I started studying French (I studied it in school for 10
years) in order to pass the B2 examination. I intend studying in France, and that was one of the requirements. Now I want to progress towards an advanced level and I also have to teach my girlfriend up to the point of a B2 level so she can come with me. Studying (My objective is to obtain general mastery, such I have in my native tongue) -Reading French classic literature (right now, Memoires d'outre tomb - Chateaubriand) -Talking with native speakers (I know a girl from Belgium and another from France) -Watching movies -Writing my journal in French -Translating some newspapers articles to French Teaching Actually, it is not teaching but more like guiding (It depends on the level of the student, in this case she has studied for 10 years in school) (It also depends on the objective: passing a B2-like exam, not necessarily general mastery) -Revisit the basics (conjugation, articles and the like) -Use of education material designed for B2-C1, notably from editorial house Cle International (There are dedicated vocabulary, civilization, phonetics, grammar books) -Everything I do myself for studying -Reading poems out loud for phonetics As for getting the material, I strongly recommend getting a library membership for L'Alliance Francaise of your city. You will find there almost everything you need. In case you can't, some of the material is uploaded in scribd or the pirate bay. I will post in this journal whatever I consider could be useful to you, whether in learning or teaching 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Buba Triglot Newbie Peru Joined 3727 days ago 8 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French | Message 2 of 2 12 October 2014 at 6:26pm | IP Logged |
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B2 exam
My B2 exam was two days ago. I had been studying for a month (In school I had achieved a B1 level) and it has been hard. Here, some general outlines for people looking to achieve the B2 exam. First, the exam itself In B2 level you have to show an independent level of the language. You're required not only to understand the literal meaning, but the hues of meaning and the intention behind the emitter. When talking or writing, you're expected to be able to convince the receiver. The stress is in argumentation. The exam is divided in 4 areas: Writing, Listening, Speaking and Reading In the Reading section (1 hour) you get an "Informative text" and an "Argumentative Text" and a series of questions, some direct, most tricky. In the Listening section (1/2 hour) you get two recordings, a short one and a long one, one of them is played twice. The question can also be tricky. In the Writing section (1 hour) you are expected to convince someone through your writing. It can be an essay or different kinds of letters. In the Speaking section (20 minutes preparation, 10 speaking) you must present a monologue about a theme they will give you there, and the discuss about that theme with the examinator. A good thing to know is that the themes treated on the different parts of the exam have civilization subjects and you need that vocabulary: ecological consciousness, work life, etc Useful things I did -Looking for a French native speakers in my university and through Couchsurfing. The only way you will realize your weaknesses in speaking is through actual dialogue. -Preparing myself with books tailored for the B2 level (I completed one, and used parts of several others), -Writing essays: I found that when trying to this, the huge empty vocabulary spots I had where magically filled. Say I wanted to write an essay on anti-age medicine, I learned how to say baldness, wrinkles and the like; and a lot of verbs I use in my native language and that I did not know in French. -Using Anki Useless things I did -Enrolling in a DELF B2 workshop. It was damn useless: The teacher talked half the time, paraphrasing the advice given in the B2 tailored books and then giving us photocopies of small parts of those books. Basically, we didn't need her but the books. I spent a load of money on this workshop and lots of time, too (The Alliance Francaise is far away from where I live) -Reading Baudelaire and Mallarmé. Don't get me wrong, I love literature, but with the little time I got the vocabulary I got from them wasn't too useful for the test. PS: There is an interesting commentary on language learning I got from Baudelaire's translation of Confessions of an English opium-eater by DeQuincy. He tells that he had mastery on Ancient Greek since he was little because he translated everyday modern-day newspapers to Ancient Greek, and the effort needed to paraphrase all the new things, such as a train or machines, gave him an outstanding control of the language 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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