Online GCSE French Lessons with Robert William

If you haven't already, make sure to join my private members-only group and download your free GCSE French Reading Practice Booklet!

Many of you, or your children, might have their summer exams or Year 10 Summer Mocks coming up soon so I thought I'd share with you a wonderful resource to help prepare for the Reading exam.

I've put together around 140 reading questions for you - all taken from past AQA papers - and organised into topic sections, complete with mark schemes!

Click here to join the group >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/theonlinelanguageschoolfrenchgcse

Then go into the files section to download your free copy.

This cabbage-related 'mistake' is one of mine. And one I'm still very proud of 😃

I hadn't long been learning Italian at college and I was sent out to do some practice with the native speaker assistant who was helping out.

I remember sixteen year old me sat on one of those old metal office chairs with a threadbare cushion and the last of the padding escaping out of the burst seam on the side. I was already pretty nervous about going to speak Italian - on my own - with a native speaker - having only just started to learn it a month or so before.

Out of my comfort zone, I definitely was, and this chair was not making me any more comfortable!

I remember Giuglia asking me some of the usual beginner questions like 'What's your name?' 'How old are you?' - I could remember my name and my age. This was a good start!

Then she asked if I had any pets.

I remember thinking, I know this one too! 'Ho due cani!' I've got two dogs!

I was gaining in confidence!

Then I thought I'd show off with a much more complex sentence with something like 'When I'm older, and I have enough land and money, I would really like to buy a horse!'

Well Giuglia burst out laughing! Turns out the Italian for 'horse' and 'cabbage' were easily confused by a beginner!

Moral of the story: Make mistakes, learn from your mistakes, and learn the difference between a horse and a cabbage.
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# gcsegerman

When I speak to friends, family, and potential students, one of the biggest things that's holding them back from realising their dream of learning a foreign language is their fear of making mistakes and this is such a shame!

If you're not making mistakes, it's probably because you're not getting out of your comfort zone, doing something that scares you, or pushing yourself to improve.

Mistakes are the KEY to learning.

They're a necessary part of the journey.

Don't fear the mistakes.

Embrace and enjoy the mistakes - for without them, you would not be moving forwards.

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# gcsegerman

This excellent 'mistake' was made by a student of mine a few years ago during his German GCSE Speaking Exam.

Yep! It's fine to make mistakes, even in the exam!

He was trying to describe what his ideal partner would be like (an excellent opportunity to show off using the Conditional Mood to get a few extra marks!) but as he was speaking he lost half the words in his sentence and just said 'I'm looking for hair ... and eyes ...'

He composed himself.

Had another go.

And absolutely smashed the exam!

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# gcsegerman

Let's face it, life can be pretty busy.

You've always got so much school work to do.

Add on top of that all your extra-curricular activities, and it feels like there's just not enough time to learn everything you need to learn in order to ...

1. Speak the language really well

and

2. Get the grade you want in your GCSE.

Remember ...

Make use of those lost minutes here and there.

While you're waiting for the bus, learn a few new words on your phone.

Listen to some cool music in your target language.

Instead of watching Netflix, in English, change the language and immerse yourself!

Whatever you do, do something! All of those minutes will add up into hours of practice 👍

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Just some benefits of learning another language:

- It makes you smarter 👍

- It makes you cooler 😎

- It makes you learn more about your first language 😉

- It makes you see the World in a completely different way 😃

If you'd like to find out more about how you, your son, or your daughter can excel in GCSE languages, send me a DM, check out my page, or visit my website at www.theonlinelanguageschool.co.uk

Learning a foreign language can seem like such a daunting task 😱 and it's even more daunting if you aim for perfection! Perfection can seem like such an unobtainable goal - and what is perfection anyway?

So instead of aiming for perfection, aim for progress. If you just learn one new word, phrase, or verb conjugation today, that's more than you knew yesterday. Just rinse and repeat.

Practice.
Makes.
Progress.

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👉 This is a feeling every language learner knows! 👍

👉 You build up the confidence to actually speak to a native speaker in their language. 😨

👉 You feel the fear. 😱

👉 They understand you! 🤩

👉 Wooooohoooooooo! 🤪 My work here is done!

Such kind words from Katie 😀

👉 Ed had chosen German GCSE and had a really high target grade but he'd fallen out of love with the subject - it had become really hard, the lessons weren't engaging, and he wasn't actually learning to speak the language in class ...

BUT ...

👉 working with the right tutor and equipped with the right materials and language-learning strategies, Ed made AMAZING progress! He was quickly able to converse spontaneously in German, discussing loads of different topics, and using really high-level language that we examiners absolutely love! 👍

👉 Consequently, his enjoyment and grades both shot up and I could not be prouder of him! 😁 👏

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# homeed

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I really like this simile because it is such an accurate depiction of what language is like! When you start out learning a language it can be like finding your way through a jungle of confusion and sadly this is where so many student's language-leaning journey ends. It doesn't need to be like this though!

At The Online Language School our courses simplify the language-learning process 🤗👍 by teaching you the patterns, the phrases, and the words you need in order to speak the language confidently and fluently ready to smash your GCSE exam! 🎈🥳

Check out our new course created to help you succeed in your French GCSE Speaking Exam! It's designed by a language-learning expert, linguist, and GCSE examiner and it's packed with model answers, instructional videos, and heaps of practice exercises 🙌

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You won't need to act like you understand and you won't need to blag your way through your French GCSE Speaking Exam all 'errrrr j'aime ... errrr ... je joue au foot .... errrr baguette ... pain au chocolat ... croissant ...' once you've seen our all new French GCSE General Conversation Speaking Exam Online Course which is about to launch at lunch time today!

Could not be any more excited to share it with you! 😁

Learn a language in the right way 👍 with the right material 👍 the right methodology 👍 and the right mindset 👍 and there'll be nothing stopping you from absolutely smashing that speaking exam!

Not long now until the launch of our new French GCSE General Conversation Speaking Exam Online Course! Watch this space! 😀👍

Eeeek!!!

It's been very busy here at The Online Language School as we get ready to launch our all new GCSE French General Conversation Speaking Exam Online Course at lunch time today!!!

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The standard membership fee for all of this content is £14.99/month but you can get unlimited access to it all for only £4.99/month for long as you like if you sign up before 31st July 2020! It will be our little way of saying thank you for becoming a founding member of The Online Language School 😀 Just send a message in Messenger to get your exclusive special discount code!

Make sure you check back at lunch time today to get more information and find out how to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

So excited!

Do you want to learn this awesome super power?!

As a student at school, and then when I did my teacher training (it seems like such a long time ago now!), I could never really understand why so much time was spent learning how to describe family members' physical characteristics. The only logical explanations I could come up with was that as children, we were expected to get lost in French supermarkets or maybe if we lost our passports, we could just describe each other through customs!

This is so true! Luckily though, with practice it gets easier and easier, and you get better and better 😁

I see so many students daunted by the idea of learning a language. They want to be able to speak another language (Who wouldn't?! It's really cool 😎😁) but it seems like such a mammoth task (pun intended 🤣) with no end in sight.

But by just learning one word, or one phrase, each day, those efforts are going to compound and it will get easier and easier to learn more and more! Promise 👍

Some people say that you know you're fluent in another language when you start to dream in it. I don't know about that but I do know that this 👇happens a lot! 😂