how can i bring myself up to speed for my french exam next week??
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First, get yourself some caffiene. :) Gather all the materials you can - textbook, workbook, notes, charts, audio, video, etc. Make a trip to the library or borrow extra materials from someone else, if you can. Everything helps! Find a quiet place where you can read and practice speaking without being disturbed. You really want to focus! \n\nThen start from the beginning. The reason it's so hard to catch up when learning a language is that everything builds on the material before it. Go back to the level where you were up to speed, and read everything very carefully. Do all the practice questions, no matter how easy. Speak loudly and confidently to help develop your pronounciation. The trick is to work at a steady pace, trying to make sure you understand each concept before you move on, and to expose yourself to as much of the material as possible. Write out the answers, and say everything as you write it out. You need to use as many of your senses as possible to take in as much information as you can.\n\nIf you are able, work with a tutor or find someone else who is in the class and ask them what has been focused on the most, and if they have any notes you can borrow - you never know how helpful looking at the material in a different format can be.\n\nSome other tips: Getting a good night's sleep is particularly important before a language test.\n\nMake flashcards for and/or write out everything you can, including common questions and answers, even if it seems repetitive. Just the act of writing it down might help.\n\nListening is probably the most difficult part. Spend a lot of your time reading along with the audio, to familiarize yourself with the sound of new words and phrases.\n\nDon't get overwhelmed. If you have until next week, you have enough time to cover a lot of material that you've missed. It's not nearly as good as learning it over weeks or months, but do your best and you'll be okay. Bonne chance!
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Try Michel Thomas CDs. French is a hard languge to learn, but these will make you start speaking straight away and give you confidence. Bon chance.
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Take a short break. Walk in the garden. Take a few deep breaths and you will be ready to study more. God luck with studying. It is not that bad!
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Pay attention through the entire course, then when finals come, it will be more of a refresher, than learning everything at once. Begin studying a week or two early. I find flashcards very helpful, though they may sound childish. Happy studying!
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Just try this\n\nDivide your days:\n\nYou have 2 weeks. So 14 days are there.\nYou have 6 subjects. Take each subject and study that subject for 2 days. So that you can study all the subjects in 12 days. Remaining 2 days you can just revise all the subjects.\nFor example,\nTake the first subject and study that in 2 days. Likewise take the 2nd one and study in 2 days. Go on like this for 12 days.\nI think if you study like this you can cover something in all the subjects. So that you can get an idea of what is there in all the subjects.\n\nHow to study:\n\nIn a subject, see what are all the important topics. Study that first. If time permits, note it down so that you can revise it on the last 2 days. Study the definitions, side headings. Just go through the text under the side headings.\n\nOn the 13th day, close your books and recollect what you have studied in each subject. On the 14th day study for the next day's exam.\n\nIf you think that the first subject's portion is more than the second one, then study the first subject for 2 and a half days and the second one for 1 and a half days.\n\nWhen you take your breakfast,lunch,etc listen to good music and forget everything about your studies. But when you are studying you should completely concentrate on your studies.\n\nI have given a systematic plan. If you want to alter this and study in your own way, proceed in that way itself. But just try this.\n\nSince you don't have more time, you should study important topics and skip any thing which not important.\n\nALL THE BEST FOR YOUR EXAMS.
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Here's how to feel better as you prepare for your exams:\n\n1. EXERCISE: jogging, cycling, swimming, with or without friends, for just 30 minutes each day.  Exercise is great!  It makes you FEEL GOOD in the brain, it helps you SLEEP WELL, it helps you CONTROL STRESS...\n\n2: SLEEP: try to stick to the same sleep patterns each day.  At least 8 hours sleep per night (e.g. 11pm - 7am)\n\n3: TREAT YOURSELF... if you achieve all the revision you expected to do during the day, reward yourself!  Go to the cinema, eat out with your friends, or just spend the evening chilling out...\n\n4: PLAN YOUR WORK... at the start of each day, plan what you want to get achieved in that day.  You'll feel like you have more control over your work.  Be a master of time, not a slave of it.\n\n5: FRESH AIR and WATER both help.  Open your window in the room where you work and keep drinking water.  2% dehydration reduces your concentration by 20%.  \n\nAll these tips help you feel good and will keep you smiling even when doing the most boring subject of them all.  (English, perhaps?)\n\nGood luck in your exams and remember, there's a long summer holiday to follow!
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Well i recommend, taking notes on each chapter then re-reading your notes everyday....make flashcards of topics that are the most difficult for you!!!Do NOT wait until the last minute to study for the tests!  Good Luck!!!
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Practice a lot.\nMake yourself some flash cards, with both sides and review them everywhere, bus, car ride, bathroom, in the hallway. Start early and they are easy to keep up with.
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If you are enough motivated find a good tutor in French or attend French classes..you can find out also a worth self-educational systems,with CDs and proper books..Buy also a French dictionary.
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learn some french, like verbs and conjugation, as well as some things about French culture.  i would also suggest bringing a small french dictionary, and learning to say "i don't know" (je ne sais pas) and "i dont speak french.  do you speak english" (je ne parle pas le francais.  est-ce que vous parlez englais?)  also, shouting "who speaks english?" (qui parle englais?)  can help you find a translator if you are having a really hard time.  there are also elecrtonic things that can help, too.  the internet can help, and if you can spare the money, buy a Holt French I and mabye even a French II textbook.  they are blue, and they are have Allez Viens!  written on them.  i have used them for three years.  also, you can get cds or tapes to listen to on the plane.  you can also get french movies or listen to movies in french in order to understand french better.  it can help a lot.  im sure there are other things that you can use to help, and you can probably ask a french teacher to give you a few quick lessons, or some references.  hope this helps.
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I think now would be a good time to start, since the exam session has already started, although you still have a couple of weeks for most subjects.\n\nCan I recommend www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize ?\n\nGood luck!
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repetition is key. make notecards and carry them with you. study with other people and take turn asking questions.
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How hard of an exam could it be?? Drink beer, listen to Rush and say eh  a lot
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Flash cards, repition, crash course the night before....make sure to get plenty of sleep and eat a healthy breakfast.  My roommate also used to dress up the days of her finals.  She said that she felt like she did better when she looked better.  She always did well on her exams so there must be some truth to it.
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You have better memory for things that really matter to you. Think about the experiences in your life that you really remember, both good and bad. Strong emotions, right?!\n\nSo...\n\n1. Find personal value in the information you need to know for your exams.\n2. Get enough rest.\n3. Find ways to think about the information you need in terms of your own life and activities.\n4. Eat healthy.\n5. Stop web surfing and start reading your materials for your classes, already.
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Stay online, so that in between breaks you can surf the net, or fix a quiz (pretty exciting stuff for me), drink lots of energy drinks and coffee, turn on the television while you study, sit on an uncomfortable chair, like a hard one, so that it's not comfy enough to snooze on.\nKeep some strong smelling lemon or citrus nearby to sniff on. Studies show they help to keep you feeling 'refreshed'.
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get a planner...write down all your assignments before they are due...make note cards to help you study...take notes in the margins of your books...(if you bought the books)...get a notebook for each class...write the title of the class, the day, and time on the front of the notebook...get a calendar and write down the dates and times of your finals ahead of time so there are no surprises...just stay focused...don't try to do too many things at once...take 20 minute study breaks and do something fun...then get back into it...you shouldn't study for more than an hour for each subject...take breaks and come back to it...if you have a test study right before you go to sleep and then don't think about it anymore...hope these tips help...