Imelda Collum

section a the journalistic text i would spend maybe about 30 minutes on it because it does it's quite detailed you know it's quite detailed and but the good thing about the journalistic text it tells you the paragraphs that the answers are in so that is a big help and then the small comprehensions i would spend about 10 minutes and they're worth 20 marks then section b i would spend 30 minutes approximately on that first comprehension and then the dreaded opinion piece 35 and then you're

dialogue or your formal letter or your note on your diary entry i would spend another 20 and 15 minutes so that would take you then and then five minutes at the end to look over and that takes you then to your 150 minutes you know and you know it'll fly by and they shouldn't be finished with loads of time if they do the paper properly you know it's quite detailed it's quite intense you know there's a lot of reading and writing and stuff okay so your 150 minutes is up time is up but then you have to face the arrow

Yeah, and it's very important that people don't disappear because they're coming to the end of the whole thing and they're dying to get out into the fresh air and forget about their exams.

So again, like the French, you have 10 minutes and then you're facing into your 80 marks listening comprehension text, which is 40 minutes long, you know, and seven sections.

Again, three times.

And it's very important that they listen very, very carefully, read the questions very carefully again, you know,

And again, jot down maybe words that they heard, maybe they can't remember what they mean, things like that.

And then go back, calm head and write them in English.

And in the listening comprehension test in Spanish, you answer the questions in English.

you know, so you don't have to write any Spanish at all.

It's all in English.

The questions in English, you answer in English.

So if you answer it in Spanish, you're in bother because you won't get marks for that.

So it's very important.

Yeah, very important.