1. N5 Exam Prelim November/December 2014
You will sit 3 Papers:
Reading and Writing
Listening
Reading 30 marks
Writing 20 marks
Listening 20 marks

2. Reading & Writing Paper: 1hr 30 mins Reading: 30 marks, Writing 20 marks
Spend about 1 hr on this section
You will read 3 texts in French
Then you will answer approx 6 questions on each text in English
You are allowed to use a dictionary
Some questions are simply comprehension in English
Some are multiple choice
Some are fill in the blanks (it may be more than one word to fill in)

3. Writing Paper (Approx 30mins of 1h 30 paper)
You will write a letter to apply for a job
The letter must be between 120 and 150 words
Content must be relevant to the job advertised
6 bullet points must be addressed
4 are predictable and can be learned before the exam ( you may need to change some detail depending on the job)
2 are unpredictable and you have prepare as best you can for them
Structure your work, write in separate paragraphs
Use a variety of vocabulary and tenses

4. Exam Technique/Tips For reading/writing paper...
Do the writing first, but remember to watch timings, give yourself 30 mins!
You could do the first 4 bullet point, then do the reading, then go back to the writing.
For the reading, make sure you read the blurb in English at the top, then read the questions in English, check the marks available and then read the French.
Break the French into chunks, remember the questions are in the same order as the text, read a paragraph at a time.

5. Listening Paper: 20 marks 25 minutes for the paper
2 parts:
Monologue: 8 marks including a general purpose question (multiple choice)
Dialogue: 12 marks
You have 1 minute to study the questions
You will hear each section 3 times
There is an interval of 1 minute between playings
Answers in English, some simple answer, some complete sentence blanks

6. Listening Exam Technique
Make sure you study the questions beforehand.
You have 1 minute to do this
Try and predict what sort of vocabulary/ answers there could be
Use the question to help you listen out for the answer, ie. Which hobbies...? Les passe-/ temps, les loisirs, temps libre- sports and activity vocabulary.
When...? Time vocabulary/dates/months, etc.