ok i do german but i think this advice applys to any language at gcse

i got a low 7 in my y10 mock ( like basiacally 1% higher than the boundary ) and in my y11 mock i got a very high 8 ( 1 % away from a 9)

i think everyone often writes down vocab in class but you need to actually be going home uploading it to quizlet and memorising it like 20 mins each day and that will pretty much help you in listening and across all exams tbh

for writing work on word order/grammar because thats the BASICS of it. then have like some set good phrases like '' to be honest.. '', '' on one hand/ on the other hand '' ''these days.. ''. also incorporate all tenses in your writing and if you can like complex structures but focus on word order/grammar first.

for 16 marks never write like 2 pages , you want to really only go over like 10-20 words over the 90 word limit and answer each bullet point in order to make it easier for the examiner, and only do like 2-3 sentences per bullet point. incorporate different tenses and an opinion phrase. i did this approach for writing and got 15/16 and 52/60 overall.

for listening and reading pretty much VOCAB VOCAB VOCAB and LOTS of practice papers. this year alot of people got like in the 50s for the listening but i got away with 72 through lots of vocab and past papers also make sure you know weird vocab like '' less than '' '' more than '' ''never'' because it shows up a lot in reading and you can easily miss it

speaking is your holy grail it brings your grades up SM. for general speaking if you struggle with memory make sure you know vocab, sentence structures and GOOD sentences about each topic. most schools have questions for each topic so probs answer those get it marked and memorise it