Hobbes (corrigez-moi)

[tardy bough]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[topaz plover]

I am sorry you got it wrong, but those questions have very clear and defined answers in the text.

"le français est la 5e langue la plus parlée dans le monde" (French is the 5th most widely spoken language in the world) is the key indicator for the first question. The rest of the text focuses on ONU, or ICJ, not worldwide languages

"seuls l'anglais et le français sont reconnus comme langues de travail à la Cour internationale de justice" (English and French are the only recognized working languages at the ICJ) is the key indicator for the second question. The rest of the text doesn't say anything about the ICJ

[feral sedge]

Thank you! Yes, I figured it out more or less with hindsight, but it seems like I gotta work on the skills to recognize such differences quickly. As of now, it's hard enough to fully understand what's being said, and choosing the right answers at the same time, so when they sprinkle in trickier questions I easily fall victim to them, especially if I fail to contextualize it (which would have helped enormously here). Luckily tho there'll apparently be some minutes during the exam to reflect on the answers. Gotta grind listening more I guess

[topaz plover]

yes, I clearly see how it could be confusing.
The text jumps from context to context (worldwide, ONU, ICJ, Brexit...), each giving different numbers. The important part here wasn't individual values, but assigning them to various contexts, which can be tricky.