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Irish (Leaving Cert 2012)
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The title was "Do we need a president in Ireland?" but it'd fit with anything about the president really or things like heroes of the countryCan you tell me what you wrote about for the President one? We haven't done that essay in school, and I'd say it was a possibility, I just haven't a clue what to write! :pac:
I wrote about how we definitely need a president because they represent us and show our best side internationally, and little bits like "the election is very picky but thats no harm in such an important competition" so its not a bland essay or something :P Then we got a photocopy where Foinse had interviewed the candidates and quoted Micky D and then I think it was David Norris and wrote "Why wouldnt we want someone like this running the country?". I cant remember exactly but that was the general idea of it :P
I put something in about the economy being bad though, luckily only very slightly, dont do that! The president isnt involved in that, derp :P0 -
The title was "Do we need a president in Ireland?" but it'd fit with anything about the president really or things like heroes of the country I wrote about how we definitely need a president because they represent us and show our best side internationally, and little bits like "the election is very picky but thats no harm in such an important competition" so its not a bland essay or something :P Then we got a photocopy where Foinse had interviewed the candidates and quoted Micky D and then I think it was David Norris and wrote "Why wouldnt we want someone like this running the country?". I cant remember exactly but that was the general idea of it :P
I put something in about the economy being bad though, luckily only very slightly, dont do that! The president isnt involved in that, derp :P
Thank you!! The only idea I had was to write about the election.. 
I'll give it a go anyway!
Think it's a possible mock? I've decided to just learn about 4 topics and improvise :rolleyes:0 -
No problem! Thank you!! The only idea I had was to write about the election.. I'll give it a go anyway!
Think it's a possible mock? I've decided to just learn about 4 topics and improvise :rolleyes: Haha yeah same, it's always good to look at the bigger picture :P Make sure to get some notes on it first, its really helpful because then you wont make grammar mistakes I'd definitely say it could be a mock question! It's topical enough really and if my teacher thinks it could come up, I'm sure whoever made the mocks might think so too and put it in some way It might not be a direct question but it'll be useful somehow 0 -
I totally agree! We have a class Irish department in our school and no one has been getting under Cs in our Higher level class!gaeilgebeo wrote: »Don't tar all Irish teachers with the one brush! Re-educating?
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Not all teachers are the same and that goes for any subject.
And I dunno what everyone is doing complaining about the new paper layout. We have it so much handier than last year! Just focus a good bit on listening to Irish radio stations and TG4 and going over your sraithpictuirí every so often and you'll be grand! Personally, I'm delighted with the change! 0 -
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My teacher says you don't need to paraphrase. So you can just take your answer straight from the text. But, if you take too much i.e if the answer was sentence Y from the text and you gave sentence X & Y in your answer you will be deducted marks so an understanding of the question and the text is kind of important!i have a question about the leamhthuiscints
do we just have to copy the answer and quote from the text or do ya have to put it into your own words. my teacher told me just to copy but i don't trust her 0 -
JonnyMcNamee wrote: »My teacher says you don't need to paraphrase. So you can just take your answer straight from the text. But, if you take too much i.e if the answer was sentence Y from the text and you gave sentence X & Y in your answer you will be deducted marks so an understanding of the question and the text is kind of important!
It clearly stated in the old course that your answers had to be in your own words, and it was evident in the Marking scheme, actual reproduction of the text seemed to be award 1m at the max. This year it is not written on the paper, or surely isn't on the sample paper. I still would imagine that Paraphasing is a part of the process. I am trying to think off hand, have I read it in the Teacher's outline and syllabus. Paraphasing a little bit, in my opinion, would be the best option. The new questions, the grammer ones, and the What type person is X and Y will be the main focus of the marks within that section.0 -
I don't like the new course! At all First they add 20 pictures which is grand and dandy you'll get over it but then they change all the Pro's and Poems so that predicting or getting notes from previous years is not possible Instead of making it easier they've really made it harder, in my opinion anyways 0
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But the ones without tend to be far less complicated and a bit more like the sceal from the jcHmm, true But I would think it to be the other way around - I got one of those in my pre-mock oral and it helped me to remember the story by looking at the bubbles, theyre like little prompts really.0 -
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Does anyone know where I could get an mp3 download of the Poems to listen for the oral?
This guy has all the poems done with perfect pronunciation, just got to keepvid and click the mp3 link.
Here's the link for Géibheann >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9nXPwz66GM0 -
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ChemHickey wrote: »I'm doing at least
environment (a few types, like ozone, energy and general)
Poverty
Fashion
Irish language
Politics
road deaths
media
special Olympics/sport
Oh I forgot about the environment, I'm doing that too! Our teacher told us to do an essay on Slád ar an mbóthar a few weeks ago but I didn't do it because I thought it wouldn't come up. Should I prepare it? 0 -
Im really happy the course change
At first I was really worried about the 40% for the oral but we've really been practising it all year and our teacher qaraunteed us we all have a high standard of irish, coming from a gaelteacht-ish area.
I hated the sraith pictuiri at first but aftr a whike you just have to get over them. You dont need to learn every single thing in each picture, its not like there gonna dock you marks everytime you miss something. You just have to make it natural. i.e - make it up as you go along.
Really happy history isnt on the paper anymore, that was meant to be a bitch
And way less poems and stories I think, is that right?
Well anyways Im delighted it changed!0 -
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Im really happy the course change
At first I was really worried about the 40% for the oral but we've really been practising it all year and our teacher qaraunteed us we all have a high standard of irish, coming from a gaelteacht-ish area.
I hated the sraith pictuiri at first but aftr a whike you just have to get over them. You dont need to learn every single thing in each picture, its not like there gonna dock you marks everytime you miss something. You just have to make it natural. i.e - make it up as you go along.
Really happy history isnt on the paper anymore, that was meant to be a bitch
And way less poems and stories I think, is that right?
Well anyways Im delighted it changed!
Aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leat 0 -
Coeurdepirate wrote: »Aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leat
I had to google translate that. Fail. :L0 -
I'm only preparing:
Irish language
Sport/Olympics
Ireland's need/lack of need for a president
Poverty
...Am I ****ed? :eek: I managed to get 96/100 using poverty in the mock like, and most years I've been able to fit my titles in somewhere but at the same time a broad amount of essays would be much more useful
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I'm only preparing:
Irish language
Sport/Olympics
Ireland's need/lack of need for a president
Poverty
...Am I ****ed? :eek: I managed to get 96/100 using poverty in the mock like, and most years I've been able to fit my titles in somewhere but at the same time a broad amount of essays would be much more useful
Maybe something on young people.
You can bring young people and the state of ireland today into almost everything. 0 -
What sort of stuff would be best do you think? Something extra for each essay, e.g. their involvement in eliminating poverty/voting/learning Irish, or something new like problems?Maybe something on young people.
You can bring young people and the state of ireland today into almost everything. 0 -
Well I have one prepared just on young people, eg - drinking, drugs and problems like that, and its pretty easy to fit them into other essays tooWhat sort of stuff would be best do you think? Something extra for each essay, e.g. their involvement in eliminating poverty/voting/learning Irish, or something new like problems?
But like your other essays you mentioned you could bring it in just by saying young peoples opinions, and how they're the future and all that.
Its easy to bring it in in most places so would be handy to have to fill up soem space in June 0 -
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I'm hoping for a debate on something on the Irish language, like it's future, the future of the Gaeltachts or it's necessity as a compulsory subject! Also would be fairly happy with a question on sport (how it's ruined by greed etc.) If anything on politics or the President comes up that's my A1 out the window I'd say :pac:
Wouldn't mind any of these titles as essays either 0 -
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