Junior Cert:Spanish

Jackobyte

Tuesday June 22nd
9:30 - 12:00

All discussions & questions go here. Good luck.

patakadarragh

gracias

Jackobyte

patakadarragh wrote: »

gracias

Just making sure I get a thread. Haven't made one yet!

patakadarragh

ahhh feel left out?

padocon

Jackobyte wrote: »

Tuesday June 22nd
9:30 - 12:00

All discussions & questions go here. Good luck.

Tu ablar espanyol?

Thats all I know, and I can't even spell it properly.

allandanyways

Hiya,

I'm giving grinds to some JC students and I know how stressed you all probably are and I just wanted to pop in and wish yous all luck in the exam.

Suerte a todos, relajate y no habrá ninguna problema!

(and if anybody needs any last minute help, I'd be glad to help via PM)

.SONIC.

anyone worried about this??

i had a rubbish teacher in 3rd year but im feeling confident coz im naturraly gifted and amazing!:rolleyes::rolleyes: lol

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.SONIC. wrote: »

anyone worried about this??

i had a rubbish teacher in 3rd year but im feeling confident coz im naturraly gifted and amazing!:rolleyes::rolleyes: lol

True, lol.

.SONIC.

DKZ wrote: »

True, lol.

all of it is true!!!

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Spanish was so easy! Probably the easiest out of them all. The listening and letter were really good.

kevin12345

DKZ wrote: »

Spanish was so easy! Probably the easiest out of them all. The listening and letter were really good.

I know right? :eek: Hoping for an A (best tape i've ever done)

kevin12345

Oh ya and for the written in part B 1) did it say estuche or escucha...I think it said it's estuche which is a pencil case it said "What is this used for" I said holding stationary :pac:

patakadarragh

See Jack look at all the replies you have gotten now....yayayayay

HungryEmperor

Hey does anyone know why the airoplane was delayed?

kevin12345

HungryEmperor wrote: »

Hey does anyone know why the airoplane was delayed?

niebla i think it said which is Fog

Jackobyte

Ya, I had fog for the plane delay as well and holding pens and pencils for estuche. Tape was the easiest I've ever done. Section C of it was a bit hard but I understood everything else.

I was happy with the paper in general, I'd be confident of a good grade.

kevin12345

Jackobyte wrote: »

Ya, I had fog for the plane delay as well and holding pens and pencils for estuche. Tape was the easiest I've ever done. Section C of it was a bit hard but I understood everything else.

I was happy with the paper in general, I'd be confident of a good grade.

holding stationary should do shouldn't it

yeah delighted with that paper

Jackobyte

kevin12345 wrote: »

holding stationary should do shouldn't it

yeah delighted with that paper

No! They'd fail you because of it! (even if it is more accurate than what I said:P)

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Was the plane being delayed not "nieva" (snow)?

kevin12345

DKZ wrote: »

Was the plane being delayed not "nieva" (snow)?

niebla I had snow down but on the third go I heard the bl

Jackobyte

kevin12345 wrote: »

niebla I had snow down but on the third go I heard the bl

I had snow and changed it to fog on the last reading as well! *high-5*

Sentid

Would it be possible to learn Spanish and take the exam for June 2012?? I know nothing ATM and I will be teaching myself. I might take 1 or 2 grinds to learn the layout of the paper etc. BTW I'm doing French and German already

allandanyways

Sentid wrote: »

Would it be possible to learn Spanish and take the exam for June 2012?? I know nothing ATM and I will be teaching myself. I might take 1 or 2 grinds to learn the layout of the paper etc. BTW I'm doing French and German already

Are you serious? :eek: How do you think you're going to just pick up the grammar and vocab without any help (Aside from "1 or 2 grinds to learn the layout of the paper")? Would strongly recommend you think about this a bit more.

Sentid

allandanyways wrote: »

Are you serious? :eek: How do you think you're going to just pick up the grammar and vocab without any help (Aside from "1 or 2 grinds to learn the layout of the paper")? Would strongly recommend you think about this a bit more.

So you think its impossible???? grammar and vocab i know i can learn

allandanyways

Sentid wrote: »

So you think its impossible???? grammar and vocab i know i can learn

Nothing is impossible but seriously, where did you get the idea that you can teach yourself an entire language with no additional help? And why would you be doing another language when you're already doing French and German? If you're doing your JC do you not already have enough subjects to be going on with? Sorry I don't mean to be so blunt, but I don't know how or why you have this idea that you can learn Spanish from a book/CD with no help from people who actually know what they're talking about.

Sentid

allandanyways wrote: »

Nothing is impossible but seriously, where did you get the idea that you can teach yourself an entire language with no additional help? And why would you be doing another language when you're already doing French and German? If you're doing your JC do you not already have enough subjects to be going on with? Sorry I don't mean to be so blunt, but I don't know how or why you have this idea that you can learn Spanish from a book/CD with no help from people who actually know what they're talking about.

Oh no obviouslyy I'll have the book, I bought it already

allandanyways

Sentid wrote: »

Oh no obviouslyy I'll have the book, I bought it already

There's only so much about a language you can learn from a book. Good luck, that's all I'll say, you're going to need it.

Jackobyte

Sentid wrote: »

Would it be possible to learn Spanish and take the exam for Jun 2012?? I know nothing ATM and I will be teaching myself. I might take 1 or 2 grinds to learn the layout of the paper etc. BTW I'm doing French and German already

It wouldn't be impossible but don't be expecting an A from it. You could always just learn it for yourself and not sit an exam on it?

From what I have seen, it isn't miles apart from French (both have Latin roots) so there would be a bit of a crossover there which would be a help with verb structures/similar
grammar and vocab. This might also work against you. The similarity in places and differences in others might be more confusing than starting without French. In the time, you would still have to know 6 or 7 tenses including the common irregulars in each of those tenses. (Be able to use about 5 and understand/recognise another 2.)

If you are exceptional at languages and can pick them up easily, go for it. If you are average enough at them, you could still try but don't be expecting great results. A lot goes for the aural aspect of the test (45% IIRC) which really does involve a lot of practice. I found the tapes that came with the book read way slower than the actual in-test tape so use the exam papers for learning that.

Sentid

ok thanks guys
I'm going to try anyway