Lower Irish

Joe95

What should I learn so I can hopefully get a B in Irish? I know I'm not good enough to achieve an A, so I'm hoping to get a B. I 60 something in my pre's and want to aim for 80%. I'm currently learning a post card that you sent to your mother and you're away in camp. I added stuff like what you do everyday, food, weather, etc. But what else should I learn?

My Irish teacher is a goof and spent most of the year just writing letters and post cards to people. He made us get the exam papers and we only used them once.

tl;dr what do I have to learn so I can get a B in lower level Irish?
Thanks!

spurious

What is 'Lower' Irish? Foundation?

What is a 'goof'?

Why blame your teacher? Couldn't you open the papers yourself?

Joe95

No. By lower Irish I mean Ordinary level. In my school it's known by Higher, Ordinary and then Foundation. On the exams however, it's known by Ordinary. I guess I'm so used to calling it lower.

I mean he's a useless teacher who tends to fall asleep in class while teaching. He forgets his books nearly everyday and just makes us write out postcards.

I have done that, but I still don't have the slightest idea on what to learn.

spurious

Ordinary Level Junior Cert - once you know your postcards, I'm assured by those that know you don't even need to know much Irish for the rest.

'Twas very different in my day, alas.

TheRedDevil10

what do u need to no 4 foundation ?

spurious

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

what do u need to no 4 foundation ?

If you look at the old papers and listen to the sound files (you can find them on http://www.examinations.ie/ ) you will see you need to listen carefully to the tape. The answers are almost always in the same format as the question.

Know your basic question words - cá, cén, cé, a bhfuil, cén t-am, cathain etc.

Matching the pictures with the sentences is again straightforward.

Learn off a postcard.

Stick with the comprehension even if it looks hard. It is not necessary to understand every word to get full marks in answering it.

Use all the time for your exam. You cannot get any extra marks if you've left the hall.


Believe you have a chance and you'll be surprised what you can do. Go in thinking you'll fail and you probably will.

Joe95

spurious wrote: »

Ordinary Level Junior Cert - once you know your postcards, I'm assured by those that know you don't even need to know much Irish for the rest.

'Twas very different in my day, alas.

Alright, thank you. I learned one post card which covers the weather, food, activities, etc. Think I should learn anything else?
Now that I have Irish covered, hopefully, time to move on to Geography. :pac:

adrian607

Joe95 wrote: »

Alright, thank you. I learned one post card which covers the weather, food, activities, etc. Think I should learn anything else?
Now that I have Irish covered, hopefully, time to move on to Geography. :pac:

Go over previous letters aswell