Irish oral

gaaman16

Hi guys just wondering any tips on Irish oral and what should I be focusing strongly on thanks

Bazinga_N

gaaman16 wrote: »

Hi guys just wondering any tips on Irish oral and what should I be focusing strongly on thanks

To do well in the oral make sure you know your sraiths. You don't need big complicated stories for each picture. Short sentences with good Irish will suffice and get you your 80 marks. The odd seanfhocal or complicated verb are only extras to spruce it up if you've got the basic story perfected.

Make sure you know the poetry perfectly. It's the easiest 35 marks you'll achieve in your entire Leaving Cert. Look the poems up on YouTube, write out how to say every word of you have to and just get it perfect. It's ridiculously simple.

For the comhra stick to the basics first. Know yourself, your family, your house, your school, what you want to do next year, holidays, past times, part time jobs and be prepared for a Modh Coinniollach question. Once you've them prepared properly, ask yourself what other kinda questions could come up? For example if you say you want to study Medicine next year, expect to be asked about the Health system. Similarly, if your hobby is sport be prepared to get asked questions about your favourite teams/player and if you play yourself and maybe something a little more complex like obesity. If you say your favourite subject is Irish, maybe expect a question on the State of Irish in Ireland at the moment. You're not randomly going to be asked if you think Brexit will have a huge impact on the refugee crisis unless you start bringing up topics like that yourself!

Another key tip is to remember that your examiner doesn't expect you to be able to speak on every topic under the sun. They're just assessing your ability to communicate in Irish.

Go n-éirí leat!

Edit:- another thing I just thought of would be to record yourself saying your sraiths or whatever on your phone and for the next week or so just listen to them on the train or bus or whatever you take to school and you'll be surprised how much you'll pick up!

gaaman16

Thanks very much