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You'll be grand! The examiner's not gonna try and trick ya or anything. They're there to find out what you know and give you as much marks as possible. With that much preparation done for OL you'll fly itPictureFrame wrote: »Doing my Irish Oral (OL) tomorrow, have most of the Sraith's well prepared (apart from number 12).
I've done the following, do you think i'd be ok for tomorrow?- General Stuff about Myself (name, age, DOB, where I was born, address)
- Family (people in my family, brothers- names and ages, what my parents do, do I get on well with my brothers/parents, do my parents give me freedom)
- Pastimes (mainly: Music, sport, Reading. Why are pastimes good)
- Typical Day
- What I did last weekend
- School (name, do I like it, numbers of students/teachers, atmosphere, facilities, subjects, favourite subject, subject I don't like)
- What I want to do after School (Law, traits needed to do Law, what you have to do, where i'm going to college, for how long)
- My Area (describe, facilities, people, advantages)
I think that's basically it! The comhra is only 7 minutes long anyway so I don't know how much more they could want. I know my poems basically off by heart at this stage and have a couple of Sraith's that are extremely strong (Namely 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20). Do you think i'll be ok? Should be on at about 12.00 pm tomorrow. Did about 6 hours study today and about 6 yesterday too!
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PictureFrame wrote: »Doing my Irish Oral (OL) tomorrow, have most of the Sraith's well prepared (apart from number 12).
I've done the following, do you think i'd be ok for tomorrow?- General Stuff about Myself (name, age, DOB, where I was born, address)
- Family (people in my family, brothers- names and ages, what my parents do, do I get on well with my brothers/parents, do my parents give me freedom)
- Pastimes (mainly: Music, sport, Reading. Why are pastimes good)
- Typical Day
- What I did last weekend
- School (name, do I like it, numbers of students/teachers, atmosphere, facilities, subjects, favourite subject, subject I don't like)
- What I want to do after School (Law, traits needed to do Law, what you have to do, where i'm going to college, for how long)
- My Area (describe, facilities, people, advantages)
I think that's basically it! The comhra is only 7 minutes long anyway so I don't know how much more they could want. I know my poems basically off by heart at this stage and have a couple of Sraith's that are extremely strong (Namely 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20). Do you think i'll be ok? Should be on at about 12.00 pm tomorrow. Did about 6 hours study today and about 6 yesterday too!
I'd also know some sort of topical stuff if I were you (recession, unemployment, etc) and the modh coinniollach - either bring it in yourself or prepare for a direct question - many people in my school were asked direct MC questions. I know you're OL but the oral is still the same, OL students in my school were asked questions that were just as hard, and sometimes harder than what the HL students were asked. I'd also prepare something on what you think of Irish/the Irish course. Also if you're going to bring up Law then perhaps prepare something in case they ask "And what would you do with a law degree?" or something along those lines, if you don't have it already. One girl in my year (also OL) said she wanted to work in a research lab, and was then asked what kind of things she'd do there, and she didn't have the vocabulary for it.0 -
Had my oral earlier and it was grand, the examiner asked easy enough questions.. the time goes by so quickly with the general conversation, I'd swear I was only chatting for 2 minutes!
Maidir leis an sp? I got number 5 - Timpiste which was fine except silly old me decided to name both the man driving the car AND the man knocked down Seán.. you'd think I could come up with another name but no.. Mhothaigh Seán go dona.. Bhí "seán eile" gan aithne..
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Had mine today, and it went beautifully!
Got picture 7 - déagóirí cróga
In the comhrá I got asked about
-Myself
-My family
-What would I like to do after leaving cert
-Would I like to be a diver in the future (I mentioned that my brother's a diver)
-My pastimes
-Are there any problems associated with our education system
-Have I ever been to a concert
-Facilities for young people in my area
-Social problems facing young people
-Part time job
-Pocket money
-What would I do if I won the lotto
-What do I think of global warming in general (I mentioned it in my lotto answer)
When she turned off the tape I got a bit of a shock as I thought we were only like halfway through it, the time literally FLIES!
She was like well done, that was great! Then when I was leaving she patted me on the back what a woman
Then I bounced around the walls a bit with glee 0 -
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Missmiddleton wrote: »I had mine today and got one of the 3 picture stories I didn't know and "an Spailpín bloody fanach." Disgusted with how the whole thing went, I spent too much time fumbling over a story I didn't know and lost time for general conversation. Overall, it couldn't have gone worse.
It's just so unfair. Some sraiths near the end are so much more difficult to talk about than the first few ones. And poems like geibheann and colscaradh are way easier than an spailpin fanach. Uggghhhh and today I got number 20
Ahhh well 
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Missmiddleton wrote: »I had mine today and got one of the 3 picture stories I didn't know and "an Spailpín bloody fanach." Disgusted with how the whole thing went, I spent too much time fumbling over a story I didn't know and lost time for general conversation. Overall, it couldn't have gone worse.
Same happened me but i got "an t-earrach thiar"
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So mine was... interesting. (I'm OL, but aiming for a high result)
Poem I got was An tEarrach Hiarr which was brill.
Sraith I got was #9... Couldn't have gone worse.
Then for the cómhrá, I had a ****-load learnt off, but he kept asking me akward questions...
I said I wanted to do Psychiatric Nursing in DCU. I said how many points I needed, how long the course is, why I wanted to do it. So then he asked me to describe the daily routine of a Psychiatric Nurse which really threw me.
When it came to music, I said Britney Spears was my idol and that she was very inspirational. So he decided to ask WHY she was inspirational (Literally stared at him for ages so he just moved on...)
When I said Biology was my favourite subject and that I love doing practical work, he asked what kind of practical work I do in Biology.
Oh and when he asked about the school rules, I listed them and said that you get a note in your journal if you break the rules. So then he asked was there anything other than a note in your journal if you broke the rules!
My Irish teacher told me I'm the best in the class and I'm probably just being too hard on myself. She reckons he knew I knew it all and decided to push me that bit further.
I still think it was pretty **** tbh. I need at least a B1 in OL Irish (cos Im struggling to pass HL French so those two are my 'low points' subjects) and now I'm worried about getting that... Oh well, it's done now! Just gotta focus on the written aspect
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Had mine today and was so so happy with how it went
Our examiner apperently asked really horrible questions to loads others but honestly I thoguht the was lovely.
I got mo ghrasa idir luibini (MY FAVOURITE)
and then sraith pictuir 11 - the gaelteacht one, which I also didnt mind.
Then she asked me:
My family
What advice would I give to my sister coming into the school next year (brought in the rules myself)
What I would do if I was principle
What I think of the new Irish system
My subjects (brought up my favourite - Irish)
What I want to do after school
How many points I got from my mocks
Why I want to do it (brought in traits and stuff there)
The health system (Because I want to do pyschology)
This summer (said I had no plans and brought up last summer)
My holidays in Italy - where exactly
- was it difficult to understand the people
- what did I think of Italians
Pretty much it I think, very straight forward, and very happy 0 -
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had my oral yesterday & oh my god, loved it ! our examiner was lovely and whenever i walked in i said 'dia duit' and she replied 'hey how's it going?' and continued to talk english until the tape started, so i was more at ease because she seemed so down to earth!
for the poem, i got gehibheann.. couldn't be happier !
okay.. maybe this is 'borderline' cheating, but my examiner let me choose my sraith picture!? so yeah, of-course i was going to choose sraith pictuir 1 about the student playing computer games and not doing enough study and focusing on his grades.. amazing! (:
and then she asked me basic questions: my family, my area, what i did last summer, what i'm planning on doing this summer, my subjects and which ones i love/hate, school facilities, where i plan on going to college and the point requirements, my pastimes, and then questions like how would i improve the economy, and what would i do if i won the lotto, so i was delighted with that !
she asked me about music and i mentioned to her that i adore lady gaga. and all-together, she spent about three whole minutes talking about lady gaga and her outrageous fashion sense and her musical style, and if i had ever seen her in concert.. and then after the oral exam finished, she told me how much she loves lady gaga & that she went to her concert last year. so yay, we had something in common!
really really loved it, compared to my french examiner! lol. ♥0 -
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Before she started the tape my examiner asked me did I have any nice poems for her :pac: then she told me that the sraith that I had picked looked quite hard and asked me did I want to change then to cover her tracks for the purpose of the tape she told me a poem to read which was the poem I'd picked and to pick a sraith as if I hadn't picked one already :pac: was pretty ridiculous I thought! 0
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BrittneyC_xo wrote: »had my oral yesterday & oh my god, loved it ! our examiner was lovely and whenever i walked in i said 'dia duit' and she replied 'hey how's it going?' and continued to talk english until the tape started, so i was more at ease because she seemed so down to earth!
for the poem, i got gehibheann.. couldn't be happier !
okay.. maybe this is 'borderline' cheating, but my examiner let me choose my sraith picture!? so yeah, of-course i was going to choose sraith pictuir 1 about the student playing computer games and not doing enough study and focusing on his grades.. amazing! (:
and then she asked me basic questions: my family, my area, what i did last summer, what i'm planning on doing this summer, my subjects and which ones i love/hate, school facilities, where i plan on going to college and the point requirements, my pastimes, and then questions like how would i improve the economy, and what would i do if i won the lotto, so i was delighted with that !
she asked me about music and i mentioned to her that i adore lady gaga. and all-together, she spent about three whole minutes talking about lady gaga and her outrageous fashion sense and her musical style, and if i had ever seen her in concert.. and then after the oral exam finished, she told me how much she loves lady gaga & that she went to her concert last year. so yay, we had something in common!
really really loved it, compared to my french examiner! lol. ♥
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