Archive for 2019
French Notes Copybook
FRENCH NOTES COPYBOOK Firstly, if you follow my Frenchnotes Instagram account, then you may have heard me going on and on about the importance of organising yourself for French. Students are on holidays all over Ireland, but as we all know, time flies and before we know it we will be back in the classroom.…
Read MoreFrench Expressions With Faire
FRENCH EXPRESSIONS WITH FAIRE If you are a student or teacher of French, then you will know that verbs are extremely important. The Verb Faire… The verb Faire which means to do or to make is one of the most important verbs in French. I consider it to be so important as to be part…
Read MoreLeaving Cert & Junior Cert French Papers Review
Leaving Cert & Junior Cert French papers review 2019 Leaving Cert Exams are the pinnacle of the Irish Educational System…. There was definitely a mixed reaction to the French papers, at both Leaving & Junior Cert level. Overall, I think that the papers for both Junior and Leaving cert French were very much in line…
Read MoreLeaving Cert French Diary Entry Plan
Leaving Cert French Diary Entry Plan In the French Leaving Cert exam, the majority of students do the diary written task. It is relatively easy to do well in this written piece, but it still requires that you plan it out, so that the final version is easy to read by the examiner. There are…
Read MoreFrench Leaving Cert Sentences – Illegal Downloading
French Leaving Cert Sentences – Illegal Downloading Le téléchargement illégal. Illegal Downloading. C’est un fait avéré que le piratage des œuvres musicales par Internet semblait en voie d’affaiblir l’industrie à un point tel, qu’on commençait à craindre pour sa survie. It is a well-established fact that illegal downloading of music files from the Internet seemed…
Read MoreFrench Sentences For Written Section | Leaving Cert French
FRENCH SENTENCES FOR WRITTEN SECTION | LEAVING CERT FRENCH GENERAL SENTENCES TO USE IN FRENCH LEAVING CERT WRITING The following are examples of sentences that you can use in either an opinion piece or a diary entry. They will give a richness and depth to your written expression, for example, ⇒ TO STATE THAT SOMETHING…
Read MoreFrench Leaving Cert Writing Skills
LEAVING CERT FRENCH – WRITING SKILLS What is it with students writing French? They freeze up and find the whole process so daunting. It really doesn’t have to be! Once a student has an idea of their tenses and how to use them properly, the rest should be plain sailing! However, this is not the…
Read MoreLeaving Cert French Sentences on Inequality
Leaving Cert French Sentences on Inequality Le Movement Des Gilets Jaunes – Une Manifestation Contre L’inégalité. The Yellow Vest Movement – A Protest against Inequality. Je suis de l’avis que le mouvement des gilets jaunes est une manifestation contre l’inégalité. I am of the opinion that the Yellow Vest movement is a demonstration against…
Read MoreEquality in Sport Leaving Cert French Reading Practice
Equality in Sport Leaving Cert French Reading Practice AGIR POUR L’ÉGALITÉ ENTRE LES SEXES À TRAVERS LE SPORT This reading on equality in sport is divided into 7 sections. Students are required to put verbs into the correct tense. The verb is pulled from the text and students must figure out what tense the verb…
Read MoreFrench Leaving Cert
French Leaving Cert French Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Writing Task Can you Fill in the Blanks? Are you doing the French Leaving Cert ordinary level paper? Do you usually complete the filling in the blanks exercise? If you have been having difficulty with it, then we have the solution for you. Fill In The…
Read MoreJulian Assange WikiLeaks
JULIAN ASSANGE – WIKILEAKS Les États-Unis ont annoncé qu’il était officiellement inculpé de “Piratage informatique”. The United States have announced that he was officially charged with hacking. Julian Assange, le fondateur du site WikiLeaks a été arrêté à l’embassade d’Équateur à Londres par la police britannique le 11 avril 2019. Julian Assange, the founder of…
Read MoreMental Health
MENTAL HEALTH – LA SANTÉ MENTALE Le rétablissement de la santé mentale doit être une préoccupation pour la société en générale. Restoration of mental health should be a concern for society in general. Être mentalement sain est vraiment une composante essentielle de la vie. To be mentally well is really an essential component of…
Read MoreJunior Cert French Paper 2018
JUNIOR CERT FRENCH PAPER 2018 Translation exercises are an excellent way of getting students to really understand the intricacies of a language. I use past exam papers and give the students some key vocabulary, and then ask them to translate past reading comprehensions. They then use the Key grammatical constructions from the text to help…
Read MorePoverty
POVERTY – LA PAUVRETÉ La pauvreté est un problème grave dans le monde entier. Poverty is a serious problem all over the world. Dans les pays de l’Ouest cependant, je crois que l’éducation est clé afin de sortir de la pauvreté. In western countries however, I believe that education is vital in order to get…
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