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NEW CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE. For Teachers, we have a new lesson on Ma Famille, which incorporates the 3 strands of Learning: Communicative Competence, Language Awareness & Socio Cultural… For Leaving Cert students, there is a new grammar exercise on the Future Tense. We are also exited to release new Junior Cycle Content. We have […]
LEAVING CERT LISTENING 2010 – ALTERNATIVE PAPER These alternative listening exercises are for students or teachers who have completed particular years of the listening, but might like to re-visit some of the past papers. The exercises are taken from the past papers. Some of the listening questions are the same as in the paper, but […]
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 certain elements that should be included […]
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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 is, what its infinitive is and whether it […]
St. Valentine’s Day – Traditions from around the world. This reading practice is aimed at students in either 5th or 6th year. It contains the following tasks: Finding the verb in English Key words from the text Important grammatical constructions from the text LES TRADITIONS DE ST-VALENTIN DANS LE MONDE READING PRACTICE Source: Canal Vie […]
SWINE FLU – LA GRIPPE PORCINE La grippe porcine commence à se propager en Irlande encore. Swine flu is beginning to spread in Ireland again. De façon générale les humains n’attrapent normalement pas la grippe porcine, mais des cas d’infection humaine se produise Generally speaking humans do not usually catch swine flu, but cases of […]
DES ASTUCES POUR UN NOËL ÉCOLO TIPS FOR A GREEN CHRISTMAS Cette année de plus en plus de gens essayent d’éviter la consommation éfrénée de Noël. Ils veulent faire leur part en vue d’améliorer la situation inquiétante de la planète. Je suis complètement de l’avis qu’il faut absolument changer nos habitudes afin de rendre la […]
LES CÉLÉBRITÉS – CELEBRITIES Les célébrités sont connues pour beaucoup, et dans certains cas, pour rien de tout! Celebrities are known for a lot or in certain cases, nothing at all! Un personnage public ou une célébrité est une personne largement reconnue ou célèbre qui attire sur elle l’attention du public et des médias. A […]
LE BLACK FRIDAY OU VENDREDI NOIR Le terme “Black Friday” ou vendredi noir est apparu pour la première fois dans les années 1960. The term “Black Friday” appeared for the first time in the 1960’s. C’est une journée dévouée aux bonnes affaires. It is a day devoted to bargains. J’adore la mode, donc je […]
Please feel free to use this worksheet with your students in 3rd year, or with a good 2nd year class. As we are still very much in the dark about what form the new Junior Cycle exam paper is going to look like, I am continuing to work on the basics of the French language […]
DES_MFL-spec-for-consult-final Introduction to junior cycle Junior cycle education places students at the centre of the educational experience, enabling them to actively participate in their communities and in society and to be resourceful and confident learners in all aspects and stages of their lives. Junior cycle is inclusive of all students and contributes to equality of […]
ÊTRE – TO BE – I always refer to the verb être as the king of the verbs as you simply cannot express yourself in any meaningful way without a very good knowledge of this verb. Je suis – I am J’ai été – I was Je serai – I will be ALLER – TO […]
Tomorrow is Monday, the 27th of March and is D-day for a lot of students, who will be facing their French Oral Exam. You may or may not be asked about Mother’s day, but it is no harm to have something to say on the subject, if it does come up! Below is a very […]