French Revision Notes | January 2020
FRENCH REVISION NOTES | JANUARY 2020
Bonjour tout le monde!
Firstly, we are working away behind the scenes to ensure that French Notes remains the richest database of Junior and Leaving Cert French Revision Notes. This month we have the following new resources added to the site. They are a mixture of Junior & Leaving Cert revision notes, so there is something for everyone! In short, this is just a sample of some of the Revision Notes added.
Here is a list of the French Revision Notes…
- Leaving Cert Formal Letter 2018 Ordinary Level.
- Opinion Piece on the changing face of marriage in Ireland today.
- LC 2016 Alternative Listening Exercises.
- Junior Cycle worksheet from 2018 paper Q.8.
- Leaving Cert Sentences on the Strike in France against Pension Reform.
- Junior Cycle worksheet 2018 Q.7.
- Leaving Cert Sentences on Gangland Crime in Ireland.
- Lesson Plan on Household tasks (Teacher Plan only).
- Leaving Cert sentences on Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria.
- Sample paragraph on Electric Cars.
- Leaving Cert sentences on the need for 3rd level qualifications.
- Leaving Cert sentences on Fair Trade.
- Junior Cert Grammar Exercise on The Reflexive.
- Leaving Cert sentences on inequality in the field of sport.
- Fair Trade Leaving Cert Vocabulary.
- Leaving Cert sentences on the Coronavirus.
- Poverty and Homelessness Opinion Piece.
- Leaving Cert sentences on Veganism.
- Junior Cert worksheet from 2016.
- Tapescript from Leaving Cert listening exam, 2015.
Leaving Cert Formal Letter 2018 Ordinary Level…
- In 2018, Ordinary Level Candidates were asked to write a formal letter of reservation to a hotel in France. In this sample letter, students are given both the French and English versions. Students should then take key phrases from the letter, and attempt other formal letters in the papers, giving particular attention to format and the formal register of writing. Letters usually feature in the Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Paper.
The Changing Face of Marriage in Ireland Today…
- Our opinion pieces are extremely popular with both Teachers and Students. They are written in both French and English, and there is a key to the Grammatical Constructions used. There is also a list of useful vocabulary to help students, when they are writing similar pieces. All of our opinion pieces reflect the type of topic that has appeared in the Leaving Cert French Exam.
Learning Grammar…
- Most importantly, there is no getting away from the necessity of learning grammar as part of your language learning. Grammar is the foundation on which language is built. Students should be exposed to grammar exercises as part of their language acquisition. Our grammar exercises focus on what you can do with the grammar, as opposed to learning for the sake of learning. In this grammar exercise, the student will focus on the reflexive tense, which is readily used in different circumstances such as describing a typical day.
Environment | Electric Cars
- If you are doing something on the environment, you should consider covering Electric Cars. In our Sample paragraph section, we have added a document on Electric Cars. These are a very useful exercise to do either at home or in the classroom, as they focus on key vocabulary.
Listening Exercises…
- Meanwhile, at this stage of the year, a lot of the exam paper listening exercises have already been completed. Wouldn’t it be great to use your CDs again with different questions/tasks this time? In our Exam Section of the website, members of our Leaving Cert and Teacher plans can access alternative listening expercises, which can be used in tandem with the State Exam papers.
Homlessness…
- In addition, we have opinion pieces on a wide-range of topics such as homelessness. Above all, you as a student must learn to write and use our opinion pieces as guides.
Strike in France against Pension Reform…
- Further, Leaving Cert sentences on the Strike in France against Pension Reform. Phrases contained would be useful for the themes of Equality/Economy/Social problems etc..
Reading Comprehension From The Junior Cert Papers…
- Moreover, reading comprehensions are a relatively new feature on French Notes. We have taken a reading comprehension from the Junior Cert papers, and added exercises, which can be done in class or at home. All the documents come with solutions, so my advice as always is to attempt to do the exercises on your own, and then check your answers. There are many variants which will be used going forward, but in this sample, you will see that we have asked students to translate, conjugate verbs, and pick out important vocabulary.
Sample Topic Sentences…
- For example, in our sample topic sentences section, we have added sentences on the subject of Fair Trade, and there are now over 750 sentences in this section alone! And, under the vocabulary section, you will find important words to do with Fair Trade. These words are in French and English with easy-to-understand phonetics.
