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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 […]
JUNIOR CERT FRENCH 2019 Q.3 HONOURS LEVEL PAST PAPER READING COMPREHENSION JUNIOR CERT FRENCH Test your knowledge of verbs and vocabulary with this new resource on www.frenchnotes.ie French worksheet on Q.3 of the 2019 paper. Please note that full version is available to members of our Junior Cert or Teacher plans. In our Junior Cert […]
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 […]
JULIAN ASSANGE – WIKILEAKS Julian Assange – WikiLeaks 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 WikiLeaks was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London by the british police on the 11th of April, 2019. […]
FOOD WASTAGE | LE GASPILLAGE ALIMENTAIRE Here, you will find a sample of sentences on the issue of Food Wastage, and how it is impacting negatively on our environment. This may be a good choice for a leaving cert document. Il faut savoir que le gaspillage alimentaire peut avoir des répercussions négatives sur l’environnement. We […]
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 […]
READING PRACTICE – SENIOR LEVEL STORIES INSTAGRAM VS SNAPCHAT : LAQUELLE EST LA MIEUX ? I find that reading comprehensions contain an absolute wealth of information that students could use to great effect. If reading comprehensions were really used to their absolute potential, they would provide a very rich training ground for our students. I know […]
LE MONDE DES RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA SAMPLE EXTRACT TAKEN FROM OUR OPINION PIECE ON THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA. When writing an opinion piece in French, I always advise my students to follow the “Rule of five”. Have five paragraphs (they can obviously be shorter than the ones here, which are […]
Why should students consider doing a French Notes revision course? In schools around Ireland, most students are in classes of approximately 30 students. The teacher does his or her best to make sure that you are learning to the best of your ability. However, most class periods are for 40 minutes, of which about 7 […]
TRANSLATION – LA TRADUCTION As a French teacher, I am constantly looking for ways to reinforce learning. I have found that translation exercises are a fantastic way of getting students to concentrate on grammatical points, and either introducing or compounding a variety of key vocabulary. In the following translation exercise, students are given 20 sentences. […]
LEAVING CERT QUESTION – 2018 SAMPLE RESPONSE Selon le texte de la Section I, Q.1, en France rurale la vie devient de plus en plus difficile. Il faut faire plus pour améliorer la vie en Irlande rurale. Qu’en pensez‐vous ? According to the text in Secion 1, Q.1, in France rural life is becoming […]
RELIGION IN IRELAND TODAY LA RELIGION EN IRLANDE AUJOURD’HUI A question on religion last appeared, as an opinion piece, in the French leaving cert exam in 2011. It was one of the choices in Q.4 that year. Croyez-vous qu’en Irlande, comme en France, la religion est devenue moins importante dans la vie des jeunes? Do […]