Language used was ‘student friendly’ and broadly in line with past and sample papers
subject representative and a teacher at Mercy College Sligo, said that the cluastuiscint and the léamhthuiscint on the T2 paper, which is sat by students in English-medium schools, offered straightforward and student-friendly questions.
“The questions on the novel, drama, song or poem included common topics that come up regularly. Some may have struggled with some phrasing, but if they could pick out keywords, they could manage the literature questions.”“They were asked to describe a holiday abroad – also seen on last year’s papers – or to describe a picnic day with friends in the Gaeltacht.
Ms Donnellan said that the Irish papers are more literature focused than teachers expected when the new syllabus was introduced. In almost 40 years of teaching, I have yet to find a teacher who prepares Leaving Cert students by ‘rote learning’Woman who died after dog attack at her home in Co Limerick named locally
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