Senior Cycle SUBJECT:
French What is this subject all about at Senior Cycle? You will continue to use all the skills and knowledge you used for Junior Cycle. You will continue to develop your oral and interaction skills when preparing for the Leaving Certificate oral exam. You will also develop a more in depth understanding of the language and cultural aspects while further developing your written and listening skills. Do I have to have studied this subject at Junior Cycle in order to do it at Senior Cycle? Yes, we recommend that you have studied French at Junior Cycle in order to do French for Leaving Certificate. Will learning this subject at Senior Cycle be different to what I studied at Junior Cycle? You will continue to use all the skills and topics that you learned at Junior Cycle. However, you will study them in more dept along will learning new topics. I will enjoy this subject if…
I will succeed at this subject if…
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You enjoy having fun with pronunciation. You are willing to use your languages skills as much as possible. You enjoy learning about French culture and traditions.
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You are willing to try your best to use the French language as much as possible. You bring everything you need for class every day. You are willing try your best to keep your work as organised as you can and do your homework and classwork to the best of your ability.
This subject will be useful for a career in… Translating/Interpreting, Editing, Proofreading, Travel and Tourism, Foreign Service, International Organisations, Teaching…etc. Assessment? A mixture of written, spoken and listening elements will be assessed over the two year course. For the Leaving Certificate exam set by the State Examinations Commission, students can sit wither Higher or Ordinary Level and the exam comprises of oral, listening, reading and written elements. 56
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