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EXCLUSIVE FRENCH NOTES GIVEAWAY To celebrate the success of our Revision Workshops in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, we are going to give away one of our exclusive revision workshop booklets. Each booklet contains approximately 30 pages, and covers you for the four linguistic skills required for the French Leaving Cert exam: Reading, Writing, Speaking & […]
Joyeuse fête de Pâques! A lot of students have asked me for a sample question on both my Snapchat and Instagram accounts, so here you go… Pâques est la fête la plus importante du christianisme et elle tombe juste avant les épreuves oraux. C’est certain à mon avis, qu’il y aura une question sur cette fête […]
The Narrative Question or Récit In order to do well in this type of writing, students need to have a very clear understanding of the use of “Past” tenses such as the passé composé, the Imparfait and the plus-que-parfait. According to the 2016 Chief Examiner’s report, the narrative or récit question is generally not a […]
GENERAL POINTS TO REMEMBER AND THE DOCUMENT The oral examination is common to both Higher and Ordinary Level. It consists of a conversation of approximately twelve minutes duration. Candidates have the option of bringing in a Document of their choice, which may be a picture, a newspaper or magazine article, a literary text or a […]
Preparing well for the leaving cert French oral exam is extremely important! As you are all aware, the leaving cert pre or mock exams are a vital preparation for the “real thing”. If you are a member of our Leaving Cert plan, you have access to more than 600 sample sentences on a wide range […]
Tips for the Oral Exam Remember that this is a conversation and not an interview. The examiner is trained to a very high level, and is there to help you reach your highest potential. Marks are awarded for Structure, Communication, Vocabulary and pronunciation. Structure applies to how you use your tenses. Using pronouns and […]
Are you going into secondary school in September and taking French? In 2016 over 31,000 students sat the Junior Cert French exam. So in any one year there are approximately 30,000 students meeting French as a subject for the first time. Whenever I go into a first year class, I explain to the students that […]
WHEN TO USE THE PRONOUN ‘ON’ The 3rd person singular pronoun ‘on’ is an indefinite pronoun and means: One They We People It is used with the il/elle form of the verb. Si on étudie, on reçoit de bonnes notes – If we study, we receive good marks. ‘ON’ MEANS ‘WE’ IN MODERN FRENCH […]
Nous sommes le 1er avril, et c’est la journée du poisson d’avril. It is traditionally the day of the year when playing pranks on people is a vital component to the day. En France il faut accrocher un poisson en papier dans le dos des personnes (In France, you must pin a paper fish on […]
UN BALAI – A BRUSH/A BROOM Balayer – to sweep être con comme un balai – to be incredibly stupid Rôtir le balai – to burn the candle at both ends Balayer quelqu’un – to dismiss someone Donner un coup de balai – to sweep On ne peut pas le bilayer du revers de la […]
I have been getting a lot of messages from students on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook & Instagram about how they should go about answering the reading comprehensions. Following the French Notes technique http://www.frenchnotes.ie they are now finding it easier. To do well in the reading comprehension, and not to be overwhelmed by the quantity of text presented, just follow […]
JUNIOR CERT LISTENING SECTION The Junior Certificate French exam focuses on the receptive skills in language learning. Therefore, most marks are awarded for listening and reading. The productive skills of writing and speaking are given more prominence in the senior cycle. The Higher level Junior Cert French paper is divided into 3 sections: 1. LISTENING […]
FRENCH MOCKS – A GUIDE A lot of students are asking us how or what to cover for the mock exams, which are going to be starting in the next couple of weeks. Here at French Notes, we have put together a few ideas to tackle each part of the exam. We will look at […]
Noël est une fête qui est d’origine romaine, mais ses traditions, qui y sont associées, remontent à une fête païenne. La fête de Noël est célébrée chaque année en France, comme un peu partout ailleurs dans le monde. En France, la fête commence dans la nuit du 24 au 25 décembre, ainsi que le […]