Japanese

Geranium

This is probably a long shot but is anyone here taking Japanese for the leaving? I'm the only one in my school, could do with some moral support!

lemansky

Good luck!:D

melsman

guddorakku

izzyflusky

Some people in my school were doing japanese, but a few dropped it after 5th year

FunkZ

Good luck! I done Japanese in TY. We had a tiny old Japanese woman to teach us! :cool:

tolosenc

There's 5 in my year. 2 of them are Japanese, but it's still like 20% of the entire number that take it.

kisaragi

Ganbatte!!!

I would have KILLED to be able to Japanese but no... they decided to introduce it in my school for the fifth years after me

Citizen_Erased

+1 for the wishing for japanese

Good Luck in the Xams

izzyflusky

We had an option of japanese in ty, but was very basic n mostly we did origami. And the people who are doing for the leaving cert they went to classes outside school on saturday mornings cuz there wasnt enough people in my school to do it (they needed at least 8), so the principal just gave them information about where they could go

ashyle

Aw that sounds brilliant but tough *good luck* ...I always support a fellow random-language studier. (..Italian)

izzyflusky

Is it very hard though??

Aard

I'm the only one doing it in my school (read: exam center). It'll be odd being in the room with the examiner alone, especially if she starts walking round checking I'm not cheating. Which I won't be. It'll be a breeze; oral was grand.

izzyflusky

Like me with spanish and portuguese then. OMG i've just realised that i'm gonna be the only one in my school on tuesday morning...sounds scary

here.from.day.1

*gives moral support*

Notice ur from meath, going to school in navan?

Geranium

Wow, thanks guys! Didn't realise there'd be so many people doing it.

To answer your questions:
Hard? - The written paper is easy enough, but I screwed up the oral, and the aural is really hard too I think. I suppose you're just not used to hearing the language day to day.

Do I live in Navan? - Nope, Ashbourne, I go to the Saturday classes in town. We'll see what two years of getting up on Saturday mornings boils down to next Friday...

Aard

Yeah you're right the aural is hardest. Especially the older men with gravelly voices - can't make out what they're on about .

Geranium

You can download the past aural exams from examinations.ie, for anyone who doesn't know. Could be a help, I'm counting on it anyway...