Leaving Cert '11/'12 Off-Topic 2

Leftyflip

Haven't a clue when my Irish oral is - ah well!

Mysteriouschic

I know two people in my repeat year who are already thinking about not sitting the lc and just repeating again. I would've thought people only repeat the once and more motivated then the first time. It's really early to be thinking negatively at this stage. One of them has already decide they're not doing their irish oral.

Incompetent

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

I know two people in my repeat year

Wait, do ya repeat with loads of other people repeating?

Flabangav

Twelfth on tomorrow for Spanish, I'm scared

Mysteriouschic

Incompetent wrote: »

Wait, do ya repeat with loads of other people repeating?

Yeah if you go to a repeat college and not your old school.

Mayo_Boy

Leftyflip wrote: »

Haven't a clue when my Irish oral is - ah well!

Same as. Im actually really ****ing it right now! Im nearly sure my teacher said that mine was next week ? I really hope so because Im sooo not prepared for it yet

Togepi

I'm half-tempted to quit Boards until the Leaving Cert's over (procrastination can feck off like) but I'm not going to now, just so I can have a shneak peak at what everyone gets asked in their orals. :P

Mysteriouschic

Ah the next weeks are gonna really fly in .
I'm kind of glad to be back. I really hope my economic mock goes well tomorrow.

Namlub

Caithfidh me an seachtain ar fad ag labhairt Gaeilge le cunamh De, ach chun an fhirinne a ra, ni bheidh se sin ro-easca. Ach beatha teanga i a labhairt, dar ndoigh, agus cuirtear gliondar ar mo chroi nuair a cloisim daoine ag caint inar dteanga dhucais fein.


Yes.

FinnD

Whenever anyone speaks Irish in this thread I don't have a clue what they are saying, the oral is going to be horrible

Mysteriouschic

I'm so glad my economics teacher moved the mock until Wednesday.

Canard

Irish went so well!!

She pronounced my surname differently to me so I just went with that, then I got mo-ghrasa :pac: Was absolutely brickin' it for the picture sequences and I got...
Wait for it....

Timpiste Easca go leor!

Then she asked me no direct modh conniolach question coz I said 'go mbeadh' a few times :L The hardest q she asked was did I think Irish is dying, I'd done an essay on that just last week, omg i'm delighted with how it went love to know what mark she gave me though!

Meowth

Irish oral done so delighted didn't go perfectly but well enough got same poem as patch and the pleannana don Samradh one went alright I think ah and he didn't ask me anything hard and no modh con but I brought it in loads and he was lovely and helped me when I got stuck

David1994

Patchy~ wrote: »

Irish went so well!!

She pronounced my surname differently to me so I just went with that, then I got mo-ghrasa :pac: Was absolutely brickin' it for the picture sequences and I got...
Wait for it....

Timpiste Easca go leor!

Then she asked me no direct modh conniolach question coz I said 'go mbeadh' a few times :L The hardest q she asked was did I think Irish is dying, I'd done an essay on that just last week, omg i'm delighted with how it went love to know what mark she gave me though!

Nice Patchy glad it went well Just quick question how may sentences did you give on each picture thereabouts..??

Canard

David1994 wrote: »

Nice Patchy glad it went well Just quick question how may sentences did you give on each picture thereabouts..??

I think I gave 5 on each - I was trying to anyway but I really cant remember! I was just so nervous :pac: Remembering all the things I forgot to say too That cant be good :P Just say as much as you can, I've heard its 5 sentences for an A grade but im sure if you said 6 and 4 it wouldnt really matter :P

Manic2

French went horrendous! :P

Honestly though, it did, but it's my fault for not knowing it well enough and just going blank!

But my examiner was so lovely, honestly I couldn't have asked for a nicer woman

David1994

Patchy~ wrote: »

I think I gave 5 on each - I was trying to anyway but I really cant remember! I was just so nervous :pac: Remembering all the things I forgot to say too That cant be good :P Just say as much as you can, I've heard its 5 sentences for an A grade but im sure if you said 6 and 4 it wouldnt really matter :P

Thanks I am sure you did great man I know I will definitely have 5 sentences to say hopefully...Cupla rudai cosuil le....Bhi siad an-sasta agus bhi siad ar mhuin na muice if I stumble

Togepi

Apparently our French examiner is sound. Kind of looking forward to l'épreuve now. :pac: J'adore le français!! <3 Still have loads to prepare though, but sure I've a few lovely phrases at the ready anyway. :P

PictureFrame

YEEESSSSSS

Had my French Oral at 3.15 this Afternoon and it was a beauty! Absolutely aced it!

She was sooo nice, she let you talk for as long as you wanted and asked fairly easy questions! I got a big spiel about Drugs/Alcohol and the Olympics so i'm happy out! She kept me in for 16 minutes though time flewww.. Hoping for a B1+ DELIGHTED

Got the subjunctive in at least 4/5 times!

Flabangav

Spanish was alright I saw her giving me my marks for the role play, got a bit distracted :P but I'm pleased

Wesc.

Well done guys I had another mock French oral today with my teacher today and she said I would of got an A1 in it, so I'll be full of confidence going in! Ugh it's just that I have to wait until Friday Wish I could just do it now ffs!

Hermione Granger

What kind of questions are people getting asked in the oral Irish ?? :rolleyes:

David1994

Flabangav wrote: »

Spanish was alright I saw her giving me my marks for the role play, got a bit distracted :P but I'm pleased

Good to hear Did you have to recite the roleplay from memory?

The High Crusade

Hermione Granger wrote: »

What kind of questions are people getting asked in the oral Irish ?? :rolleyes:

You're going to be asked about the Titanic, Wolfe Tone, Stone Cold Steve Austin, options of seats on the Bus, and how much chewing gum you consume in a year. Good Luck.

JonnyMcNamee

The High Crusade wrote: »

You're going to be asked about the Titanic, Wolfe Tone, Stone Cold Steve Austin, options of seats on the Bus, and how much chewing gum you consume in a year. Good Luck.

Seems legit.

Eathrin

It's salvage time now. I've done absolutely no French up to now.
Can anybody give me some sentences general enough to talk about different topics and problems in French without being too specific, kinda a one-for-all deal:D (like unemployment, emmigration and crime)
Anyone? I'd be so grateful.:)

Coeurdepirate

Kind of annoyed with French, I didn't get to talk about global warming! I used a good few idioms though and I threw in a good few subjunctives so I'm happy enough.

Coeurdepirate

Eathrin wrote: »

It's salvage time now. I've done absolutely no French up to now.
Can anybody give me some sentences general enough to talk about different topics and problems in French without being too specific, kinda a one-for-all deal:D (like unemployment, emmigration and crime)
Anyone? I'd be so grateful.:)

À vrai dire, le chômage/la crise économique/le réchauffement climatique est un sujet auquel je ne m'intéresse pas du tout, mais je comprends que c'est un problème très grave dans notre société et il faut qu'on fasse de son mieux de l'améliorer.
To be honest, unemployment/recession/global warming is a topic in which i'm not at all interested, but I know it's a very serious problem in our society and we have to do everything we can to improve the situation.

Should suit most things and also has a shneaky subjunctive in there!

Coeurdepirate

The High Crusade wrote: »

You're going to be asked about the Titanic, Wolfe Tone, Stone Cold Steve Austin, options of seats on the Bus, and how much chewing gum you consume in a year. Good Luck.

Mine asked me to decribe the plot of the film Psycho. I told him I'd never seen it and he said "I don't care, just describe it".

Mysteriouschic

For the french oral my document will be on London.
Do you think I should prepare for an answer about the olympics?
Is there a chance they might bring that up as it's going to be held there?

Most of what I'm learning at the moment is the differences between there and here.