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Can I get an Irish exemption?

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  • 09-09-2017 6:31pm
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    Sobelek11
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    I am in 2nd year and I am really finding Irish hard, I have been put into higher level but I don't think I can even handle ordinary level, besides I will probably never use it.

    I was wondering if I was able to get an Irish exemption. I lived abroad for the first three years of my life and I went back abroad in 1st class for a year. I do not have dyslexia or anything similar.
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    spurious
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    Were you born in Ireland?


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    Sobelek11
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    spurious wrote: »
    Were you born in Ireland?

    No, I was not.


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    spurious
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    Then you can get an NUI exemption. You will not need to have Irish for entry to NUI courses, but it will not stop you having to attend classes.
    Nobody can force you into the exam.

    http://www.nui.ie/college/docs/exemption.pdf

    I would advise you to stick with it til the Junior and see how it goes. The actual standard of Irish needed to do well is quite low. A great deal of marks go for the oral test in the Leaving. Since you already have another language (myślę, że z twojego imienia jesteś Polak?), you will pick Irish up easy enough. It's really not that complicated, compared to some other languages.

    If it's a nightmare for the Junior, then you can decide not to take it for the Leaving, but you never know, you might end up doing quite well. Your teachers have you in Higher, which is a good sign.


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    Sobelek11
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    spurious wrote: »
    Then you can get an NUI exemption. You will not need to have Irish for entry to NUI courses, but it will not stop you having to attend classes.
    Nobody can force you into the exam.



    I would advise you to stick with it til the Junior and see how it goes. The actual standard of Irish needed to do well is quite low. A great deal of marks go for the oral test in the Leaving. Since you already have another language (myślę, że z twojego imienia jesteś Polak?), you will pick Irish up easy enough. It's really not that complicated, compared to some other languages.

    If it's a nightmare for the Junior, then you can decide not to take it for the Leaving, but you never know, you might end up doing quite well. Your teachers have you in Higher, which is a good sign.

    Ah, thanks a lot. I'll think about it. I wanted to do it for this year and see how it goes. And yes, I am from Poland lol


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    byhookorbycrook
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    Sobelek11 wrote: »
    I am in 2nd year and I am really finding Irish hard, I have been put into higher level but I don't think I can even handle ordinary level, besides I will probably never use it.

    I was wondering if I was able to get an Irish exemption. I lived abroad for the first three years of my life and I went back abroad in 1st class for a year. I do not have dyslexia or anything similar.
    No, you don't fit the criteria. If you haven't been assessed by an ed. psychol, then not a chance. Thankfully the DES is clamping down on this.


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    jeonahr
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    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    No, you don't fit the criteria. If you haven't been assessed by an ed. psychol, then not a chance. Thankfully the DES is clamping down on this.

    Not exempt from taking Irish classes, ie. sitting in classes. However almost no colleges require Irish for entry requirements bar those under NUI, but there's the NUI exemption which you're eligible for to sort that out.


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