La Música y Yo, por Gracie G. (Curso 4)
In TY, in the Modern Languages Department, we make a big point of asking our students to work on their public speaking skills in the…
Ordinary Level students: hone your written skills with the Leaving Cert Spanish Sample Ordinary Level Letter: 2009
I'm revisiting a few of my previous posts ahead of this year's exams, freshening them up and making sure they still apply. This one deals…
Updated: 7 quick ways to improve your written Spanish
With the essay being one of the parts of the exam to remain unchanged for the "2021 edition" of the Leaving Cert, I'm really trying…
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Leaving Cert students: fix these common errors in your written Spanish!
I know there's all kinds of different approaches to errors, error corrections and much discussion as to whether error correction can ever really be effective.…
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Talking about Easter in your Spanish Leaving Cert Oral (when the oral is DURING Easter)
Eggquilibrium de Orla De Bri en la Galeria Nacional de Dublín Apologies for the late update - it's been quite a week! Hopefully this will…
Assessment and the New Junior Cycle for MFL (Part II) (JCT MFL 5)
I don't know about anyone else, but my stress levels (as I have written before) rise whenever I think about the new Junior Cycle MFL…
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Assessment and the new Junior Cycle for MFL (JCT MFL 4)
This link brings you to a YouTube screencast on MFL Assessment from jct.ie. This video from the jct.ie site deals with the reasons for creating…
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Planning and the new Junior Cycle in MFL (JCT MFL 3)
This is the poster with all the learning strands for the MFL Learning Outcomes, which all teachers will have received at their cluster day, and…
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CPD and the new Junior Cycle in MFL (JCT MFL 2)
Every teacher should be getting their second Cluster Day training in their first subject this year, and their first Cluster Day training in their second…
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The New Junior Cycle for MFL – intro (JCT MFL 1)
Like nearly every other Modern Foreign Language teacher I have spoken to since the introduction of the Junior Cycle specifications for MFL, I am stressed…
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Pancomido: learning & teaching Spanish 