Never pronounce h at start of word (hôpital, hôtel) Il = [y] (fille, famille, s’habiller) exception = ville, tranquille, mille ‘s’ in between two vowels = [z] (television, choisir) ‘t’ = [s] in –tion, -tieux-, -tien (conversation) ‘qu’ = [k] (question) ‘ch’ = [sh] (architecte) ‘é’ = [ey] (été) ‘è’… Continue Reading →
Below is an example of how material is taken from three text, ‘Macbeth’, ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ and ‘I’m Not Scared’ so as to form paragraph topics for the three comparative genres in the 2013-14 Leaving Certificate English curriculum. I’m not Scared The family unit is not prioritized… Continue Reading →
Finally, keep these basic things in mind when answering your prescribed poetry question: Six poems The markers are told to look for evidence that you have studied six poems in your answer. There are two ways to do this: Use examples from six poems If you do not want to… Continue Reading →
Coherence of delivery: The marker looks for you to consistently answer the question without disruption or interruption, hence you have to ensure that your answer does not divert from addressing the statement despite focusing on different poems and poetic elements. All of your paragraphs will back up your statement, and … Continue Reading →
Your answer should then contain a main body of at least four paragraphs, which combined should deal with the poet’s themes/ interests, style, viewpoint etc. Each of these paragraphs must also answer the question, which brings about the second quality needed for your answer: Clarity of purpose Each paragraph, as… Continue Reading →
What are you being asked to do? The marker is told to look for a representative selection from the work of a poet that reflects the range of the poet’s themes and interests while also exhibiting his/ her characteristic style and viewpoint. In addition, the marker is told that the… Continue Reading →
This technique is thought to focus the listener even before hearing the tape and thus “subdue panic” and “increase exam productivity”. The technique can be summarised as follows: Read the instructions carefully (even though they always begin in the same manner, there is usually some information about the piece you… Continue Reading →
Cultural context What you need to compare: the unique world of each of your texts. Paragraph topics to do so: An attitude to an issue: Usually the majority of the world of a text will hold a certain attitude towards an issue such as education, personal freedom etc. For example,… Continue Reading →
We need to return now to a quality mentioned earlier, Efficiency of Language use. As mentioned earlier you need to use suitable language for dealing with the set task, which in part focuses on the writing/ phraseology used when composing an answer as outlined above. Several things should be kept in… Continue Reading →
Clarity of Purpose This quality involves you completing the set task, here to compare your texts under a mode of comparison. The four paragraphs of your main body are where you will compare your three texts, with each paragraph focusing on a different paragraph topic. As said above, this serves… Continue Reading →
