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Non curricular language exams for the Leaving cert

Non curricular language exams for the Leaving cert. Curricular language exams. Irish , English, Ancient Greek, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew Studies, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Russian. . Non Curricular Language Exams . EU languages offered:

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Non curricular language exams for the Leaving cert

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  1. Non curricular language exams for the Leaving cert

  2. Curricular language exams • Irish, English, Ancient Greek, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew Studies, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Russian.

  3. Non Curricular Language Exams EU languages offered: • Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Modern Greek, Finnish, Polish, Estonian, Slovakian, Swedish, Czech, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Danish, and Dutch. • Only EU languages are offered for now as funding comes from EU to run these exams.

  4. Curricular Non curricular • Prepared in school by qualified teachers. • Course books are available for teachers to follow. • Prepared outside school. Anyone can help you prepare for the exam. Contact your embassy. • No course books or materials. Past papers and marking schemes available online. “Exam material archive”: www.examinations.ie

  5. Curricular Non curricular • 2 levels: Hons and Pass. • Not mother tongue. • Listening and speaking exams as well as reading and writing • One common level for all. You can get 100 points for an A1. • Must be mother tongue • Reading and writing only. No speaking or listening.

  6. The exam format The examination is a 3 hour written examination paper.  It consists of 3 parts: • Part Iis a test of reading and understanding based on a text of approximately 500 words.   (30%) • Part II is based on the passage in Part I. (30%) • Part III is an essay (personal writing) on a choice of 2 topics.   (40%)

  7. The rules: You must: • Speak the language natively. • Be taking Leaving Certificate English. • Be taking only one non-curricular EU language. • Be from a member state of the European Union. • Have followed a programme of study leading to the Leaving Certificate.

  8. Your school will register you for the exam. Inform the Examinations Secretary in earlyMarch if you wish to sit the Leaving Cert in your mother tongue. • For 2013, non-curricular languages will be examined on Wednesday19th June 2013 from 9.30am to 12.30pm. • If this day and time clashes with other exams you are going to sit, your school can accommodate this.

  9. Use of bilingual translation dictionaries in the Leaving Cert

  10. If English is not your first language, you can use a bilingual translation dictionary in the Leaving cert. • A bilingual translation dictionary is a dictionary which does not give explanations of terms or definitions. Very important: This may be a different type of dictionary to the one you usually use. • You cannot use electronic bilingual dictionaries, translators, wordlists or glossaries.

  11. Subjects in which the use of dictionaries is not permitted • For an exam which is your first language. Eg. A candidate whose first language is French cannot use a French dictionary in the French exam. • English • Irish • A language closely related to your first language. • You can use a dictionary in the maths exam.

  12. You must supply your own dictionary. Remember to order it well in advance. www.internationalbooks.ieBrendan Storey. Email: info@internationalbooks.ie • You must inform the school Examinations Secretary in early March that you want to use a dictionary in the Leaving Cert. The school has to fill in a form and ask for permission for you to use a bilingual translation dictionary. • You must not have any notes written in the dictionary. The dictionaries will be inspected at the beginning of each exam.

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