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This document provides information about the Junior Certificate English course in Ireland. It explains that students will learn communication skills, explore different writing styles, and study great writers. Students will practice English through group work, reading, writing, and discussions in class. Outside of class, they can improve their English through activities like watching TV, going to plays, reading newspapers and magazines, and writing emails. The Junior Certificate exam may involve writing about experiences, novels, plays, or responding to poems. English skills will be useful for other subjects and careers.

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English

This document provides information about the Junior Certificate English course in Ireland. It explains that students will learn communication skills, explore different writing styles, and study great writers. Students will practice English through group work, reading, writing, and discussions in class. Outside of class, they can improve their English through activities like watching TV, going to plays, reading newspapers and magazines, and writing emails. The Junior Certificate exam may involve writing about experiences, novels, plays, or responding to poems. English skills will be useful for other subjects and careers.

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Junior

Certificate

Fact Sheet

English
English is an international language spoken or
being learned by people in almost every part of the
world. In Junior Certificate English you will learn
how to communicate more effectively with others
and to express your point of view in many different
ways.You will also have many opportunities to use
your imagination and to find out about great
writers. By the end of the Junior Certificate course,
you should be better able to understand your world
and to say what you think about it.
What will I learn in English?

How will I learn English in school?

Some of the things you will learn include:


how to communicate clearly
how to speak and write in interesting
ways about things that happen in your
daily life
how to explore different ways of using
English e.g. interviewing, story telling,
describing, newspaper reporting, writing
advertisements or jokes etc.
how to find out about the great writers
of Ireland and the world, and enjoy
reading some of their work.

Some of the things you may do to learn more and


to improve your English in the classroom are:
work with a group to create a document
e.g. a class newspaper
listen to poems and stories
read and think about a novel, a poem or a play
compose poems or songs or longer pieces
of writing
ask and answer questions about what you
read and hear
re-write your work to make it better
try your best at homework and assignments.

How can I learn more about English outside of school?


Some of the things you may do on your own or with others are:
watch the news or a TV programme and talk about it afterwards
go to a play or film and do a review of it
go to the library and ask the librarian about the books
read a newspaper or a favourite magazine
write and receive e-mails.

How will I know how I


am getting on?

What is the English Junior Certificate


exam like?

Your teacher will let you know:


what you did well
where you need to improve
what you could do to improve.
Other things you may do are:
ask a friend to look at your work
look back over your
work and decide
whether you have
improved or not
do a class test
enter a competition.

You may be asked to:


write about your experiences and your opinions
write a letter or a report or a speech
respond to a poem
write about a novel and a play that you have studied
talk about TV programmes or newspaper articles or
advertisements.
You may also be shown some short reading passages and
you will answer questions on them.
You can take the exam at Foundation, Ordinary or Higher
level. When the time comes to decide, your teacher will
help you choose the level that suits you best.

Is learning English anything like


what I did in primary school?
Most of the time, it will be.You will do similar
work and you will continue to gain
confidence in speaking, reading and writing
in English. As in primary school, learning
English will help you to develop as a person.
You will continue to learn about
the wonderful power of words
and to develop your
imagination.

Will English have anything to do


with other subjects I will be
studying?
Yes it will. As you get better at English you
will get better at learning other languages.
Having good English skills will also help you
in presenting work for a range of other
subjects e.g. History, Geography, Science
and Home Economics.

Will English be very different after


the Junior Certificate?

How will English be useful to me?


You can continue to improve your English all
your life.The better you are at English the
more you are likely to enjoy speaking, reading
and writing.
Any third level course in English provides you
with skills for a variety of positions in business,
government, research, education, publishing,
as well as in the cultural, entertainment, and
communications industries.

This fact sheet and other fact sheets are available to


download from www.ncca.ie

24 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 l Tel: + 353-1-6617177

In Leaving Certificate English you will


continue to discuss important ideas and have
a whole new course to enjoy.
You can look forward to exploring the works
of new writers and reading books from
Ireland and other countries.

For more information about the


English course
www.curriculumonline.ie
For more information about the Junior
Certificate exam
www.examinations.ie
For more information about English
www.scoilnet.ie
www.kidsreview.org.uk
www.loc.gov/poetry/180
www.bbc.co.uk/schools

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