CHIEF EXAMINERS REPORTS

How to get the best of them

https://www.examinations.ie/?l=en&mc=en&sc=cr

Published every three or so years

Most important part is “recommendations for

students”

While students should learn and be able to recall key

facts, laws and definitions accurately, understanding is

essential to being able to engage fully with most

questions.

Study time should be devoted to the key syllabus topics

that underpin the subject, namely, atomic structure, the

structure and trends in the periodic table and bonding.

Focusing on links between key facts in teaching and in

study will help organise knowledge and enhance

understanding. Students should practise writing

explanations of complex concepts in their own words.

ENGLISH

ENGLISH: “Adopting a process approach to writing,

whereby students learn to research, plan, draft, re-draft

and edit their writing (as laid out in the Leaving Certificate

Syllabus, English, para. 3.4.1) would be of significant

benefit to all students of Leaving Certificate English”.

Where candidates are required to write letters in answer

to questions, greater attention should be paid to the

inclusion of appropriate rubrics.

FRENCH

French: be very aware of the significance of words

such as: Citez, Relevez, Trouvez, Phrase, Expression,

Mot, Élément, as used in Reading Comprehension

questions.

try to read some French short stories or even a

short novel as preparation for the Reading

Comprehension, rather than relying solely on past

papers

MARKING SCHEMES

LC English - Paper II 2015

Indicative material: - explores the human condition –

possibilities/inevitabilities/tragedies/simple pleasures -

accessibility of colloquial language/conversational

tone/aphorisms/narrative approach - engaging/evocative

imagery/rich symbolism/sensuous detail all add appeal - profound

ideas – transience, fellowship, alienation – expressed in a

homely/rural style - elegant plainness of expression/natural

speech rhythms have universal significance Etc.