Here is what you can expect to find on the Junior Cycle French course:
Guide
Everything you need to study Junior Cycle French
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French is a popular subject in the Junior Cycle which tests your listening, writing, and understanding skills. However, students might find this subject difficult to study because it involves learning lots of new vocabulary and complex grammar rules. Don't worry though, Studyclix has loads of helpful resources to help you study and get ready for the French exam.
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What's involved?
Listening comprehensions (aural)
Reading comprehensions
Written expression (letters, postcards, etc.)
CBA 1: the oral task
CBA 2: the student portfolio and reflection note
Exam structure
Both the higher and ordinary level papers are 2.5 hours long and are split into three parts:
Part 1: is the listening test (aural) which takes over the first 30 minutes of the exam.
Part 2: is the reading comprehensions where you will be given a series of notices, signs and articles that you must answer questions on.
Part 3: is the final section which is the written expression part of the paper. Here, you write a letter or a postcard.
Top tips for French
Like all languages, it is really important that you build up your vocabulary as this will help you in the reading comprehensions as well as the listening and writing part of the paper. Writing out a list of the most common verbs with their English meaning will also come in very handy for all sections of the paper.
Don't forget to prepare for your aural exam by practicing the listening comprehension questions as you listen to the streamed audio clips on Studyclix.
How Studyclix can help you study French
CBA guide
If you're preparing for your Junior Cycle French CBAs, you're in the right place. We want to help you by making the process as easy as possible which is why we got Emer, an experienced teacher of French, to compose two French CBA guides to make sure you get as many marks as possible.
Distinction guide
While not as predictable as the old course might have been, this new French paper is still structured in an accessible way and very doable. In this guide, you will hopefully get a better understanding of the course and how to ace it.
Top tip
Stuck on a question? Not sure about a topic? Looking for some more notes? Try asking our community page for some tips and advice. There are plenty of students and teachers there who are more than willing to help you out.
French quizzes
An effective way to learn new vocabulary and grammar structures is by going through our French quizzes. These have been created based on past exam paper questions and they include lots of content that will be useful for your French exam.
To find out more about quizzes, check out this blog post. Otherwise, you can start taking quizzes by clicking on the quiz button on your French homepage.
Aural Revision Tool
Studyclix makes revising listening comprehension questions much easier! You will find an audio player above every listening question.
Have some ideas for more resources?
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