Irish Orals??

Question

Has anyone done them before? How were they?

I'm really really stressing over them and I don't think I can do it!! Are they as bad as I think,honestly?

Answer 1

no ihaven't but good luck!

Answer 2

Hey,

They aren't wonderful but they won't be as bad as you are thinking they are now!

Just ask yourself, what's the worst that could happen...seriously, if you think about it logically if the worst thing that could happen happened, it wouldn't be the end of the world (and this is coming from the girl who learnt a pile of complicated stuff about the lotto, able to say the verb what "would" I do, and then couldn't give her date of birth...ah got it eventually but it was grand!)

You will be in and out and the relief after will be great!

If you are stressing that you won't understand a question, it's totally ok to ask them to repeat a question, I had to do it several times for a certain thing I didn't get!

But even though I knew myself I messed up a couple times(hello?? who doesnt known their date of birth as gaeilge!?) and had to ask to repeat a few times it was ok and I got a good grade overall, and you will too!

Answer 3

I remember they went into a lot of detail about my family and my home life and they asked me what I did in the garden.

= )

Answer 4

Never did them but wish you loads a luck with them..xx

Answer 5

I did Irish, french and german orals and honestly they're not that bad.. fly by before you know it.. and now i can barely even remember them.. actually thats basically like most of the leaving cer!!don't worry..you'll be fine the examiners are very friendly and put you at ease.

Answer 6

My sister is doing them... don't worry, just b prepared.

Answer 7

I did my Irish orals back in 1986, and really, it's not so bad. At this stage you cannot cram for them, but you can also make it into a discussion - you can give your opinion and your reason for an opinion, and then ask 'what do you think?' This, believe it or not, will stand to you. So practise saying phrases that mean 'What do you think?' and 'in my opinion', 'I feel that', 'the media suggests that', 'the general opinion is that ' .... etc.

You might not know all the right words for the actual subjects at hand, but you will have the right 'conversational phrases', which is very important.

Best of luck with it!