Germany, Dubai and back home as second testing week ends

THE final day of the second week of exams began with German for Leaving and Junior Certificate students.

The sound quality of the Leaving Cert aural was quite good but TUI spokesman Neil O’Callaghan said some Junior Cert students complained about sound being muffled and the dialogue being too fast. Otherwise, both Junior Cert papers were well-received.

Mr O’Callaghan said the ordinary level Leaving Cert reading comprehensions were relevant to young people’s lives, such as a piece about the world’s fastest text message writer and one on German students’ holidays. He felt the higher-level paper was easier than recent years, but items about the smoking ban and the Special Olympics might have been more relevant last year.