Junior Cert students wave arrivederci to exams

The last of this year’s Junior Certificate students waved arrivederci to the exams as the Italian papers ended their two-weeks of writing.

According to Robbie Cronin of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), the higher- and ordinary-level exams were student-friendly. He said honours students had to read pieces on sports players and actors, and an excellent exercise asked them to match signs in a shopping centre with the right word.

Mr Cronin said the letter question, in which students had to tell an Italian friend about a holiday in Sicily, was good, and grammar questions were challenging but fair. He said there was nothing unexpected in the paper for ordinary-level students, which also had a fair exam.