Junior Cert: Phone recycling question has students lost in translation
Susan Leahy, vice- president of the Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland, said the listening test followed the usual format closely.
For higher-level students, there was an appeal to students’ environmental conscience with a text about recycling mobile phones. A dialogue between two adults, usually where young people are seen in conversation, was about eating in a pizzeria with an order of artichokes, anchovies, and pineapple — which Ms Leahy said even the most hardened stomach might question.
