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3 Draft Leaving Certificate specifications consultations

3 Draft Leaving Certificate specifications consultations

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English

Welcome to Junior Cycle English.

The curriculum sets out clear expectations for students, across the three integrated strands of oral language, reading and writing. To access the curriculum specification, Assessment
Assessment is the process of generating, gathering, recording, interpreting, using and reporting evidence of learning in individuals, groups or systems. Educational assessment provides information about progress in learning, and achievement in developing skills, knowledge, behaviours and attitudes.
guidelines
, and examples of student work click on the graphic.

SLAR meetings - to view a review meeting in action, click here and log in. For Assessment
Assessment is the process of generating, gathering, recording, interpreting, using and reporting evidence of learning in individuals, groups or systems. Educational assessment provides information about progress in learning, and achievement in developing skills, knowledge, behaviours and attitudes.
task archive, click here.

Junior Cycle English text list: 

Student cohort 2018 - 2023 text list with suggested Texts
All products of language use—oral, gesture, sign, written, visual, using Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), objects of reference, Braille, tactile, electronic, digital and/or multimodal—can be described as texts. Multimodal texts include the combination of a variety of forms of communication such as print text, digital text, visual images, audio (e.g., a performance or event) and spoken word. In this definition, 'multimodal' is not synonymous with 'digital'.
for first year here, circular here.

First year student cohort 2021, 2022 and 2023, indicative text list is now available here.

The prescribed text list for second and third years (2022-2024, 2023-2025, 2024-2026) is available here.

To suggest a novel, drama text or film for Junior Cycle English, click here.

Junior Cycle English review:

Review of the early enactment of Junior Cycle English (2018) is available here. Summary of minor amendments to the specification (2018) is available here

Report on the review of the enactment of Junior Cycle English (2020) is available here.