In Junior Cycle English, you will have many opportunities to be creative, to use your imagination, and to find out about great writers. You will also learn how to communicate more effectively with others and to express your point of view in many different ways.
By the end of the Junior Cycle English course, you should have developed your knowledge of language and literature and also improved your speaking, reading and writing skills.
English is a compulsory Junior Cycle subject and requires a minimum of 240 hours of learning.
You can continue to improve your English all your life. The better you are at English the more you are likely to enjoy speaking, reading and writing. Any third level course in English provides you with skills for a variety of positions in business, government, research, education, publishing, as well as in the cultural, entertainment, and communications industries.
The English course identifies 39 learning outcomes that describe the knowledge, understanding, skills and values students should be able to demonstrate after their three years of Junior Cycle.
Students will experience all of these learning outcomes through rich texts and engaging learning experiences. The learning outcomes are divided equally among Reading, Writing and Oral Language.
| Number of hours over 3 years | Final Exam | Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) | Assessments Task |
| 240 hrs minimum |
One 2-hour paper Can be taken at both Higher & Ordinary level Worth 90% of overall grade |
Two CBAs to be taken over 2nd & 3rd year CBA 1- Oral Communication CBA 2- Collection of Student’s Texts
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Students complete a specified written reflection task which is sent to the SEC for marking. Worth 10% of overall grade |
These subjects explore the ways in which humans live and communicate in the world. Human life is examined by looking at our past, our present and into our future. These subjects help people to express themselves clearly and develop their reasoning ability.
This subject builds skills and knowledge that are particularly useful for careers in the following Career Sectors: