Leaving Certificate French – Cultivating Language, Culture, and Connection
At our school, where the legacy of our French founding sisters continues to inspire and guide us, the study of French is not merely an academic subject but a meaningful bridge to history, heritage, and global citizenship.
The Leaving Certificate French course offers students the opportunity to develop strong communicative competence in one of the world’s most widely spoken languages.Emphasis is placed on the four key language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with particular attention given to practical usage and personal expression.
Through engaging texts, media, and conversation, students explore themes such as family and society, current affairs, cultural traditions, and travel, enabling them to interact with confidence and fluency in real-life contexts.
In line with the ethos of our school, which values global awareness, intellectual curiosity, and the deepening of cultural ties, French also offers students a window into Francophone culture, literature, and history. This is especially significant given our school’s foundation by a French religious congregation, whose values of compassion, service, and education remain central to our mission today.
The course prepares students for both written and oral examinations, with the oral component accounting for 25% of the overall grade—a valuable opportunity for each student to develop poise and confidence in spoken French.
Whether continuing on to study languages at third level, preparing for future travel or careers in an international setting, or simply embracing the joy of language learning, students leave the course with not only linguistic proficiency but also a deeper appreciation of the enduring links between Ireland and France, and between our present and our founding vision.
Fraincis na hArdteistiméireachta – Teanga, Cultúr agus Ceangal a Chothú
Sa scoil s’againne, áit a spreagann agus a threoraíonn oidhreacht ár mbanrialacha Francacha go fóill, ní hamháin gur ábhar acadúil í an Fhraincis, ach is droichead í chuig an stair, an oidhreacht agus an tsaoránacht dhomhanda.
Cuireann cúrsa Fraincise na hArdteistiméireachta deis ar fáil do dhaltaí cumas cumarsáide láidir a fhorbairt i gceann de na teangacha is mó a labhraítear ar domhan. Cuirtear béim ar na ceithre scil teanga: éisteacht, labhairt, léitheoireacht agus scríbhneoireacht, agus úsáid phraiticiúil agus féinléiriú mar phríomhchuspóirí.
Trí théacsanna tarraingteacha, meáin agus comhrá, déanann daltaí iniúchadh ar théamaí ar nós an teaghlaigh agus an tsochaí, cúrsaí reatha, traidisiúin chultúrtha agus taisteal, rud a chabhraíonn leo muinín agus líofacht a fhorbairt i gcomhthéacsanna fíorshaolacha.
Ag teacht leis an spiorad na scoile s’againne, a thugann luach ar an eolas domhanda, fiosracht intleachtúil, agus ceangal cultúrtha domhain, tugann an Fhraincis léargas do dhaltaí ar chultúr, litríocht agus stair na tíortha Francacha. Tá sé seo tábhachtach go háirithe i bhfianaise bhunú ár scoile ag ord reiligiúnach Francach, a raibh trua, seirbhís agus oideachas mar luachanna lárnacha acu – luachanna a mhaireann linn go fóill.
Ullmhaíonn an cúrsa daltaí don scrúdú scríofa agus don scrúdú béil, le 25% den mharc iomlán á thabhairt don bhéaltriail – deis luachmhar don scoláire muinín agus cumas labhartha a fhorbairt.
Cibé acu is mian le daltaí leanúint ar aghaidh ag staidéar teangacha ag an tríú leibhéal, a bheith ullamh don taisteal nó don saol oibre idirnáisiúnta, nó sult a bhaint as foghlaim teanga, fágann an cúrsa iad le cumas teanga láidir agus le tuiscint níos doimhne ar na naisc bhuana idir Éire agus an Fhrainc, agus idir ár linne féin agus fís na mbunaitheoirí.