Description

Published: 2013
ISBN: 9781845365721
A brand new and comprehensive Irish text for Junior Cert Higher Level students
• A building-block approach allows students to develop their skills in a logical manner• Oral, aural, reading and writing skills are developed extensively• Reading comprehensions and modern communication methods feature throughout• Students are taught each topic in an engaging, simple no-fuss manner, with a particular focus on writing paragraphs and messages and on telling stories• Iontas 3 is packed with sample essays, stories, debates and articles, and a unit that focuses on guidelines for writing these aspects of the course• Prose and poetry are studied comprehensively, with guidelines and questions and sample answers• A wide variety of exercises reinforce learning, including questions to be answered and composed, fill-in-the-blanks, spot-the-difference, true-or-false and matching exercises• Integrated aural work relates directly to the topic in each unit and contains exam-style Cluastuiscint questions• Oral exam preparation is included with sample questions and answers for all topics• A dedicated Oral unit covers the ‘Sraith Pictiúr’ and role play, with vocabulary and sample conversations• Pair and group work throughout helps to develop the spoken language• Vocabulary used in the exams is repeated regularly in each chapter• A clear emphasis is placed on literacy and oral skills• Iontas 3 features an integrated approach to grammar, as well as a dedicated unit dealing with the main aspects of Irish grammar• Comprehensive use is made of dictations and FACSS (Féach, Abair, Clúdaigh, Scríobh agus Seiceáil) exercises to help students to get to grips with spelling• A revision page is included in every themed unit• A comprehensive revision booklet provides tests for each topic• A free Teacher’s Resource Pack includes a Teacher’s Resource Book with additional material for the written and aural exams, and extra reading comprehensions