1 Simply research, do not postpone. #RepeatAdvice @SueBo_
2 Do away with the laptop computer. Get your moms and dads to conceal the battery so you will not be attracted. @paddykell
3 Prepare a sensible schedule. Short, frequent research study sessions. You need to be doing more than your homework.
4 Organise yourself. It’s never far too late. Clear notes, tidy folders. Don’t anxiety yourself out. @Orlaith_Farrell
5 Don’t prioritise any one topic. All topics should get equal time. Permit 2 hrs each weekend break for every subject as well as around 30-40 minutes per night for studying what was covered on that particular day in the classroom.
6 Print chief supervisors’ reports for your subjects. They give example answers which you can use as a guide for responding to style. #studytips, @NatashaLynchEF
7 How much time do you invest in the internet? Half-an-hour in the early morning, a hr in the evening? It all accumulates. Two hrs a day is 14 each week, 56 per month. Picture if you were to spend just half of that revising.
8 Less late nights. The most awful thing you can do at the weekends is invest the whole night up, and the whole day in bed. Try to reach bed by 1am at the most recent on weekend breaks, and also stand up early.
9 Divide up work with a buddy, after that meet up, photocopy each other’s notes, teach each other what you found out. #studybuddy, @NatashaLynchEF
10 Checking out a publication isn’t studying– it’s reading a publication. Set a target: “I will change this subject for 45 mins”. Take notes as you go. Do away with guides. Do an exam question. Now that’s research.
11 Get accustomed to the design of the exam paper. Some documents are tricky and also complex guidelines can throw you on the day.
12 Do not reduce way too many edges. Yearly pupils emerge devastated due to the fact that they paid attention to rumours about what was showing up. The fact is anything can turn up. The documents are designed to be unpredictable.
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13 Document your alteration notes on a dictaphone, download and install onto your phone, change on the move. #studytips, @NatashaLynchEF
14 Understand what you’re examining– or at the very least attempt. Rephrase in your own words when feasible. Trainees who do well in exams don’t simply vomit up facts, they demonstrate real understanding.
15 Keep the CAO in mind. Trainees have a tendency to ignore what they put down on their CAO forms in the rush to study for the Leaving Cert. It’s no harm to keep thinking of what course you want to do, as well as maintain looking into different locations. @paddykell
16 Don’t speak about what research you’re doing and also do not pay attention to other individuals regarding what they’re doing. Great deals of people exist concerning what they’re doing or not doing. The naturally fantastic close friend who not did anything however in some way managed a B1 in the mocks is probably telling fibs about how difficult they’re working.
17Eat! Gruel can be flawlessly edible with some small adjustments. Some fast ones consist of putting chocolate chips, bananas, peanut butter, or perhaps molasses and also strawberries on it. It takes the concept of not fit to eat slop away and also maintains you going all early morning. @ClareReidy1
18 My friends and also I started our very own nerdy trend of dunking Nature Valley bars right into yogurt pots, which I recognize sounds abhorrent to some individuals, yet it obtained us with. @ClareReidy1
19 Have something to divert your attention: being solely concentrated on a few days in June at this stage will fry your mind.
20 Workout. Do not research any later than 10pm, as well as if you can locate the power, go with a walk. It launches endorphins in your brain that make you really feel great concerning yourself, as well as it removes your head after hrs of examining. @paddykell
21 Peanut butter cups and delicious chocolate bars with nuts are great mind food, as well as addicting too. @ClareReidy1
22 Maintain the examinations in point of view. None of the complying with things will be determined by just how you perform in the Leaving Cert: where you live, who you marry, how often you marry, the number of icecreams you eat in your life time; your general health and well-being; the number of stones that work their way into your shoes causing you repetitively hopping about on one foot to remove them; the quantity of love in your life.
English
23 Concerning 75 per cent of Junior Cert and also 55 per cent of Leaving Cert English is entirely undetected until you open up the paper. That does not indicate you can’t research for the test. You are learning skills rather than rote-learning information.
24 Read, read, review. If you do not read extensively, you’ll never ever end up being a great writer.
25 Learn quotes from your messages. Record them onto your mobile phone or iPod as well as listen en route right into institution.
26 Do not find out essays off by heart. If you’re creating a short story, have some instances of characterisation and setting prepared to adapt to your title. Creative composing needs to be vibrant and also entertaining. Program, don’t inform. The viewers ought to have details views, sounds and smells in their minds-eye as they read your writing.
27 Read your work out loud. You’ll listen to errors sooner than you’ll see them.
28 Judging a personality is complex: analyze what they say, what they do, how they look, what they think and really feel and also other individuals’s opinions of them. Do not take them at their word– personalities commonly lie, to themselves and also others.
29Learn to spell words personality. There’s just one “h” and also it’s at the beginning.
30Structure your responses. Stream-of-consciousness style responses rarely achieve a good grade, especially if you get stuck exploring one factor in excessive information.
31 Essays on researched messages should utilize a formal style. Points have to be sustained with relevant as well as accurate quotes.
32 Know your single text extremely well, inside out. Whether you’re making use of reference or quote to support your answer, you need to recognize the message carefully.
33 In the relative research, you should ask on your own “what’s this text all about?”. When you make a list keeping that heading for all three messages, you can much more plainly see what they have in common. You after that need to discover vital moments in each to support your contrasts. And you ought to be comparing them regularly.
34 You have concerning a hr per area in the examination. Lots of people will write between 7 and also 10 paragraphs. Time yourself as well as compose 3 paragraphs in 20 minutes awhile of bite-sized preparation if you’re pressed for time.
35 Do not pay attention to the poetry ideas. Prepare your favorite poets well and you will be awarded. The more you need to claim concerning a poet’s job the better, so have a view which you can support by referencing the poet’s job.
Mathematics
36 Practicing past exam documents is a very important part of developing good test strategy. Begin currently if you have not currently.
37 You should know the evidence and theorems and the description of the vocabulary utilized.
38 Use the official noting plans. They commonly show greater than one acceptable technique of addressing an inquiry. The noting schemes additionally reveal you how marks were designated by the examiners throughout all parts of all questions in previous examinations, but there’s no actual demand for you to analyse this. It is not possible to predict the allocation of marks within a question– the allocation can differ widely and in unexpected means.
39 Intend you determine to give five hrs a week to maths, a sensible amount at this phase of the year. Damage this up right into five 35 mins slots each week-night providing you practically 2 hours at weekend break.
40 Mathematics is the only Leaving Cert subject without an option on the paper. Consequently you should stay on par with the product covered in class.
41 Weekend study ideally ought to be used for attempting questions from previous papers and example papers. It is important to recognize the exact set up of your examination, how many questions, the phrasing utilized, etc. Time yourself to obtain made use of to the time restraints.
42 The project mathematics noting plan is rather different from the noting plan utilized in the past. There are five noting scales, with as much as 6 groups per marking scale. It’s a great deal much more complex than the previous system.
43 Begin with your favourite concern. It will aid settle your nerves on examination day. Naturally if you prefer a consecutive technique, do that.
44 It seems evident however obtain made use of to reviewing concerns meticulously. Make certain you’re not missing any info.
45 It is vital to practise and be comfortable with the basics prior to trying the new word troubles in mathematics. These concerns need to be read really carefully. Attempt to recognize the problem. Consider the details offered. Jot down all the quantities given as well as what is being looked for, ie, converting the English words right into mathematical sentences. Usually there is an equation that connects the data you have with the information you need.
46 Often you think you understand a topic, but along comes an inquiry which can be phrased in a manner you have actually never seen prior to. Do not let this toss you. The more method you have from taking on various concerns, the much more positive you will end up being when you face a weird looking inquiry.
47 If stuck, don’t look up the service as well swiftly. You will certainly usually learn more by tackling it by yourself for a while, even if you have to check out the service ultimately.
48 Program all workings within your response– do refrain from doing rough-work on a different page. Don’t utilize Tippex, instead delete any mistakes with a solitary line. You could get marks for the job you have written off, but not if it’s Tippexed. Additionally, if you solve an issue using a calculator, draw up some or all of the steps taken. Don’t simply provide the solution. This is to ensure you obtain marks even if you make a slip.
49 Attracting a layout and even a standard illustration can frequently be very helpful to start in dealing with a concern, and might gain marks for you.
50 Obtain familiar with your formulae as well as tables pamphlet. It gives a lot of useful info. Utilize it.
Irish
51 Research is actually research study. It is summarizing on what was educated on that particular day in the classroom as well as is most of the time, directly based upon an exam question: ie, poetry inquiries or a léamhthuiscint or a personality from a prós tale.
52 Pupils commonly go house and discover an educator’s solutions on either filiocht or prós off by heart. You do not require to do this. You must perhaps study exactly how the inquiry is opened– the structure of the solution– keeping an eye on pertinent quotations made use of.
53 In the filiocht sections, if you can convert the rhyme you have practically every answer required on the day as all verse will be published on the actual exam paper. The only locations that should be discovered off by heart are the grammatic terms that will certainly be asked concerned 6A in the léamhthuiscint section– terms such as aimsigh and so forth.
54 Previous examination documents are crucial. They show the layout of the real test and also how inquiries might be subdivided in various areas. It is excellent technique to examine a particular subject and after that do out exam concerns, keeping an eye in a timely manner restraints as well as sticking rigidly to them.
55 Keep re-reading the concern over and over to ensure you are actually answering the concern asked. No marks will be granted for details that is not relevant. In the filiocht section, if you are asked on motif, just on theme and not feelings or feelings.
56 At this phase, you will have completed your mock tests and also will certainly have sat through 2 complete documents in Irish. Whatever blunders you may have made, will not be repeated in June. Keep in mind, you will certainly always find out by your errors. If you lacked time in Paper 2– a long paper– you will need to change the length of time you invest in the various areas.
57 Don’t overlook the relevance of the dental Irish examination which brings 40 per cent of the total exam mark. Know the picture sequences well as there are 80 marks opting for this area. Method asking inquiries. Students are typically much better at answering questions than inquiring. Additionally practise reviewing the poetry daily– with 35 marks for checking out a mere 10-12 lines it deserves extra that the whole poetry or prose training course.
Languages
Dental exam
58Remember that this is a discussion, not an interview. The examiner is there to aid you reach your highest possible capacity.
59Marks are awarded for framework, communication, vocabulary and enunciation, as well as vocabulary is truly how you expression your reactions. Do not make use of vernacular terms too much. Rich vocabulary is everything about using a various method to say something.
60 Pronunciation is very important and also accounts for 20 percent of the exam Pay attention to French, German or Spanish radio and record on your own to perfect your accent.
61Try spending 10-15 minutes a day on your dental job. Once you have discovered a topic, method it out loud on your own. When you are more positive, practise with a pal or a relative.
Acoustic exam.
62 Ask your educator to evaluate you on previous aurals from years back regarding the very early 1990s if possible. Listen to your very own CDs as well as downloads.
63Log on Google.fr for French, Google.de for German or Google.es for Spanish and search YouTube for clips in your chosen language. Even if you do not recognize every word, your ear will become familiar with it.
64 For French, log onto tf1.fr and also pay attention to Le Journal de 13h or 20h, a preferred information channel on French TV. You can additionally listen to French information on rfi.fr and radiofrance.fr.
General language recommendations
65Do not find out off large lengthy essays on every subject. You will certainly obtain slowed down and become disheartened. Create three factors on each subject and also find out about 20 words of vocabulary. See to it you have respectable sentences to start as well as finish a created item.
66 Do not make use of Google convert as it equates essentially as well as does not take context right into factor to consider. Wordreference.com is an excellent translation website. It will just translate one word at once, so it can be frustrating but there are fascinating assistance online forums on the website.
67Familiarise on your own with the way inquiries are asked at the end of each analysis comprehension.
68 Don’t be tempted to find out off viewpoint pieces by heart. It is unlikely that the piece that you will certainly have discovered will certainly answer the inquiry given in the paper. You will be heavily punished if you don’t deal with the inquiry, even if the language that you have actually used is correct. Instead, accumulate your vocabulary for the various subjects on the syllabus and also exercise with past or mock evaluation documents.
69Check out @PetitTweetCork for tweets in French to aid LC students in preparation for French exam. @NatashaLynchEF
Biology
70 It is best to spend thirty minutes at one time examining biology. Take a short, five-minute break after half an hour and after that proceed to the following subject.
71Try to spend regarding four thirty minutes sessions each week devoted to answering previous papers. These might vary over the brief questions in area A, the experimental inquiries in section B and the lengthy concerns in area C.
72About 25 per cent of the marks are acquired from knowing your definitions. These must be learned off by heart.
73 In between 15 as well as 30 percent of the marks are obtained from the experiments. As there are only 22 experiments, it is possible to cover one experiment per day over the course of a month. When learning the experiments you have to recognize the actions taken and the factor for taking each step.
74Up to Easter, your research study should vary over the entire training course. From Easter, focus on particular topics. These are the subjects that show up each year along with any subjects that are more likely to come up this year.
Geography
75Know what is entailed: time– the geography paper is two hours and also 50 minutes long; structure– five full questions need to be addressed. All inquiries equivalent 80 marks.
76Plan your research study. At the very least 80 per cent of your time will certainly be invested in research study so it is essential you get the skills to examine properly.
77 Strategy practical targets which you can attain in each research study session, eg, draw up 15 considerable appropriate factors (SRPs) on your picked subject.
78Focus on subjects that are checked out each year. These consist of: core unit 1– landform growth; plate tectonics; human interaction; core unit 2– financial activities in an Irish area; economic tasks in a European area; economic tasks in a continental/sub-continental area; economic optional– impact of EU policies on Ireland; international companies.
79When you read your notes, select the key words or phrases which will aid you to remember what the topic has to do with.
80 Make a subject recap by putting the core motif or topic title in the centre after that attract lines from the centre and also write sub-themes at the end of the lines. Along each line, write the key words or expressions linked to the sub-theme.
81 Cover all the significant subjects. Don’t attempt to predict what will be analyzed. Rather, practise answering exam inquiries from previous papers. Time yourself and see if you can write an answer in the time which the exam will permit you.
82Remember that the 30-mark parts of the concern should have 15 SRPs
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83 The normal key words are: “make up”– explain as well as offer factors; “contrast”– mention resemblances and also differences; “comparison”– point out the major differences; “define”– state the evident; “clarify”– write out the bottom lines and also create an explanation.
Organization
84Spend at least an hour-and-a-half on company modification every second night. So three or 4 one-and-a-half hrs research study sessions each week.
85The used service question (ABQ) is on a five-year cycle, so the ABQs of 2008 as well as 2003 will be structured identically to 2013 as well as these ABQs have to be practised initially, prior to any other year.
86 Long inquiry practice: 25-mark questions– spend 10 mins on them; 20-mark concerns– spend eight minutes on them. 20-mark questions are the most common and also trainees erroneously invest 10 minutes on them, which soon accumulates to a lot of 2 minutes’s lost during the test; 15-mark question– invest six mins.
87The two most popular verbs are “highlight” and also “evaluate”. Yet with our above framework we automatically handle these verbs. The instance take care of illustrate and also the trainee can use the advantage or drawback as their personal viewpoint by putting “in my point of view” ahead or their benefit or disadvantage. This is superb as it is a real opinion not rote gained from a book.
88 ABQ– you have 45 mins to answer this section. It is necessary to practise it as it takes most students over an hour to do this inquiry. But after 5 or 6 ABQs the rate normally establishes. If you do not practice the ABQ, you will certainly not get it performed in under an hour in the Leaving Cert– major mistake.You needs to be doing at least one ABQ weekly from now up until the test.
89 The long inquiry can frequently contain one sentence, however there are 2 parts to be taken care of to properly answer the inquiry. The lengthy inquiry may likewise have a short story as an introduction, if so pupils should describe the short story in their response or marks will certainly be shed.
Background
90By now you ought to be completed, or nearing the conclusion of your special research. Examine the requirements for size, resources and background information, and also keep in mind someone will certainly read 300 of these over a couple of weeks in the summer season, so make it memorable.
91 Every topic will have information that are vital eg, terms such as fascism, sectarianism, ecumenism. Ensure you know vital dates and what order events occurred. It’s like narrating. Don’t overlook the important little bits as well as it’s not very intriguing if you inform it in the wrong order.
92 Don’t consider learning off essays. It would certainly be fantastic if you get the precise phrasing in your exam concerns but it’s unlikely to happen, so think about moveable information that you can utilize to respond to any kind of question. Practise writing a factor per paragraph; keep in mind the response is marked primarily paragraph by paragraph as well as if your job is arranged as well as thoughtful, you’ll do well.
93 Remember, honours background is not about writing all you understand about a subject. It has to do with discovering to make links to the inquiry you are answering with the details you understand. For instance, a question on the variables that led to the development of fascism is not create all you learn about fascism: you must isolate what caused its increase such as instability after the second World War, the economic circumstance, danger of communism etc 94Look at your files: several trainees concern this inquiry as a procedure however recognizing the subject, and also how to handle written and aesthetic sources can be worth an additional quality.
95Don’ t fail to remember to revise your obligatory case studies. There are only three, so see to it you understand sufficient to compose a mini-essay of two-and-a half pages in order to address the contextualisation part of the concern.
Home Economics
96The home economics training course is significant. Simplify. Have a schedule, and also take it eventually or week each time.
97Do 3 or four brief concerns every evening. Every one is worth six marks– that’s 1.5 percent of your overall mark. Use your textbook to answer them, so you build up a financial institution of accurate details in your head.
98 Method inquiry 1 (a) in section B. You will have to evaluate a graph or a chart in this question. It does not show up in any type of textbook. You require to be knowledgeable about it.
99 Read one test concern each evening. Highlight crucial terms. What is being asked? Look at the marking plan. Just how are marks dispersed? Several pupils have the ideal information yet lose marks due to the fact that they don’t recognize their noting system.
100Know all the topics in your optional. Component (a) is mandatory. If you cut corners, you might get caught out.
Likewise attempt utilizing some mobile applications to assist yyou remain cooncetrated.
Applications to aid focus
The best focus applications can aid you get involved in the appropriate mental area for taking in information. This group considers applications that maintain you from obtaining distracted (e.g. with white noise or by blocking various other apps).
1. Woodland
Woodland App
Some of us require a little outside motivation to stay concentrated while examining. Which’s fine.
The Forest application supplies an aesthetic reward by allowing you plant an online tree and then primarily holding that tree hostage until your research study session is over.
Intend to inspect your Instagram momentarily? Tempted to do a fast online shop between textbook phases? Proceed. You’ll simply need to involve peace with watching your tree wither and also die first.
Yet if you stay with your emphasis time, you’ll enjoy watching your trees prosper. Over numerous research study sessions, you can construct a fascinating electronic forest– a pleasurable tip of all your productive hrs.
Bonus offer: The Woodland app is a companion of Trees for the Future. This organisation plants real trees on behalf of the digital ones that pro users expand (over 1 million trees as well as counting). So, using this app to block other applications while researching can assist the atmosphere in addition to your qualities. Okay whatsoever.
Readily available on: iphone, Android, Chrome
Ordinary score: 4.8/ 5 on App Shop, 4.8/ 5 on Google Play
Cost: $2.99 on Application Store, Free (with advertisements) on Google Play– in-app acquisitions offered on all devices
2. Freedom
Flexibility app to block applications while researching
Liberty is an app that locks your phone while researching (or any other time you need to concentrate). Flag the apps and/or internet sites that sidetrack you, and also Freedom will certainly block them– fantastic if the self-motivated applications like Woodland do not quite suffice for you. You can set an arranged session in advance or begin some ‘Flexibility time’ whenever you require it.
Liberty obstructs time-wasting apps and also internet sites throughout all your devices, so your iPad won’t attract you away while you’re studying on your MacBook.
Did you understand? Most smartphones have integrated tools for tracking screen time as well as setting limits. They may not be as fancy as Woodland as well as Flexibility, yet they can do the job in a pinch. Search for ‘Display Time’ (iOS) or ‘Digital Health And Wellbeing’ (Android) to explore your alternatives.
Offered on: iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Chrome
Ordinary rating: 3.2/ 5 on App Store, 3.9/ 5 on Google Play
Cost: Free for standard functions, costs membership offered ($ 30/year).
Keep in mind: Please examine your college’s policy before downloading this or any type of application to your college computer.
3. White Noise Lite.
White Noise application to aid concentration.
Silence can be deafening when you’re attempting to focus, however your much-loved tunes might not assist so much either. There’s absolutely nothing quite like ending up an important note just to know you started writing verses midway with the sentence (thanks a great deal, Billie).
A bit of white noise can aid you focus without attracting excessive attention to itself. The White Noise Lite application lets you construct custom soundscapes to fit your choices with a wide range of noises consisting of coastline waves, winds, camp fires, chimes, rainfall, running water as well as even a vacuum (hey, if that’s what gets you in the mood for research study, you do you).
Evacuating the textbooks for the evening? Switch over from your examining mix to your snoozing mix for a relaxed sleep.
Offered on: iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Chrome.
Ordinary ranking: 4.7/ 5 on Application Store, 4.6/ 5 on Google Play.
Cost: Free for lite variation, $1.49 for full variation (no advertisements).
Note: Please inspect your institution’s plan before downloading this or any kind of application to your institution computer system.
Performance apps for trainees.
Alright, so you’ve obtained distractions out of the way as well as some background seems on loop. Now let’s discuss some excellent applications for students that will certainly help you get the most out of your research study time. The next two study apps help you arrange your routine and stay on top of tasks so you can achieve even more and pack less.
4. Todoist.
Todoist application.
Todoist can arrange your school subjects, project target dates, research and … basically your entire life, if you desire it to. This is just one of the most effective applications for pupils due to the fact that it keeps your schoolwork on the right track while likewise holding you liable.
The Todoist app provides helpful functions including:.
reoccuring due dates (wonderful for weekly research).
fast add (include brand-new jobs and also tasks on the go).
favourites as well as priorities (flag the topics you need to focus on).
sections and also subtasks (divide daunting jobs into small, simple steps).
integrations with various other apps (e.g. Google Calendar and also Dropbox).
With all your jobs as well as due dates maintained nicely in Todoist– instead of floating about in your head– you’ll be free to focus on your research studies.
Available on: iOS, Android, Mac, Windows.
Typical ranking: 4.7/ 5 on App Shop, 4.5/ 5 on Google Play.
Expense: Free for fundamental, $4.99/ year for premium (extra functions, no advertisements).
Note: Please check your college’s plan before downloading this or any kind of application to your school computer.
So now you have an excaustive checklist of pointers and some mobile apps on what to do to be successful in university access exams (Πανελλήνιες 2022) and also to prosper in any kind of kind of tests like for a task in the general public industry (ασεπ). Study, strive as well as do well or else you will depend on state allocations (Οπεκα) which are very low.