{"id":515342,"date":"2026-06-24T02:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/515342\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T02:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:03:52","slug":"leaving-cert-japanese-exam-gets-positive-reaction-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/515342\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Cert Japanese exam gets positive reaction \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Students reacted positively to both the higher- and ordinary-level Japanese paper this year, according to David McCartney, a member of the Japanese Language Teachers of Ireland. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cSpeaking with both sets of students after the exam, the overall reaction was positive,\u201d said McCartney, who teaches at Fingal Community College in Swords.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cMost students felt well prepared, particularly for the reading comprehensions and essay sections, and reported few unexpected areas.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">On the higher-level paper, the overall format was consistent with previous years. Vocabulary and grammar were largely drawn from familiar areas, which meant the paper was accessible to well-prepared students while still allowing for clear differentiation at the top end. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The essay section offered a broad range of topics, giving students genuine choice and flexibility, which is often a key concern at this level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201dThe ordinary-level paper was similarly predictable and accessible overall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThere were a small number of more challenging vocabulary and kanji items, but the topic areas were well aligned with classroom preparation and past papers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cOverall, both papers were fair, accessible, and broadly in line with expectations, with no major surprises,\u201d McCartney said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students reacted positively to both the higher- and ordinary-level Japanese paper this year, according to David McCartney, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[17163,207572,103,61,60,3184,28205,2055],"class_list":["post-515342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-classroom-to-college","tag-examwatch","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-leaving-certificate","tag-second-level","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}