As more than 8,700 students sat German exams today, a “tricky” listening comprehension about a beard competition may have proven difficult to even the top students. The speed of speaking posed some difficulties to both higher level and ordinary level students on the listening. The vocabulary was “straightforward” when it came to the ordinary level paper, Ms Conway said. The last question on the paper asked students to discuss the best practice of building sustainable houses, he added. When it came to the ordinary level paper, the topics were "very much in line" with those featuring on the higher level paper, Mr Howley added.

Source: Irish Examiner June 14, 2019 17:37 UTC