English Academy
4th & 5th Year Students
Monday 21st July – Friday 25th July 2025
The Institute of Education Summer English Academy is an intensive 5-day course designed to provide students entering 4th & 5th year with the confidence and skills to succeed in Higher Level English.
This course will bridge the gap between Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate English. Covering key topics on the syllabus, our English Academy will ensure students are prepared for the challenges of Higher Level English in Senior Cycle and that they can hit the ground running in September.
This course will be delivered onsite at our Leeson Street Campus in Dublin.
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This course will revise aspects of the Junior Cycle course and bridge the gap to Senior Cycle content. Each session will begin by reviewing material students are already familiar with, gradually building up to Leaving Certificate Higher Level topics. By the end of the course, students will have been introduced to many new concepts, terminology and structures/styles of writing. The goal throughout is to have students better prepared for starting into their Senior Cycle English Curriculum in September.
The material covered each day will be as follows:
Day 1 – Introduction to “Discursive Essay” – Shifting from Junior Cycle length writing to long-form Leaving Cert style essays. How to plan your long-term development as a LC English student.
Day 2 – Structure and responses to Leaving Certificate Paper 1 “Comprehension”. Introduction to the “Language of Information, Argument, Persuasion, Narration, and the Aesthetic Use of Language”.
Day 3 – “Writing Styles” – Engaging with different genres of writing in Paper 1 examination.
Day 4 – “Beyond Theme” – Engaging with ‘Critical Literacy’ in LC poetry – Studied and Unseen Poetry.
Day 5 – Introduction to Shakespeare – Key principles in engaging critically with Shakespearean language and theatrical conventions.
The time for the class is listed below:
Leeson Street: 10:00 to 13:00 daily
Fees for this course is €495.
Please note:
- Credit Card payments accepted
- 10% reduction for the second and subsequent members of the same family, attending the same courses. Please contact our office to avail of this discount.
- Fees are non-transferable
A: Yes, recordings of classes will be available after each live class is completed. These can then be replayed as a revision aid.
Q: Are the class notes available online?
A: No, a hard copy will be given out to each student enrolled on the course.
Q: How long is each class on this course?
A: Each class lasts 3 hours per day for the 5 days of the course.
Q: Is attendance at this course monitored?
A: Yes, attendance is monitored for each class attended. The Institute however accepts no responsibility for students who fail to attend class.
Q: Are the classes conducted ‘lecture style’ or are students free to ask questions?
A: Our classes are interactive and our teachers use a variety of methods to ensure that students can ask questions and contribute to the class.
Q: My son/daughter cannot attend the course. Can we buy the notes?
A: No. Teaching is a central part of all our courses. The notes are to facilitate recall and revision of the day’s work covered by the teacher.