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Worried about the Leving Cert? The Irish Times is hosting a series of web-based seminars which should help you with the major…

Worried about the Leving Cert? The Irish Times is hosting a series of web-based seminars which should help you with the major subjects.

If you are worried about French then tune in to the Irish Times website www.ireland.com/education/el/for a session with the experts on Monday, May 29th, from 7.30 p.m. The seminar will be available in both text and Real Audio format.

Questions should be e-mailed in advance to education@irishtimes.ie before 2 p.m. on May 29th. Or you can post your queries to Anne Byrne, Exam Countdown, Education and Living, the Irish Times, 11-16 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2. Anne Byrne, Careers and Guidance Correspondent, will put your questions to experienced geography teacher and textbook author Des O'Laoire.

The series continues with study skills on June 6th. Previous seminars included study skills with guidance counsellor and author Brian Mooney; English with Kate Bateman, chairperson of the Association of Teachers of English; Irish with teacher and exam commentator Treasa Ni Chaonaola, French with Sean Higgins, and maths with teacher and exam commentator John Evans. These are available at www.ireland.com/education/el/