Tullamore's Michael Gillespie is the General Secretary of the Teacher's Union of Ireland and says unions are backing it.
Changes to the Leaving Cert curriculum could soon see students sitting an English oral exam.
Plans to introduce the test are now open for consultation, with teachers' unions backing the proposal.
The assessment, worth 20 per cent of the overall subject grade, would involve a two-way conversation on plays or books studied from the syllabus.
Tullamore's Michael Gillespie, General Secretary of the Teacher's Union of Ireland, explains why this plan is getting more approval than other changes:
Catherine Maher, English Teacher at Clonaslee Community College is flagging the lack of a pilot programme.
Ms Maher says there are questions to be answered around the fairness of this method:
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