German

We are a flourishing Department and have been delighted at the excellent results the students have achieved at GCSE: 100% A*- C Grades in Spanish, Bengali and Turkish, 96% in German and 69% in French! This is a truly amazing achievement for all our boys and girls. Well done!

 

 

GERMAN TEACHING AND LEARNING AT MOSSBOURNE

 

 

Year 7 course overview

Year 7 students have two lessons of German a week, in which students develop a range of communication strategies and study basic grammatical structures. We currently use the Logo 1 textbook but supplement our teaching with a wide range of digital learning resources

We teach a range of vocabulary and an introduction into grammatical structures based on the following topics:

School and school life

Personal information

Sports and hobbies

Talking about where you live

Year 8 course overview

Year 8 students have two lessons of German a week. We currently use the Logo 2 textbook but supplement our teaching with a wide range of digital learning resources.

We cover a range of vocabulary and grammatical structures based on the following topics:

• Past holidays and excursions, through which the perfect (past) tense in German will be introduced and explored

• Discussing how to keep healthy, through which the use of modal verbs is introduced.

• Making arrangements to go out and invitations

• Clothing and descriptions, through which adjectival endings will be introduced.

Year 9 course overview

Year 9 students have two lessons of German a week. We currently use the Echo 3 textbooks but supplement our teaching with a wide range of digital learning resources

German lessons in Year 9 incorporate a variety of languages games, role-play work and grammatical exploration, which are taught within the context of the following topics:

Talking about past activities, through which the perfect (past) tense is explored and practised in more detail.

School and future school plans, through which the future tense is introduced.

Learning to use subordinate clauses to give reasons and justifications.

Learning to read for gist in more complex written texts.

GCSE course overview

GCSE German students have three lessons a week. We follow the Edexcel syllabus and use a wide range of digital learning resources.

We will study a range of topics which will enable students to learn about the countries where German is spoken and profit more from a trip there. They will also develop vital study skills such as problem-solving or applying grammar rules, which will help boost their achievements in other subjects too. They will be assessed on the four skills of Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing.

For more information, go to www.edexcel.com/gcse2009/mfl

A-Level Course overview

This is an exciting and highly-respected course which will open up many opportunities and give students a profound understanding of German. Not only will they know more about the mechanics of the language – like grammar and vocabulary – but also about how people live and use language on a day-to-day basis.

Topics studied in Year 12

Media	Popular culture	Healthy living and lifestyle	Family and relationships
Television	Cinema	Sport and exercise	Family relationships
Advertising	Music	Health and wellbeing	Friendships
Communication Technology	Fashion and trends	Holidays	Marriage and partnerships

Topics studied in Year 13

Environment

the Multicultural Society

Contemporary Social Issues

Two cultural topics of own choice for in-depth study.

Assessment

There are two exams at the end of Year 12

Unit 1: listening, reading and writing (2hrs, 70% of mark)

Unit 2: speaking (15 mins, 30% of mark)

and two at the end of Year 13

Unit 1: listening, reading and writing (2.5hrs, 70% of mark)

Unit 2: speaking (15 mins, 30% of mark)

For more information, go to http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/languages/german_noticeboard.php