GCSE German
What Will I Study?
How to communicate, and understand written and spoken information on the following topic areas:
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My World
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Holiday Time and Travel
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Work and Lifestyle
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The Young Person in Society
How Will I Be Assessed?
In Year 9 Assessment will be based initially on National Curriculum Levels.
For the GCSE examination you will be entered at Foundation or Higher Level, as appropriate, in each of the following skills: Listening and Reading (each skill is worth 20% of the total mark). These examinations will normally take place at the end of Year 11.
Controlled Assessments (60%): you will submit 2 Writing tasks (30%) to be marked externally and 2 Speaking tests (30%) to be marked internally and externally moderated. These will take place throughout Year 10 and 11.
Assessment will also take place on a regular basis through classwork and homework tasks, including testing your knowledge of key vocabulary.
What Can It Lead To?
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Specialist job, involving use of language skills: teaching, interpreting, tourism, secretarial, European Commission.
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Using your language skills working for a company with foreign trade partners (on average, those who use language skills at work earn 8% more than those who do not.)
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Leisure / recreational use e.g. holidays
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It can make it easier to learn new foreign language in the future. (Some people may be required to do this for work).
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Useful Web Links
German Faculty Page on School Website
German Section on School Website
Klar! Keep Learning And Revising. German Lanaguage Activities
Revisiontime.com : G.C.S.E. German
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