Years 7-9
During Years 7-8 the following topics are covered
| Year 7 or 8 |
Year 8 (One lesson per fortnight if German studied in Year 7)
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Students follow the Language Gym Sentence Builder Book.
Topics covered are:
- Introductions
- Family and pets
- Jobs
- Likes and dislikes - food
- Clothes
- Weather and free time activities
- Time and daily routine
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Topics covered are:
- Describing the house
- Saying what you do at home
- Future holiday plans
- Revision of key verbs
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GCSE
Students studying the subject at GCSE follow the AQA specification. During the course the following topics are covered.
Year 9
From 2024 |
Year 10
From 2024
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Year 11
2024-25 only |
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Term 1
Schools:
- Opinions of subjects, describing the school and the school day
- Differences between schools in Germany and UK
- School rules with modal verbs
- School uniform
- Describing a future school trip
Term 2
- Free time, music and film
- Introduction to the perfect tense
Term 3
- Festivals and customs in Germany
- Sport – likes and dislikes, describing sports you have done and will do
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Term 1
- Technology: including description of phone, uses of social media, advantages and disadvantages of technology.
- World of celebrities – including description of your role model
- How and why people become famous, advantages and disadvantages of being famous
Term 2
- Describing where people live
- Holidays – saying where you have been and where you want to go to
- Advantages and disadvantages of tourism
Term 3
- Healthy Living – link to sport from Year 9
- Also importance of a healthy diet
- Discussion on healthy living issues such as alcohol, drugs and smoking
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Term 1
- School and work place
- opinions of subjects, describing the school and the school day
- Differences between schools in Germany and UK
- School rules with modal verbs
- School uniform
- A school trip in the past tense
- Saying what job you would and why
- Advantages and disadvantages of going to university.
Term 2
- Healthy living - link to sport from Year 9
- Also importance of a healthy diet
- Discussion on healthy living issues such as alcohol, drugs and smoking
- Future family plans
- Including the advantages and disadvantages of marriage
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For more detailed information on the course content and assessment please refer to the examination board website: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/gcse/german-8668
A Level
Students studying the subject at A Level follow the AQA specification. During the course the following topics are covered.
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Year 13 |
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Family in change
The digital world
Youth culture – fashion, music and TV
Festivals and Traditions
Art and architecture
The cultural life of Berlin
Film studies- Good Bye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker 2004
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Immigration
Integration
Racism
Germany and the EU
Politics and the Youth
The Reunification and its consequences
Literature “Der Besuch der alten Dame” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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For more detailed information on the course content and assessment please refer to the examination board website: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/as-and-a-level/german-7662
Additional resources
Students may find the following links and/or resources useful to further their studies of this subject:
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.duolingo.com
