German
A brief description of the course followed in Years 10 & 11.
GermanA brief description of the course followed in Years 10 & 11. |
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OCR SYLLABUS CODE 1926 Why study German?Anyone who has enjoyed German up to now, and has been reasonably successful, should give serious consideration to German as a GCSE option. The ability to communicate in German is increasingly in demand nowadays, at the same time as numbers nationally taking the subject to GCSE are declining, so a qualification in the language could well give an edge at a later date. The same is true beyond GCSE: universities are becoming more actively involved in the Erasmus student exchange scheme year by year, and there are now many exciting opportunities for a wide range of undergraduates – in medicine, engineering and business, for example – to spend some time at a German university. Lectures are delivered in English, and English will be widely spoken on the campus itself, but even the slightest smattering of German can make life a lot more enjoyable and rewarding, and there would also be the opportunity to become really fluent in the language of one of our heavyweight partners in the EU. What will I study?In the Lower School, those who opted for German will have had a reasonable grounding in the language, and should be able to talk and write about themselves, their interests, their families and pets, their home and home town, and school routine, as well as survival skills involving food and drink, asking the way, etc. In years 10 and 11 German now becomes a full option, working towards the GCSE examination, following the OCR syllabus, which covers the following topic areas:
What will the exam be like?As with the other modern foreign languages, the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are equally weighted. All skills are examined during year 11, with 50-minute exams for both Reading and Listening in May, a 12-15 minute Speaking Test at the end of the spring term or the start of the summer term, and three pieces of written coursework, which are completed over the year as a whole. Exchange with DusseldorfAt the start of year 10 all those who opt for German will be put in touch with a pen friend at our exchange school, the Suitbertus Gymnasium in Kaiserswerth, just outside Dusseldorf, and the hope and expectation is that this exchange of correspondence should develop into a full exchange, with the German pupils coming to Dauntsey’s towards the end of year 10, and Dauntsey’s pupils going to Germany during year 11, which is ideal timing in the run-up to GCSE. The exchange will last six days, and our experience with the exchange to date has been very encouraging, with all participants benefiting considerably, as well as having a great time in one of the most dynamic cities in Europe.
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