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AQA GCSE GERMAN 8662

Curriculum Allocation

German is taught for four 100 minute lessons per fortnight.

What the GCSE Course looks like:



Curriculum Period 1:

Curriculum content

Theme 1 Unit 1: Identity and Relationships with others

Theme 1 Unit 2: Healthy Living and Lifestyle

Theme 1 Unit 3: School and Education

Assessment

MOCK EXAMINATION IN READING, LISTENING, WRITING and SPEAKING (25% WEIGHTING FOR EACH COMPONENT) - Questions will come from a variety of past-paper GCSE questions and will cover all topics studied until this point. 

    Curriculum Period 2:

    Curriculum content

    Theme 1 Unit 3: Education and Work

    Theme 2 Unit 4: Free time 

    Assessment

    MOCK EXAMINATION IN READING, LISTENING, WRITING and SPEAKING (25% WEIGHTING FOR EACH COMPONENT) - Questions will come from a variety of past-paper GCSE questions and will cover all topics studied until this point.

    There will also be a Speaking element in this Assessment, which will be completed in class consisting of a Role Play and Photo Card. 

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      Curriculum Period 3:

      Curriculum content

      Theme 2 Unit 5: Customs and Traditions

      Theme 2 Unit 6: Celebrity Culture

      Revision resources

      We provide booklets of knowledge organisers for every topic throughout the GCSE course. Knowledge Organisers contain core structures, key grammatical concepts and an exhaustive vocabulary list. Pupils should use these to revise for vocabulary recall tests throughout the year and for the three formal assessments. We use Quizlet as a tool to promote vocabulary learning and retention.

      Specification

      The GCSE Course is split into three themes which are then examined at the end of the course:

      Throughout the whole GCSE course, we ensure coverage of each topic within each theme but we also try to rotate the theme coverage so that core vocabulary pertaining to a particular theme gets revisited and retrieved over a longer period of time.

      The GCSE course is examined in four skill areas at the end of Year 11, each worth 25% of the overall grade. GCSE German has a Foundation Tier (grades 1–5) and a Higher Tier (grades 4–9). Students must take all four question papers at the same tier.

      Subject advice and guidance

      If you need any further guidance then please contact the DTL for MFL,

      Mrs Dudley

      jessica.dudley@endon.set.org