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AQA GCSE GERMAN 8668

Curriculum Allocation

German is taught for three 100 minute lessons per fortnight.

Curriculum Period 1:

Curriculum content

UNIT 9: HOLIDAYS (Theme 2 Topic 4)

UNIT 10: TOWN AND REGION (Theme 2 Topic 1)

UNIT 11: CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS (Theme 1 Topic 4)

UNIT 12: POST-16 EDUCATION AND THE WORLD OF WORK (Theme 3 Topic 2 and 3)

Assessment

MOCK EXAMINATION IN READING, LISTENING AND WRITING (33% WEIGHTING FOR EACH COMPONENT) - Questions will come from a variety of past-paper GCSE questions and will cover all topics studied from the start of Year 10 until this point in Year 11.

    Curriculum Period 2:

    Curriculum content

    Unit 13: CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY WORK (Theme 2 Topic 2)

    Unit 14: GLOBAL ISSUES (Theme 2 Topic 3)

    Assessment

    MOCK EXAMINATION IN READING, LISTENING AND WRITING (33% WEIGHTING FOR EACH COMPONENT) - Questions will come from a variety of past-paper GCSE questions and will cover all topics from the specification.

      Curriculum Period 3:

      Curriculum content

      In this period of study, time will be spent on revising each Theme and practising exam skills, with an intensive focus on preparation for the Speaking examination

      Assessment

      There will be a Mock Speaking Examination, followed by the actual GCSE exams in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing - each of which are worth 25% of the final grade.


      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.

      Subject advice and guidance

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

      Mrs Gillian Oates

      gillian.oates@endon.set.org

      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.