German

Sixth Form Prospectus for the school year 2023-24 German

Are you interested in:

• Understanding how language works? • Living or working abroad? • Social and cultural issues? • Communicating with others? • Impressing employers? • Increasing your salary potential?

Leading to a career in:

• Business with international links • Employment which requires communication, research and analytical skills • Marketing • Teaching • Interpreting & translating • Law • Management • European related jobs • Travel & tourism

Exam Board: Eduqas/ WJEC Course Code: 603/0070/X What is German?

The course develops your listening, speaking, reading writing and translation skills as well as your general knowledge of the countries where German is spoken. You will develop these skills through researching and discussing topics in written and spoken language. You will study a novel (Der Vorleser) and a film (Die Welle) and put them in to their cultural and historical context. There will be an opportunity to have oral classes with a native speaker during the year. Course content

Social Issues and Trends Education, work and travel, diversity and local festivals Youth culture and the making of modern society Political, intellectual and artistic culture – including entertainment, the arts, architecture and new media. In Year 13 students will undertake independent research on a cultural topic of their choice linked to a German speaking country (examples of previous chosen topics include the influence of the Berlin Wall on the ballet scene in Berlin, the importance of the German civil aviation industry in the 20th & 21st Centuries and how the role of women changed during the Weimar Republic and Third Reich). Assessment criteria

Component 1: Speaking - 30% Component 2: Listening, reading and translation - 50% Component 3: Written Paper - 20%

Teaching staff: Mrs Andrews Mr Kirk

This is a good school. Ofsted, May 2017 A good school with an outstanding Sixth Form. Ofsted, October 2012