Countdown to Examinations GCSE German
Examination Dates - GCSE German O Listening and Reading – Monday
18 th June 2018 (a.m.) O Speaking– Tuesday 8 th May 2018 (exact times to be advised) O Writing – Thursday 21 st June (a.m.)
Revision Sessions O Revision sessions for German are available
after school as below: with Mrs. Shingler on Mondays Mr. Shingler is also running one-to-one clinics with individual students on an appointment basis for both French and German.
Exam Content – GCSE German O Listening - Unit 1
The examination lasts about 35 minutes at Foundation Level and 45 minutes at Higher Level. It allows candidates to show that they are able to understand spoken German in a variety of situations. Each item will be heard twice. Use will be made of non-verbal responses, such as box ticking, multiple choice and matching and verbal responses in English and/or in German.
Exam Content – GCSE German O Listening - Unit 1
The listening test may assess, among other things, the comprehension of public announcements, instructions and requests, interviews, news items, short dialogues and monologues such as weather forecasts.
Exam Content – GCSE German O Speaking - Unit 2
The examination lasts about 7-9 minutes (plus preparation time) at Foundation Level and 1012 minutes (plus preparation time) at Higher Level. It allows candidates to show that they are able to respond to a variety of a variety of stimuli and situations using spoken German.
Exam Content – GCSE German O Reading – Unit 3 O The examination, lasting 45 minutes at
Foundation Tier and 60 minutes at Higher Tier, allows candidates to show that they are able to understand and respond to written German in different registers and contexts and from different sources. Use will be made of non-verbal responses such as boxticking, multiple choice and matching and verbal responses in English and/or in German.
Exam Content – GCSE German O Reading – Unit 3
The reading test may assess, among other things, the comprehension of written public notices and signs, magazines or newspaper articles and personal information such as that found in letters, notes, e-mails or messages.
Exam Content – GCSE German O Writing – Unit 4
The examination, lasting 60 minutes at Foundation Tier and 75 minutes at Higher Tier, allows candidates to show that they are able to write structured pieces of German in different registers and contexts. The writing test may assess, among other things, the ability to compose accurate written German in response to a variety of stimuli – photograph, translation of sentences, a specific piece of writing designed to reply to clearly defined bulletpoints .
Online Support – Useful Websites
O German O http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/german O http://gut.languageskills.co.uk/index.html
Online Support – Useful Websites O http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ O http://www.gcsepod.com O http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize / O http://www.aqa.org.uk