Lower 6 German Programme
UNIT 2661 Speaking:
60 marks
Roleplay (15 marks) 5 mins
Presentation and discussion of a topic (45 marks) 10 mins
UNIT 2662 Listening,
Reading and Writing 1 80 marks
General comprehension requiring non-verbal
responses + World of Work including gist
translation into English and writing in German 1hour 30 mins
UNIT 2663 Reading
and Writing 60 marks
General comprehension + written response to
a written stimulus + multiple-choice grammar test 1hour
30 mins.
UNIT 2664 Speaking
and Reading: 60 marks
Discussion of an unseen article (20 marks) 5-6 mins.
General conversation on current issues (40 marks) 10-12 mins.
UNIT 2665 Reading,
Listening and Writing 2 80
marks
Comprehension questions in German and English + an English text
to be summarised and commented on in German 2 hours 45 mins
UNIT 2667
Culture and society: Written coursework 60 marks
Discursive essays on a chosen aspect of a German speaking
country totalling 1400 words
Initially most material will be found in coursebooks, in the
Authentik newspaper and on video. You will need the following
for:
MCGP's lessons (Mon 9, Thurs 3 & 4) General topics/Reading/Listening/Writing:
Durchblick/Überblick
Neue Perspektiven
Wort für Wort
WHJC's lessons (Mon 8 and Fri 5) Grammar/Use of language
Aktion Grammatik
Alles Klar
Kernpunkte
Authentik
CW's lessons (Wed 1 & 2) Oral practice and Literary extracts:
Einsicht
Authentik
Wort für Wort
Literature materials as issued
CW's small group lesson (arranged in one of your free periods)
materials as issued.
Further detailed material for project work is available in the
German Resources Room but MAY NOT be removed! Arrange photocopying
with one of the German staff. For projects you will be expected
to write away for your own materials. We also have a UEA library
ticket.
Bilingual and monolingual dictionaries are available for use in class and in the library but you are strongly advised to buy your own bilingual dictionary and we can obtain these in bulk at a discount. You will not be allowed to use a dictionary in the examination however.
Listening facilities are available in the German Resources Room and the Reynolds library but you are advised to use your own walkman as far as possible and you will need to bring a walkman to the examination. You will be encouraged to make your own copies of listening material for home use. Video material is also available to be viewed in the German Resources Room and MAY NOT be removed. We recommend that you store Essay/Project work and material for Talks on computer and you will therefore need a disk.
TOPICS to be introduced in 2004/2005 and then ONE to be chosen for detailed ORAL discussion in Spring 2005 and a different one to be chosen for detailed COURSEWORK study in Autumn 2005 plus a further different 3 to be chosen for ORAL discussion in 2006:
General topics: - Examples by no means exclusive:
Menschliche Verhältnisse - Freunde/Partner/Familie
Alltag
- Wohnen/Haushalt /
Schule
Essen/Gesundheit
Freizeit - Sport/Interessen
Kultur - Filme/Künstler/Musiker
Medien - Presse/Fernsehen/Werbung
Tourismus/Reisen/Verkehr - Tourismus/Gegend/Stadt
World of Work Topic for Unit 2662 - Arbeitswelt/Arbeitssuche
AS Oral and all A2 Modules:
Politik/Geschichte (D,A,CH) - Spaltung
und Einheit - die Stunde Null
die DDR - die Wende
Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung und Folgen der Wende
Jörg Haider
die Schweiz 1939-45
Gesellschaftsprobleme - Probleme
der Jugendlichen - Ausländerhass
Vorurteile - Wohnungsnot Arbeitslosigkeit
Kriminalität - Großstadtleben -Ausreißer
Bildung/Ausbildung Schulsystem/Berufliche
Ausbildung/Studium
Militärdienst/Zivilldienst
Finanz/Wirtschaft - Euro / Bundeshaushalt/ Teuro
Industrie und Umwelt - Verschmutzung
/ Alternative Energiequellen
Umweltschutz
Technik - Internet/Satellit/Handy / Fernmeldetechnik/Gentechnik
Literarische Themen - Kind/Frau/Krieg/Gesellschaft
Kurzgeschichten/Drama/Charakter
EXERCISES will be set after each lesson and in addition there will be either an ESSAY or LETTER or an ORAL PRESENTATION to be prepared at the end of each unit. These essays and talks must be saved and reworked, where appropriate into your coursework
ESSAYS and ORAL PRESENTATIONS must be between 200 and 250 words, LETTERS must be between 100 and 150 words and COURSEWORK pieces should be between 600 and 700 words in length. For AS you will be required to present and discuss a topic for 15 minutes in the ORAL EXAM in the Spring term of 2003. For A2 you will be required to discuss three topics. In addition for A2 you will write 1 piece of COURSEWORK by the end of the first half term in Autumn 2004 and 1 piece by the end of term Christmas 2004.
Your main task will be to build up your VOCABULARY rapidly to the required standard, as you will not have access to s dictionary in the exams. You will be shown strategies for this. A short piece of DAILY reading in German is essential as is REGULAR exposure to German Radio and TV. A selection of magazines, newspapers, videos and listening materials are available in the German Resources Room and in the Library and you must use private study time to do some viewing and listening in the Resources room or Library.
When reading or watching TV ALWAYS note down essential phrases, which you could build into and essay or discussion and in addition to listing key words, work them into a sentence. You will need an EFFICIENT filing system.
In the first 2 terms you will be introduced to the AS topics but we will try to work in a selection of A2 topics, so that you have some basis for your choice of AS oral material and A2 Coursework. You will also complete a thorough review of the essential GRAMMAR and will work at Use of Language exercises linked to the current topic. In addition you will be introduced to a variety of extracts from German LITERATURE linked to the topic you are currently studying.
Before you reach the Upper Sixth you will make an individual choice of topics for detailed study. You will have to gather your research materials or read the set books if you choose a literary topic DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS and so you see that you will need to have developed the skills to be able to work independently. This is an exciting course and we hope that you will derive much enjoyment from it. However, the more spadework you put in initially, the more your language will take off!
To give you an idea of the shape of the course there follows a rough plan for the year:
HERBSTTRIMESTER
Weeks 1-4
Interessen-Freunde- Partner-Gefühle-Hobbies
Week 3 1st Review Point
Weeks 5-10
Alltag-Familie-Wohnen-Einkaufen-Schule Week 5 2nd Review Point
Week 7 1st Grading Point
Weeks 1012
Sport - Diät -Gesundheit - Sucht - Drogen - Alkohol - Rauchen
- Eßkrankheiten
Weeks 12-15
Kultur/Film/Fernsehen/Theater/Musik/Kunst
FRÜHLINGSTRIMESTER
Weeks 1-8
Tourismus/Reisen(Umweltschaden)/Verkehr/Eisenbahnnetz/Auto/Straßensicherheit
Weeks 9-10
Welt der Arbeit/Arbeitssuche/Bewerbungen/Ausbildung/Messe/Bürowesen/Geschäftsdeutsch
Easter Holiday Intensive preparation of Oral Presentation and Discussion topic
SOMMERTRIMESTER
Weeks 1-3
Complete Welt der Arbeit/Geschäftsdeutsch usw.
Mock Orals
The Oral exam will take place fairly early on, possibly week 3!
There will be further intensive preparation of roleplays
and topics therefore.
Weeks 46
Presse-Fernsehen-Nachrichten-das Handy-Computer-Werbung
Mock Listening, Reading and Writing papers
Week 7? Or earlier AS MODULES
Weeks 9-13
Introduction and discussion of COURSEWORK TOPIC/SET TEXT Start
on A2 Topic:
Politik/Geschichte
SUMMER HOLIDAY
Visit UEA Library to select COURSEWORK material and extensive
research before September.
Left for Upper 6 Year:
Politik/Geschichte ctd: Spaltung und Einheit/die Stunde Null/die
DDR/die Wende/Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung/Folgen der
Wende
Umweltschutz Industrie und Umwelt
Finanz/Wirtschaft
Technik/Internet/Satellit/Fernmeldetechnik
Gesellschaftsprobleme/Probleme der Jugendlichen/Ausländerhass
-Vorurteile - Wohnungsnot Arbeitslosigkeit-Kriminalität
- Großstadtleben -Ausreißer - Militärdienst/Sozialdienst
MCGP Sept 2004
