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German KS3 | Years 7 to 8

Subject Content

In Years 7 and 8, students will be able to talk confidently about themselves, their friends and families as well as learning about significant cultural aspects of everyday German life, such as food and education.

Year 7 key topics are:
  • Personal identity
  • Family, friends and pets
  • Hobbies
  • School
  • Visiting a town
Year 8 key topics are:
  • Holidays
  • Technology and screen time
  • Healthy eating
  • Giving directions
  • Making plans

Course content is supported by the Pearson “Stimmt” series of publications. 

Assessment Details

Students are assessed at various points throughout the course. Their speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies are evaluated.

Students should be able to:

  • Recognise extended phrases which have been taught in lessons when read or heard
  • Give responses in German to questions asked in German
  • Give extended personal opinions on a range of topics
  • Accurately copy out German words and phrases
  • Understand the concept of genders of nouns and have some awareness of cases
  • Produce passages of written work from memory or with a model text
  • Infer meaning from extended texts or unfamiliar vocabulary
  • Be able to comprehend and/or narrate events using two different tenses

Additional Equipment Recommended

  • A German/English dictionary (we recommend the Collins dictionaries, or any with verb tables and a glossary of key terms included)

What can I do to support my child at home?

  • Encourage and be positive about the value of learning another language – it directly improves literacy in English!
  • Take an interest and get them to teach you what they have learned in their German lessons 
  • Ensure they have packed their exercise book, and read through the last lesson’s vocabulary the night before
  • Encourage practice with any German-speaking friends or family
  • Put the German audio/subtitles on a favourite family film
  • Remind them to practice independently on the LanguageNut website

Recommended Resources for the Course

Websites

Teaching Staff

Head of MFL

Miss Goddard -rgoddard@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk

Teachers of MFL 

Mr Gracey - pgracey@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk

 

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