A Level German

Entry Requirements: Grade 6 in GCSE German

Exam Board: AQA

Course content:

The course will enable students to:

• develop and build on the skills acquired at GCSE · enhance employment prospects · facilitate foreign travel · gain an insight into another culture and society · gain a sound basis for further study, due to the film and literature focus Course Content A-level Aspects of German-speaking society · The changing state of the family. · The digital world. · Youth culture: fashion and trends, music, television. Artistic culture in the German-speaking world · Festivals and traditions. · Art and architecture. · Cultural life in Berlin, past and present. Multiculturalism in German-speaking society · Immigration. · Integration. · Racism. Aspects of political life in the German-speaking world · Germany and the EU. · Politics and youth. · The reunification and its consequences.

Literary Texts and Films: · ‘Andorra’ (Max Frisch) · ‘Goodbye Lenin’ (Wolfgang Becker)

Grammar: A-level students will study the grammatical system and structure of the language. The end of course exams will test students’ use of accurate grammar and structures appropriate to the tasks set, drawing from the lists in the specification.

Assessment

A-Levels will be linear; students will sit all exams at the end of the two-year course.

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing, translation into English, translation into German. Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes; 100 marks; 50% of A-level.

Paper 2: Writing: Two books from the list of set texts in the specification or one book from the list of set texts and one film from the list in the specification. Written exam: 2 hours; 80 marks; 20% of A-level.

Paper 3: Speaking: Individual research project; Knowledge of one of the sub-themes Speaking test: 21-23 minutes (including 5 minutes’ preparation time at the start of the test); 60 marks; 30% of the A-level.