LANG08034 2021 German Language, Culture and Contemporary Media 4.1

consolidate progress at CEFR Level A2.   Students who have spent a semester / year abroad in a German speaking environment will be encouraged to  progress towards CEFR Level B1.

communicate and interpret the main ideas of clear standard information covering an increased range of subjects regularly encountered in education, employment, social situations and travel.

Express correct responses with increasing fluency and some spontaneity in a broad range of everyday situations likely to arise while travelling or living in a German speaking area.

Summarise material, and independently compose connected text on topics relevant to everyday personal and professional life, and to social and leisure activities, while beginning to include experiences, events, dreams, hopes and ambitions, and briefly giving reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

independently use a range of contemporary media resources to explore and evaluate information on German cultures and societies, and to relay this information in the form of a class paper or oral presentation.

• Active classroom participation
• Use of computer laboratory to access contemporary online learning platforms and websites which impart linguistic and cultural information
• Encouragement of collaboration with Erasmus students who are native speakers of the language whether through project collaboration, a buddy system, social outings or other means preferred by the students. Tandem Learning Initiative with Hochschule Brandenburg, February 2021 is an example of this active collaboration. 
• Improvement through sustained practice of grammar, reading and writing skills appropriate to the level.
• Reinforcement of key skills through consistent self-study and independent reading and research.

• Written Assessment
• Oral Assessment
• Independent Project work

ONGOING = Every TWO To FOUR  weeks, assessment in these areas will occur through Oral/Aural/Written work and/or Role-play
These assessments measure student progress in the consolidation of A2 level and progress towards B1 level.

• Written Assessment
• Oral Assessment

Listening: with relatively few impediments can understand clear, standard speech on familiar subjects relating to study, personal life and professional life; can keep pace with short broadcasts and extract the central ideas and points of view, providing the delivery is relatively clear.

Reading: can read with ease material which consists of high-frequency, everyday or professional language; can understand and appraise nuanced descriptions of events, feelings and ambitions in correspondence and general written text.

Spoken interaction: can readily interact in a broad range of situations likely to arise while travelling or working in an area where the language is spoken; can spontaneously contribute to conversation on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, and pertinent to everyday life (hobbies, work, travel, issues in contemporary society); can intervene to request explanations or assistance in circumstances where interaction becomes challenging.

Spoken production: can connect phrases in a relatively extensive way, readily incorporating new vocabulary and structures, in order to describe more fully experiences, dreams, hopes and ambitions; can use appropriate vocabulary to give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans; in simple terms can narrate the plot of a film or short narrative, describing one's own reaction to it, posing questions about the material and expressing a critical viewpoint.

Writing: can write simple but connected and extensive text on topics covered under oral interaction and production. Can draft clear personal correspondence offering personal views, experiences and reactions. Can observe at a simple level different registers appropriate to different types of writing tasks.

Culture and Society: can engage with a range of contemporary media to deepen particular areas of cultural and social interest and to demonstrate the use of these media in classroom discussions and presentations.