• Length of Study: One Semester (as part of a full year course)
• Pre-Requisite Information: Essential Knowledge: At least a C grade in Year 9 German

Subject Overview

This subject focuses on using German to communicate in everyday situations along with developing an understanding of German culture. Students develop their written, spoken, listening and reading for understanding skills through a variety of tasks.

The Australian Curriculum areas of learning in Semester 1 include:

• Socialising
• Informing
• Creating
• Translating
• Reflecting
• Systems of language
• Language variation and change
• Role of language and culture

Students learn how to write different text types; use language techniques and specific vocabulary to improve their sentence structure in German; improve their text analysis skills; and participate in oral tasks.

Students undertake study in Year 10 German through the following topics:

• Illness
• Holidays
• Dream Country

Assessment

Year 10 assessment is comprised of 100% school-based assessment. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:

• Assessment Type 1: Interaction (28.3%)
• Assessment Type 2: Text Production (28.3%)
• Assessment Type 3: Text Analysis (28.3%)
• Assessment Type 4: Exam (15%)

Examination:

• This subject has an 100 minute online Examination at the end of the semester.