German

Course summary

Mastering a language can broaden your employment horizons - a native English speaker with a foreign language is a valued employee to any company with worldwide operations. Pursuing languages at A Level provides you with the prospect of improving your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills to a very proficient level. This course is for students who want to study languages at university, work abroad in the future or understand more about the culture, history, and politics of countries where the language is spoken. It is also for those who see learning a language as a useful and intellectual challenge. Language A levels are challenging and facilitating subjects that go well with all others and always impress university admissions tutors and employers. This course includes an independent research task which allows you to explore an area of your own interest, which you will discuss in detail in your speaking exam. Students have chosen subjects as diverse as boat building, motor racing, rock music, traditional costume or cuisine and architecture to research in past years. Linguists from Midhurst Rother College have gone on to study languages at many universities, including those in London, Exeter, and Bristol. Year 1 Listening, reading, writing and speaking skills are tested on the following topics: • Media: TV, advertising and communication technology. • Popular culture: cinema, music and fashion/trends. • Healthy living/lifestyle: sport/exercise, health and well-being and holidays. • Family/relationships: relationships within the family, friendships and marriage/partnerships. Year 2 Listening, reading, writing and speaking skills are tested on the following topics: • Environment: pollution, energy and protecting the planet. • Multi-cultural society: immigration, integration and racism. • Contemporary social issues: wealth and poverty, law and order, the impact of scientific and technological progress. • Cultural topic: the study of a novel plus the study of a film from that country/community - discussion of themes and essay writing in the target language on both works.