German

Course summary

The syllabus builds on the skills developed at GCSE but with much more emphasis on grammar. Equal stress is placed on listening, reading, speaking, and writing, together with the discovery of contemporary culture and society. 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 Study of a German film. Multiculturalism in German-speaking society • Immigration • Integration • Racism Aspects of political life in the German-speaking world • Germany and the EU • Politics and youth • German reunification and its consequence Study of a German text.