German

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing • Aspects of the Target Language-speaking society: current trends • Aspects of Target Language-speaking society: current issues • Artistic culture in the Target Language-speaking world • Aspects of political life in the Target Language-speaking world • Grammar • Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes • 160 marks in total • 40% of A-level Questions: • Listening and responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources covering different registers and adapting as necessary. Material will include complex factual and abstract content and questions will target main points, gist, and detail. Studio recordings will be used and students will have individual control of the recording. All questions are in the Target Language (French, German, or Spanish) and are to be answered with non-verbal responses or in the Target Language (60 marks) • Reading and responding to a variety of texts written for different purposes, drawn from a range of authentic sources and adapted as necessary. Material will include complex factual and abstract content and questions will target main points, gist, and detail. All questions are in the Target Language, to be answered with non-verbal responses or in the Target Language (60 marks) • Translation into English; a passage of a minimum of 100 words (20 marks) • Translation into the Target Language; a passage of a minimum of 100 words (20 marks). No access to a dictionary during the assessment. Paper 2: Writing • One text and one film or two texts from the list set in the specification • Grammar • Written exam: 2 hours • 90 marks in total • 30% of A-level Questions: • Either one question in the Target Language on a set text from a choice of two questions and one question in Target Language on a set film from a choice of two questions or two questions in the Target Language on set texts from a choice of two questions on each text. • All questions will require a critical appreciation of the concepts and issues covered in the work and a critical and analytical response to features such as the form and the technique of presentation, as appropriate to the work studied (e.g. the effect of narrative voice in a prose text or camera work in a film). No access to texts or films during the assessment. No access to a dictionary during the assessment. Students are advised to write approximately 300 words per essay. Paper 3: Speaking • Individual research project • One of four sub-themes i.e. Aspects of the Target Language-speaking society: current trends, Aspects of the Target Language-speaking society: current issues, Artistic culture in the Target Language-speaking society, Aspects of political life in the Target Language-speaking world • Oral exam: 21–23 minutes (including 5 minutes preparation time) • 60 marks in total • 30% of A-level Questions: • Discussion of a sub-theme with the discussion based on a stimulus card (5–6 minutes). The student studies the card for 5 minutes at the start of the test (25 marks). • Presentation (2 minutes) and discussion (9–10 minutes) of individual research project (35 marks). No access to a dictionary during the assessment (including 5 minutes of preparation). Students may take the assessment only once before certification. Assessments will be conducted by either the centre or a visiting examiner and marked by an AQA examiner.