GCE A Level - German

Assessment

Paper 1 - 2 hours- 40% of the qualification. Section A: Listening (30 marks). Students will respond to comprehension questions based on a variety of contexts and sources. Section B: Reading (30 marks) A reading assessment based on a variety of text types and genres where students will have to respond to comprehension questions. Section C: Translation into English (20 marks), an unseen passage to be translated from German to English. Paper 2 - 2 hours and 40 minutes- 30% of the qualification. Section A: Translation (20 marks) Students translate an unseen passage from English into German. Section B: Students respond with two essays on either two literary texts or one literary text and one film (50 marks each). Paper 3 - Speaking: About 20 minutes in total - 30% of the qualification. Internally conducted and externally assessed. Total assessment time: between 21 and 23 minutes, which includes a single period of 5 minutes’ formal preparation time. Task 1 draws on vocabulary and structures across all four themes. Task 2 is based on independent research selected and carried out by the student. The research may be based on one of the themes or on the students’ own subject of interest related to the society and culture of the language studied. Students will be assessed on their ability to use a range of language accurately, communicate and interact effectively, summarise and analyse findings from written sources relating to their research subject and show knowledge and understanding about the culture and society where the language is spoken.