German

Course summary

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? While continuing your study of the German language and developing your language skills on this course, you will gain insight into the history, culture and social issues facing German speaking countries today. With a chance to develop communication and comprehension skills, and hone translation from and into German, this course nurtures multiple language skills. The first year of the course concentrates on topics which link to and stretch beyond subjects covered at GCSE – including Jugendkultur, Berlin, Kunst und Architektur. In Year 13, you will discuss and debate more controversial social and political issues, as well as studying German history post-1945. You will also explore German film and literature in both Years 12 and 13. The first year will not be externally assessed, and we thoroughly recommend that students consider a language for breadth and career prospects in our global, multilingual society. In the final exams at the end of Year 13, you are assessed on the four skills; listening, reading, writing, and speaking. During the course, you will access regular conversation lessons with our German Foreign Language Assistant to improve your fluency, whilst gaining valuable insights into current affairs. Thanks to our exchange programme with Bad Kreuznach in Germany, in Year 12 you can also take part in Work Experience, immersing yourself in German language. This is an invaluable way of developing skills whilst building up personal contacts and authentic experience of modern German life. Highlights Flexible grammar and culture course tailored to the group’s needs; support for Oxbridge interviews and alumni advice if considering MFL degrees or combinations. Weekly 1:1 Foreign Language Assistant sessions; Work Experience Exchange option via our partner school in Germany. Take part in debating and translation competitions.