German
German
This page is for students studying the AQA German A-Level course at Kings. It contains a number of useful documents, links and additional reading that will support your independent learning throughout your course. If you have arrived here from another School you are most welcome to follow the links listed here to support your learning!
Here you can view the core content and scheme of assessment. Set literary texts/ film will be confirmed by the course teachers each year.
If you have just finished Y11, there are two things that you can do in order to get your level of understanding up to where it should be for starting the AQA A-level course at Kings.
1. Improving your grammar understanding now will really ensure that you are ready to engage with the material in Y12. BBC Bitesize offers a comprehensive review of all GCSE grammar topics (all needed for A-Level) with content revision and test features; we highly recommend that you work through every topic before starting the A-Level course.
2. Engaging with authentic German as often as possible; this could be watching or reading the news, reading a German book or magazine, watching a German film or TV show, or watching the videos on thisislanguage.com. See our recommended sites below.
Deutsch Welle –DW Themen – global news in in German with story links to videos and audio
Deutsch Welle – Deutsch Lernen – home to "Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten" a daily audio news at a slower speed with transcript, Deutschtrainer feature and many links to other learner websites.
Thisislanguage.com – hundreds of authentic videos with interactive activities to complete, and some good grammar videos for revision prior to A Level. Log in required – contact Mrs Attwell to set up.
Goethe on Demand – lots of German films to stream on Vimeo free until 30/06/2020
ARD Mediathek – Geman films and TV streaming site (a bit like BBC iPlayer)
Goethe Institut A Level Site – Topic links for the A Level. Start with Family Life and do some reading and watching around this topic.
Step into German – lots of cultural learning and fun to be had on this website; German songs with lyrics, podcasts about current music and cinema, and a short film of the month to watch (with English subtitles) – put the website language into English, if you need help.
A Top 10 of German Magazines – with descriptions to help you choose which may be best for you. Simply click on the links and find something to read that interests you.
Please also access the Reading List in the Year 12 section of the ePassport for book and film information and recommendations.