Year 12 german

The main linguistic objective will be to maintain and extend further the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing developed for NCEA Level 1. The study of German and its culture continue to be an integral component of the curriculum, but it is not independently assessed. Year 12 students start to work towards personal independence in the language and the objective is to be able to:

• take part in general conversation with German speakers, understand much of what is said, and contribute relevant comments

• explain and discuss many of their own ideas and opinions

• use language creatively

• read a variety of authentic materials

• write expressively for a range of purposes.

At Year 12, you are encouraged to go on a national exchange to Germany. You will go on exchange for two months over our summer at the end of Year 12.

You will use language variably and effectively to express and justify your own ideas and opinions and support or challenge those of others. You will be able to use and identify the linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation and enable you to respond critically to texts.

You will be required to listen to, to read and to comment in German upon a wide variety of material, drawn from set courses and internet sources, newspapers, magazines, literary texts, radio broadcasts and songs. This material will focus on functional language which will enable you to communicate in simple German with native speakers in New Zealand or in a German-speaking country. The vocabulary and grammatical structures required will be provided to you throughout the year. A small amount of material will range beyond that explicitly detailed. This will aim to encourage the development of the skills of sensible guessing of meaning from context and selecting key information.

Course content focuses on:

• communicating information, ideas, and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts;

• exploring the views of others, developing and sharing personal perspectives and

• engaging in sustained interaction and producing extended text.

This understanding and these skills are developed in the context of:

• a wide variety of material drawn from set courses, newspapers, magazines, literary texts, radio broadcasts, songs, podcasts, video footage; and

• activities supporting vocabulary and grammatical structures. 

You will need to bring a willingness to speak German and take yourself a  bit out of your comfort zone.

Recommended prior learning includes having taken Year 11 German. Other students may gain entry at the discretion of the HOD – consultation is required.

Equipment for class: A laptop and exercise book for all lessons. 

NZQA German Subject Resources

See NZQA German Resources Website www2.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/select-subject/german/ 

School Policy for NCEA Assessment

You should be aware of the school procedures for NCEA assessment.  They can be found on the school website at this link. There you will find answers to frequently asked questions about how NCEA works as well as guidance about how to apply for extensions, reconsiderations or the process for withdrawing from a standard.