Year 13 German

The NCEA Level 3 course aims at assessing your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, together with your understanding of the way of life in German-speaking countries. It is expected that by the end of Year 13 that you achieve personal independence in the language. This means that you are able to:

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

• explain and discuss many of their own ideas and opinions

• support and challenge the ideas and opinions of others

• use language creatively

• read a variety of authentic materials

• write expressively for a range of purposes

• use critical thinking skills and a range of language-learning strategies effectively with

• culturally appropriate behaviour in most social situations involving native speakers.

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, read and 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 that will enable you to communicate in 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.