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German
“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” – Frank Smith
By delivering a high-quality education in Modern Foreign Languages, we equip our students with the opportunity to stand out from the crowd and thrive in an increasingly globalised world.
We provide an ambitious and creative curriculum which equips students with skills for languages for life. The promotion of independent learning and teamwork inspires students with the confidence to pursue their studies and enables them to gain linguistic and transferable skills. Encouraging our students to excel by challenging themselves to reach further, through risk taking, instils a sense of resilience, so essential for future success in all fields.
Our programmes of study place an importance on languages for all through enculturation, fostering an appreciation of diversity and a passion for the world that we share. Effective links with English grammar ensure that our students value their language as a medium to appreciate another. Through this awareness of language structure, students gain the knowledge to apply skills across the curriculum, such as analysis and evaluation of different sources and data, metacognitive strategies and memory techniques.
The journey starts in Key Stage 3, where students learn a first foreign language, and then apply their emerging linguistic skills to an accelerated second foreign language course in year 8. We are proud of our commitment to languages for all at Key Stage 4 and students continue their language journey through to Key Stage 5, leaving with the ability to communicate confidently and fluently.
At the Langton Language Centre, it is our ambition to continue to cultivate confident linguists for the 21st Century, not only with our three main curriculum languages, but also with an array of other world languages and extra-curricular opportunities, a truly unique offer stretching way beyond traditional MFL curriculums.
“If you talk to someone in a language they understand, that goes to their head. If you talk to them in their language, that goes to their heart.” – Nelson Mandela
KS3
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Year Group |
Areas of Study |
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7 |
Unit 1: Me and my world Unit 2: My family, friends and pets Unit 3: Free time leisure and sports Unit 4: School and routines Unit 5: Summer holiday plans and being a tourist Unit 6: Film study and culture project |
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8 |
FL1 Unit 1: German culture and celebrations Unit 2: Health and wellbeing Unit 3: Media and TV Unit 4: Film Study – Conni und co
FL2 Unit 1: Me and my world Unit 2: My family, friends and pets Unit 3: Free time leisure and sports Unit 4: School and routines Unit 5: Summer holiday plans and being a tourist |
|
9 |
FL1 and FL2 Unit 1a: Holiday plans Unit 1b: Movie project Unit 2: Going out and fashion Unit 3: Free time |
GCSE
Board
Edexcel
Outline of the Course
- The course aims to equip students with the necessary language learning skills both for immediate use and to prepare them for further language study and use in school, higher education or in employment. Students will study from a range of resources which includes writing in different registers. Students can be entered for either Foundation or Higher tier, however, at Simon Langton Girls’ the majority of students are entered for the latter. The vocabulary list for each language comprises 1200 words to be used at both Foundation and Higher tier and an additional 500 words to be used at Higher tier only.
- The content of the course will develop students’ ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers in speech and writing, conveying what they want to say with increasing accuracy as well as express and develop thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently.
- There are six broad areas of study, which build on those studied in Key Stage 3. The vocabulary and grammar enable students to communicate across a range of engaging and relatable thematic contexts, which are relevant to their current and future need:
- My personal world
- Lifestyle and wellbeing
- My neighbourhood
- Media and technology
- Studying and my future
- Travel and tourism
Assessment
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Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
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|
1 |
Paper 1: Speaking in German 15 Minutes preparation time, then: |
Foundation – 7-9 minutes Higher – 10 – 12 minutes |
25% (50 marks) |
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2 |
Paper 2: Listening and understanding in German 5 Minutes reading time, then: |
Foundation – 45 minutes Higher – 60 minutes |
25% (50 marks) |
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3 |
Paper 3: Reading and understanding in German |
Foundation – 45 minutes Higher – 60 minutes |
25% (50 marks) |
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4 |
Paper 4: Writing in German |
Foundation – 1 hour 15 minutes |
25%
|
A Level
Minimum Entry Criteria
Essential: 7 in German
Board
Edexcel
Outline of the Course
- Component 1 - Listening, reading and translation: Students will be asked to transfer meaning from a number of audio texts and reading texts through multi choice questions, gap filling and question and answer type responses. The translation includes translating one text from German to English
- Component 2 - Written response to works and translation: This paper draws on the study of two discrete German works: one literary text and one film. Students also translate an unseen passage from English into German
- Component 3 - Speaking: 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 project, and show knowledge and understanding about the culture and society where the language is spoken
Components include the following topics:
- Social issues and trends in Germany, artistic culture (through music and festivals and traditions as well as media), immigration and the aspects of a multicultural society in Germany, and political culture in modern Germany since the reunification
- Texts and films – Ich fühl mich so fifty fifty (novel) and Goodbye Lenin (film)
Assessment
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Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
|
|
1 |
Examination: Listening, reading and translation from German to English |
2 hours |
40% |
|
2 |
Examination: Writing assessment – based on text and film and translation from English to German |
2 hours 40 minutes |
30% |
|
3 |
Examination: Oral assessment – discussion on chosen topic followed by discussion based on a stimulus card |
21-23 minutes |
30% |
