The A-Level course appeals to students with wide-ranging interests: if you like drama, we do role-play. If you like law and politics, we do current affairs. If you like 20th century literature, film or history, we study culture. If you like the sciences, we study health, the environment and new technology. If you like maths, we study logical (and illogical!) patterns in grammar and apply formulae in order to write complex sentences. Those that study German at A-Level in the UK are now becoming more of a rarity – why not join the elite and study a subject that makes you stand out not only because you have a qualification that relatively few others have, but because you’re not afraid of a challenge? The A-Level timetable is structured as follows: • One lesson per week is dedicated to grammar and vocabulary. It is expected that each student learns a set list of topic-based vocabulary at home for the weekly vocabulary test. They must also be prepared to spend a significant amount of time practising grammatical exercises in their private study time. • Each student is timetabled to spend several periods per week in a one-to-one session with the foreign language assistant, a native speaker of German who is employed specifically to help improve students’ spoken German. • At A-Level, at least one lesson per week is dedicated to cultural study, where students explore a set text and a set film in detail, which they are expected to write about and discuss in the final examinations. There are two opportunities to visit Germany and experience the language and culture at first hand.
Name: GCE German Qualification title: GCE A Level in German Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20150929 13:36:06 Updated 20151106 10:23:02
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King Edward VI Aston School
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Title: GCE A Level in German Qualification: GCE A Level in German Classification: Languages, Literature and Culture