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Years 7 and 8 German

The nature of the learners These years represent a transition to secondary school. Students in this sequence bring with them an established capability to interact in different situations, to engage with a variety of texts and to communicate with some …

Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard German Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use written and spoken German to interact with teachers, peers and others; to make decisions, solve problems and negotiate transactions; and to exchange and justify ideas, opinions and views. When interacting, they …

ACLGEU165

Recognise the pronunciation of loan words, and understand and apply knowledge of similarities and differences between German and English punctuation[Key concepts: pronunciation, punctuation, systems; Key processes: comparing, making connections, noti …

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Elaboration ACLGEC161

translating expressions associated with politeness and social protocols in German, for example, responding to requests or thanks, or signing cards (Dein Fritz/Deine Anna), and comparing with typical expressions in similar messages in English

Elaboration (1) ACLGEC161

translating and discussing common idiomatic expressions in both German and English, for example, Ich drücke dir die Daumen (‘I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you’)

Elaboration (2) ACLGEC161

comparing and finding equivalent phrases and expressions in German and English, discussing differences and cultural influences, for example, so alt wie ein Baum/Stein (‘as old as the hills’), einen Bärenhunger haben (‘to be as hungry as a horse’)

Elaboration ACLGEC162

creating English captions, commentaries or subtitles for German multimodal texts, or vice versa

Elaboration (3) ACLGEC164

discussing in English the issue of identity and gender-inclusive language in German, for example, Schüler; Schüler und Schülerinnen; SchülerInnen

Elaboration ACLGEU165

exploring the German pronunciation of a range of loan words from English and other languages, for example, Job, Restaurant, Pizza

Elaboration (2) ACLGEU165

comparing punctuation rules in English and German, considering aspects such as the distribution and functions of commas, the style of quotation marks for direct speech, and writing numbers less than one million as one word

Elaboration (4) ACLGEU166

comparing the meanings and use of the German modal verbs with their English equivalents, for example, Wir müssen eine Schuluniform tragen. Man darf hier nicht essen.

Elaboration (17) ACLGEU166

extending metalanguage to communicate in German and English, for example, about case, word order and verb tenses (Dativ, Wechselpräpositionen, das Imperfekt, Hilfsverben, trennbare Verben)

Elaboration (1) ACLGEU168

comparing German and English language use in similar situations and in texts with similar content such as advertisements, or student blogs about school issues

Elaboration (2) ACLGEU169

understanding that English grammar used to be more similar to German grammar but that English has changed, for example, the Old English ‘What thinkest thou?’ and Was denkst du?

Elaboration (3) ACLGEU169

noting that although German grammar has not changed as much as English over the centuries, it did relatively recently undergo changes in spelling and punctuation in the official Rechtschreibreform, requiring, for example, β to be used only after long …

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