German
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
Course summary
A-level Aspects of German-speaking society - The changing state of the family. - The digital world. - Youth culture: fashion and trends, music, television. Artistic culture in the German-speaking world - Festivals and traditions. - Art and architecture. - Cultural life in Berlin, past and present. Multiculturalism in German-speaking society - Immigration. - Integration. - Racism. Aspects of political life in the German-speaking world - Germany and the EU. - Politics and youth. - The reunification and its consequences Literary Texts and Films - ‘Andorra’ (Max Frisch) - ‘Goodbye Lenin’ (Wolfgang Becker)
Entry Requirements
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Grade 6 in GCSE German
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Assessment
A-Levels will be linear; students will sit all exams at the end of the two-year course. Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing, translation into English, translation into German. Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes; 100 marks; 50% of A-level. Paper 2: Writing: Two books from the list of set texts in the specification or one book from the list of set texts and one film from the list in the specification. Written exam: 2 hours; 80 marks; 20% of A-level. Paper 3: Speaking: Individual research project; Knowledge of one of the sub-themes Speaking test: 21 23 minutes (including 5 minutes’ preparation time at the start of the test); 60 marks; 30% of the A-level.
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