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German A Level

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Getting Ahead

German A Level at Havant Campus

Welcome to A Level German! During this course you will build on your existing skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. You will also study a range of fascinating topics where you will learn a lot about the culture, history and society of Germany and German speaking countries. Our aims are to expand your vocabulary in German, as well as your understanding and accurate application of grammar. You’ll be amazed at how much progress you can make in a relatively short time, but this depends upon you learning small amounts of language on a weekly basis so that you keep building on your skills and refreshing your memory.

With this in mind, it’s important to do some preparation for September to help you start the course with confidence. You’ll quickly see that the more you practise, the sooner you will see positive results and encouraging progress! Below are some activities which will help you keep things ticking over! Try to practise at least two different skills from the suggested activities each week.

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Before you start it is really helpful to revise key aspects of German grammar, such as the present, past and future tenses, and word order.

Try the following sites, which are excellent for giving simple grammar explanations, topic-specific vocabulary and online exercises to support your learning. Highlight the ones you prefer.

You could try these slow German podcasts & read the text at the same time:

Try some of the Easy Reading texts or the Nachrichten in leichter Sprache section:

Lingua.com has lots of fantastic short, free reading texts here with multi-choice comprehension exercises. Try the one on holidays: Urlaub in den Bergen, then experiment with some of the others.

Write about 200 words about yourself, including the following points:

  • Your name, where you live, your family and the name of your school
  • What you like doing in your free time
  • Which subjects you will study at college
  • Four things you did during the summer holidays
  • A future plan or dream – something you’d like to do after college.

This should be handed to your teacher on the first day of term.

Did you know? German is the official language of Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein and one of the official languages in Switzerland and Luxembourg. Germany shares borders with nine other countries. Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and is the EU’s largest economy.

Resources

Meet your Teachers

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    Alison West

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Your Learning Space

*This is a representation of your learning space and may not be the exact room you will be using

My time at the college was definitely life changing, I have learnt a lot of new skills, and obviously it’s a completely new experience. The support was great, there was always people there to help and try make it as easy as they can for you. The college is really fantastic, it has helped me on the way to get to what I want to achieve within my career goals.

Erin Morgan, BTEC student

I would say it’s a college that really balances academia with fun, there is lots of extra-curricular stuff that you can get involved in. It has a really good work/life balance.

Laura Hagedorn, A Level student

My courses were all especially interesting, I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. All of my lecturers were extremely knowledgeable and I have learnt a lot from them.

Lottie Warren, A Level student