Intercultural understandings Provide opportunities for students to enhance understanding of their own language(s) and culture(s) in relation to the German language and culture, and enable them to reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication: how German-speaking communities tackle the battle for a healthy environment through promoting recycling, organic food and commuting the benefits to German-speaking communities when citizens make environmentally friendly lifestyle choices aspects of model sustainable districts in German-speaking communities, e.g. Freiburg. Language learning and communication strategies Provide opportunities for students to practise the following strategies: scan texts and select appropriate information identify key words and main points, make notes and summarise think critically and analytically structure an argument, express ideas and opinions manipulate known elements in a new context to create meaning in written forms. Dictionaries use a bilingual dictionary. Assessment Task 3: Response: Viewing and reading Read/view German texts and respond in English to questions in English. Assessment Task 4: Written communication Write a series of journal entries in German of approximately 150 words. Learning contexts and topics Provide opportunities for learning and assessment on the following context and topic: The changing world Technology and communication. Students consider – the impact of technology as a mode of entertainment and communication. Text types and textual conventions Provide opportunities for students to respond to and to produce the following text types: account advertisement article blog posting conversation description email film or TV program (excerpts) 11–15 review script speech, interview, dialogue – table. Linguistic resources Provide opportunities for students to acquire and use the following resources: Vocabulary introduce new vocabulary, phrases and expressions, through texts used related to the impact of technology as a mode of entertainment and communication. Grammar prepositions (cases: dual-prepositions with the dative or the accusative; formation and use of compounds with and da(r) wo(r)) pronouns (relative: accusative, dative; relative clauses) verbs (verbs taking prepositional objects; infinitives with verbs of perception, motion and with verbs taking the dative). lassen;
Intercultural understandings Provide opportunities for students to enhance understanding of their own language(s) and culture(s) in relation to the German language and culture, and enable them to reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication: how German-speaking communities tackle the battle for a healthy environment through promoting recycling, organic food and commuting the benefits to German-speaking communities when citizens make environmentally friendly lifestyle choices aspects of model sustainable districts in German-speaking communities, e.g. Freiburg. Language learning and communication strategies Provide opportunities for students to practise the following strategies: scan texts and select appropriate information identify key words and main points, make notes and summarise think critically and analytically structure an argument, express ideas and opinions manipulate known elements in a new context to create meaning in written forms. Dictionaries use a bilingual dictionary. Assessment Task 3: Response: Viewing and reading Read/view German texts and respond in English to questions in English. Assessment Task 4: Written communication Write a series of journal entries in German of approximately 150 words. 11–15 Learning contexts and topics Provide opportunities for learning and assessment on the following context and topic: The changing world – Technology and communication. Students consider the impact of technology as a mode of entertainment and communication. Text types and textual conventions Provide opportunities for students to respond to and to produce the following text types: account advertisement article blog posting conversation description email film or TV program (excerpts) review script – speech, interview, dialogue table. Linguistic resources Provide opportunities for students to acquire and use the following resources: Vocabulary introduce new vocabulary, phrases and expressions, through texts used related to the impact of technology as a mode of entertainment and communication. Grammar prepositions (cases: dual-prepositions with the dative or the accusative; formation and use of compounds with da(r) and wo(r)) pronouns (relative: accusative, dative; relative clauses) verbs (verbs taking prepositional objects; infinitives with verbs of perception, motion and with lassen; verbs taking the dative).