Grade 9-10
Cross the threshold into confident German
Designed for senior school students ready to tackle advanced grammar, debate topics, and express complex opinions in German.
The curriculum aligns with standard school syllabi and is drafted according to CEFR guidelines to ensure international language standards.
Vocabulary & Topics
- Future & Ambitions: Discussing career goals, university plans, and dreams for the future.
- Global Issues: Environmental protection, social media's impact, and globalization.
- Culture & History: Basic German history, festivals, and literature (often including short stories or youth novels).
- Opinions & Debate: Expressing pros and cons regarding school uniforms, mobile phone use, or travel preferences.
Grammar Essentials
- The Passive Voice (Passiv): Shifting focus from who did the action to the action itself (e.g., 'The cake was eaten').
- Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II): Expressing wishes, dreams, and polite requests ('I would like...' or 'If I were rich...').
- Genitive Case: The fourth and final German case used to show possession (Das Auto meines Vaters).
- Relative Clauses: Adding detail to sentences using 'who', 'which', or 'that' ('The teacher, who is very nice...').
- Future Tense (Futur I): Using 'werden' to talk about what will happen.
- Prepositions with Genitive: Formal connectors like trotz (despite) or während (during).
Skills Development
Student can understand the main points of radio or TV programs on current affairs or topics of personal interest and can follow a standard lecture or presentation in a classroom setting.
Student can engage in spontaneous conversations on familiar topics, providing brief explanations for opinions while narrating plots or personal experiences with their own reactions.
Student can comprehend texts featuring common everyday or professional vocabulary and identify key information within straightforward news articles and formal reports.
Student can compose cohesive text on familiar topics, including personal letters and formal emails explaining experiences and presenting arguments for or against specific viewpoints.
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