Success at speaking: GCSE German

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Success at speaking: GCSE German
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Teaching pack

Designed for the GCSE German specifications for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will help students to prepare for their speaking exam.

The pack includes activities for the role-play, photo card and general conversation elements of the exam, along with revision materials. 

Covering all three themes for GCSE German speaking, the pack also provides differentiated material for Foundation and Higher tiers, teaching notes and answers.

 

What's included?

  • worksheets and vocabulary support
  • pair work speaking activities and games
  • help with how to revise for GCSE German speaking
  • model answers to use and adapt
  • exam-style tasks.

 

What's inside?

Section one: Role-plays (pages 4-34)

  • Teaching notes
  • Soziale Netzwerke und Technologie
  • Musik
  • Sport
  • Wo ich wohne
  • Im Restaurant
  • Gesundheit
  • Ferien
  • Studium und Arbeit
  • Answers 

Section two: Photo cards (pages 35-75)

  • Teaching notes
  • Freunde und Familie
  • Ehe und Zusammenleben
  • Soziale Netzwerke und Technologie
  • Traditionen und Feste
  • Hilfsorganisationen und Freiwilligenarbeit
  • Umweltprobleme
  • Armut und Obdachlosigkeit
  • Arbeit und Berufswahl
  • Answers 

Section three: General conversation (pages 76-101)

  • Teaching notes
  • Asking questions
  • Key ingredients
  • Practice questions
  • Answers

Section four: Revision (pages 102-112)

  • Teaching notes
  • Mind-map template
  • Word sort
  • Inference grids
  • Pass the parcel speaking
  • Answers

This sample student activity is for the Musik role-play topic for the GCSE German speaking exam. 

Look at the example role-play card and complete the mind-map.

Role-play task

  • You should address your friend as ‘du’.
  • When you see this - ! - you will have to respond to something you have not prepared.
  • When you see this - ? - you will have to ask a question.

Du sprichst mit deinem deutschen Freund über Musik.

  • Musik, die du hörst – zwei Details
  • ? Meinung
  • eine Feier letztes Wochenende
  • Musik – ein Vorteil
  • !

Role-play mind-map

  • Note useful verbs, nouns, adjectives and question words for this role-play card.
  • Try to predict what you could be asked for the unprepared question.
  • Compare and share your ideas with a partner or small group. 
Success at speaking: GCSE German
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Have you used this resource?

Checking content-topic and grammar e.g. use of the past tense which will be a focus in Term 4.

Petra Fischer-Neary

31/08/2020

5

20/03/2020

5
useful

03/01/2019

Thanks for this great resource . I work as a German tutor and already have a wealth of revision books and material , but this one scores definitely, it ticks all the boxes when tailored exam revision is in the focus.

Monika Gregan-Boenisch

15/10/2018

Checking content-topic and grammar e.g. use of the past tense which will be a focus in Term 4.

Petra Fischer-Neary

31/08/2020

5

20/03/2020

5
useful

03/01/2019

Thanks for this great resource . I work as a German tutor and already have a wealth of revision books and material , but this one scores definitely, it ticks all the boxes when tailored exam revision is in the focus.

Monika Gregan-Boenisch

15/10/2018

Looks really useful -thanks! It must have taken ages to make!

Simon Darey

27/01/2018

excellent really helpful in the way that less able students have support and saved me loads of planning time for tomorrow thanks

22/01/2018

5