In Year 7 German, students focus on describing the self, the family, pets and hobbies. Students will practice making introductions in the target language, playing educational language games and getting to know the word order as well as grammatical rules. Students will have many opportunities to express themselves creatively. Year 7 German lessons will provide beginner’s and extension tasks for those who have already studied the language in primary school.
When choosing subjects in high school, you might consider the following:
- There are two pathways in upper school for German, the General and the ATAR pathway. Selecting a language as an ATAR subject adds 10% on top of your university entrance score.
- The possibility of being part of the SAGSE Exchange program. Students could spend two months in Germany, go to a German school and come back fluent in a second language.
Lastly, this is what a past student of German has said:
“Personally, since I like learning German, the classes have made me progress in language skills from not knowing anything in German at the start of Year 7 to now being able to construct more complex sentences and being able to understand German conversations more easily. I think that it is an amazing thing to be able to know nothing before and then actually being able to communicate in that language now. Basically, I can communicate in another language than English which is pretty cool. Academically, learning German at school has been beneficial to my ATAR especially since I enjoy learning German and therefore spend more time on the subject.”
If you have any questions about choosing German for next year, please do not hesitate to contact the Languages Department at the College.