Grade 11 Communicating

It is expected that students will:

• describe or narrate events, situations, or experiences
• exchange opinions on topics of general interest
• interact in and respond to new and increasingly complex exchanges
• interact in a variety of familiar situations drawn from real life

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In Grade 11, students are able to interact with greater confidence in familiar situations and to apply more consistently their growing range of communication strategies.

• Invite students in pairs to script and role-play interviews with favourite television, film, music, or sports personalities. After students have regularly practised using scripts, ask them to hold conversations without scripts on various topics of interest to them.
• Have each student prepare a video- or audiotaped television or radio report on an event for the evening news (e.g., the weather, an accident, a concert, a sporting event, a political scandal).
• Challenge students, working in pairs, to perform impromptu dialogues based on real-life situations (e.g., shopping for clothes or gifts, visiting the doctor or dentist, ordering a meal in a restaurant, applying for a part-time job, reporting a lost article, negotiating with a parent, going on a date).
• Have students work in groups to create a class newspaper or magazine that includes articles and headlines, advertisements, weather reports, sporting information, restaurant and movie reviews, comics, horoscopes, and advice columns.
• Suggest that students exchange E-mail with students in a German-speaking country.
• Provide samples of German employment advertisements and curriculum vitae forms. Ask students to complete the forms and reply to the advertisements using the appropriate German-language conventions for such letters. Suggest that they write to or visit German-language businesses and request information on employment possibilities. Ask them to share the responses they receive with classmates. As a follow-up, have students practise role-playing formal interviews.

While students are expected to show increasing control and accuracy in their oral and written language, communication and risk taking continue to be the most important considerations in most situations. Students' facility with language is an important focus of assessment, not for its own sake but because it enables them to communicate for an increasing range of purposes.

• Work with students to develop a list of criteria for their role plays (e.g., interviews with celebrities, impromptu dialogues, job interviews). Criteria at this level might focus on the extent to which each student:
  • uses correct form and word order
  • actively uses German to complete a task
  • conveys a logical, organized sequence
  • uses relevant and appropriate vocabulary and structures
  • attempts to convey spontaneity (e.g., through intonation, inflection, and rhythm)
  • uses effective strategies to clarify meaning as needed
• When students create a class newspaper or magazine, look for evidence that their contributions:
  • observe German conventions
  • provide relevant and appropriate information
  • include supporting information and detail
  • use correct form, word order, and structures to communicate clearly
  • present ideas and thoughts in a logical, organized manner
  • use a range of useful vocabulary, expressions, and structures
  • take risks to include complex information or unfamiliar language
• When students write business letters and complete curriculum vitae forms, look for evidence that they:
  • use appropriate conventions
  • present information clearly and concisely
  • provide relevant details, reasons, and examples
  • use a range of vocabulary, correctly spelled
  • use appropriate language and presentation (e.g., considering neatness, legibility, format, formality)
  • ensure that the letter is grammatically correct

Print Materials

• 501 German Verbs
• Active German
• Alles Gute
• Briefwechsel, Second Edition
• Collins 10,000 German Words
• Collins Pocket German Dictionary
• Collins Pocket German Grammar
• Collins Pocket German Verb Tables
• Du und Ich
• German For Leisure and Tourism Studies
• German Verbs and Vocabulary Bingo Games - Blackline Masters
• German Vocabulary
• In Play
• Klett's Modern German and English Dictionary, Second Edition
• Langenscheidt's Grosswoerterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache
• Langenscheidt's Standard German Dictionary - Indexed
• Language Fundamentals: German
• Lies Doch Mal!
• Master the Basics: German
• Pack's An
• Take Your Partners: German Pairwork Exercises

• Jung in Deutschland
• A Love Divided: Berlin

• Abgemacht
• Deutsch Aktuell (Levels 1-2)
• Deutsch Heute Neue 1, 2, 3 (Neue Ausgabe)
• German Today - Einfach Toll!
• Kopfhörer auf! - Listening Pack
• Lernexpress
• Neue Welle Deutschland

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