Grade 12 Communicating

It is expected that students will:

• exchange ideas and thoughts about areas of interest
• express plans, goals, and intentions
• give reasons and information to support points of view
• interact in situations drawn from real life

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Students are now expected to use German to interact with a degree of spontaneity. They should challenge themselves to speak only German in class and to seek opportunities to hear and use German outside the classroom.

• Have students in small groups discuss plans for their graduation activities. Ask groups to present their plans to the rest of the class, then create timetables of graduation-related events.
• Invite students to role-play conversations with their parents in which they discuss their plans following graduation. These might include work, travel, or postsecondary education. Encourage students to give convincing justifications for their choices.
• Ask students to set up budgets for the first year after graduation and role-play moving away from home. Ask them to estimate their incomes and allocate money for expenses such as rent, groceries, furniture, and transportation.
• Suggest that students role-play scenarios such as interviews for jobs, exchange programs, or university co-op programs. Ask them to anticipate possible questions and develop appropriate responses. As a follow-up activity, have students in pairs or small groups script interviews for jobs of their choice.

In Grade 12, students are expected to engage in increasingly complex, spontaneous interactions with increasing fluency and accuracy. Communication and risk taking continue to be more important than precision in most situations. However, when students have practised and prepared oral or written presentations, assessment should consider the extent to which errors detract from the effectiveness or impact of the messages.

• When students present information to the class (e.g., plans for graduation activities), criteria for assessing presentations should include their abilities to:
• speak from notes rather than prepared text
• make their information comprehensible
• provide supporting details, reasons, and examples
• use appropriate vocabulary, structures, and expressions
• organize information and time sequences clearly (e.g., use verb tenses and transition and sequencing words)
• When students role-play discussions about their plans following graduation, look for evidence of the extent to which they:
• take positions and make their views clear
• give reasons to support their arguments
• listen actively and respond to or build on others' ideas
• participate in the discussions with some degree of spontaneity and engagement
• While students are conducting simulated interviews for jobs, exchange programs, or university co-op programs, look for evidence that each student:
• provides a clear and comprehensible message that is appropriate to the situation and purpose
• uses an appropriate level of formality
• uses an increasing range of vocabulary, including idioms, to make meaning clear
• uses accurate pronunciation and intonation
• avoids pauses that interfere with meaning
• includes relevant details, reasons, and examples
• goes beyond vocabulary and structures practised in class to enhance meaning or add precision

Print Materials

• 501 German Verbs
• Active German
• Alles Gute
• Collins Pocket German Grammar
• The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary
• Du und Ich
• German Crossword Puzzles - Blackline Masters
• German For Leisure and Tourism Studies
• German Grammar
• German Vocabulary
• In Play
• Klett's Modern German and English Dictionary, Second Edition
• Langenscheidt's Grosswoerterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache
• Langenscheidt's Pocket German Dictionary
• Language Fundamentals: German
• Lesebogen
• Lies Doch Mal!
• Lies Doch Weiter!
• Master the Basics: German

• Jung in Deutschland
• A Love Divided: Berlin

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

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