A-Level German: Teaching for the First Time
Course Code: T0127
£249.00
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course is specifically targeted and designed for all teachers new to teaching A-Level German. The sessions are designed to ensure their students have the best opportunity to maximise their potential grades and improve teachers’ understanding of A-Level teaching. Teachers will receive new teaching approaches and techniques, ideas, as well as key guidance in how to develop with advice on the standards of A-Level and best ways to prepare students with the exam as the endgame. Practical strategies will be demonstrated for teaching across a broad range of student A-Level abilities.BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Gain top teaching tips and realistic practical advice from an experienced practitioner
- Take away effective strategies on how to teach German at A-Level and maximise student potential
- Find out about the core concepts, key challenges, and ways to structure your course for successful end result outcomes
- Examine lots of ideas to stimulate classroom delivery and performance
- Discuss examples of student work and how to prepare students to get the maximise possible marks
PROGRAMME
Subject Content of the Specification
10.00am- What’s involved in the A-Level German course? (Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing)
- Where can I streamline?
- What are the standards in each component?
- Exploring the key challenge spots, and ways to structure your teaching to give time to the most demanding sections
- Moving students on from GCSE to A Level – bridging the gap
Break
10.40amTeaching Approaches to Listening and Reading
11.00am- Dealing with false friends and distractors; Using transcripts and ideas for the classroom
- How to encourage more self-study and independent learning; resources and ideas for maximum exposure to German
- Exam techniques; Focus on timing, question-types and strategies for success under pressure
Lunch
12.00=pmTeaching Literature and Film for the First Time
1.00pm- Moving your students on from GCSE description to A Level analysis – the challenge of transition
- Choosing which works to teach – An overview of the possibilities and resources available
- Teaching the characters and themes – Ideas for the classroom from character grids and mock interviews, to grids and essay plans
- A look at the technicalities – Film and literature specific vocabulary, with an emphasis on film studies
- Getting them writing; making fool-proof plans and personalised checklists to encourage self-monitoring
Break
2.00 pmTackling Translation
2.15pm- Strategies to support students using complex structures (such as the subjunctive) realistically, and ensuring accuracy in language
- Avoiding costly errors
- Ways students can practice translation independently
Teaching Speaking Successfully
2.45pm- Ideas for getting them talking; games, competitions, homework and partner work
- AO4; no excuses for not getting full marks. How much and what do students need to know about Germany/German speaking countries?
- Choosing an IRP title. Which ones are most successful? How to monitor and set up practice IRPs
- Getting the most out of Language Assistants and ideas for other resources to encourage speaking in German
Depart
3.45pm
A-Level - Code: T0127
A-Level German: Teaching for the First Time
COURSE LEADER
Wanda Marshall is a German and French teacher of nearly 20 years’ experience. She was formerly Head of German in a large north London comprehensive. She currently teaches Edexcel A-Level German in a sixth form college and has also been an examiner for AQA A-Level German (Paper 3, oral) for the past five years so she has first hand current experience of teaching and examining the two main boards.