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New to Teaching GCSE German
Course Code: T0138 £249.00
This course introduces new teachers to the 2024 GCSE German specification, incorporating lessons learned from the first examination series. It provides practical teaching approaches, realistic strategies for mixed-attainment groups, and clear guidance on preparing students for each component of their GCSE exam to ensure they have the best opportunities to maximise their grades.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Learn what the first examination series revealed about student performance
- Gain practical strategies for teaching all four skill areas from an experienced practitioner
- Understand the core concepts and challenges of the 2024 GCSE
- Take away ideas to improve classroom delivery, performance and student confidence
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Teachers new to GCSE German
- Early Career Teachers (ECTs)
- Teachers returning to GCSE German teaching
- Teachers seeking greater confidence in delivering the GCSE German
PROGRAMME
10.00am – Subject Content of the Qualification- Overview of the 2024 GCSE German components (Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing)
- What the first exam series showed about standards in each component
- Where teachers can streamline without losing depth
- Key challenge areas and how to plan for them
10.40am – Break
11.00am – Tackling Listening and Reading at GCSE
- What successful students did well in the first exam series
- Developing parsing and inference skills
- Effective vocabulary teaching (retrieval, spaced practice, dual coding)
- Adaptive teaching for lower and higher attaining students
- Assessing your students effectively and giving feedback that builds confidence
- Embedding reading aloud and dictation in your lessons
12.30pm – Lunch
1.30pm – Teaching Speaking Successfully
- Updated approaches including a reflection on first exam series outcomes
- Teaching spontaneity and pronunciation
- Tackling photo cards and role plays with confidence
- Strategies to develop more complex responses in the conversation element
- Building student confidence through structured practice
2.30pm – Break
2.45pm – Tackling Paper 4: Writing
- Why writing remains challenging — insights from the first exam series
- Approaches to translation
- Encouraging higher-level vocabulary and structures
- Adaptive approaches for mixed-attainment groups
- Building extended writing through scaffold → independence → mastery
3.45pm – Depart
GCSE - Code: T0138New to Teaching GCSE German
Course Leader
Silvia Bastow is a German teacher and Head of Languages with over 20 years’ experience in secondary education. She is a Specialist Leader in Education for MFL, a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and has been a GCSE examiner since 2018, including as an examiner for Edexcel German Higher Writing (Paper 4). She has extensive experience in teaching, assessment and teacher development, and has worked as a textbook and resource writer for leading educational publishers, including Pearson. She is the author and co-author of several books for MFL teachers. Silvia is also an experienced CPD facilitator and regularly works with teachers and schools on evidence-informed approaches to language teaching and assessment.
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