German 3

In this subject students extend their German competencies in writing, reading, speaking and listening by engaging with authentic texts and situations on the theme of “Gender”. We explore gender as a linguistic, social and cultural phenomenon in modern and contemporary German-speaking societies. Students will engage with the complexity of authentic texts such as film and television, literature, song and conventional and social media. Students will learn to communicate at a more sophisticated level, going beyond utterances focused exclusively on the self, and developing structures and vocabulary that enable them to express themselves in the context of broader social and cultural themes. Students will move towards a moderate level of complexity in speaking, aural comprehension, reading and writing of German and a familiarity with the linguistic and socio-cultural dimensions of gender.

• 1Read more sophisticated texts and to practice and augment accurate writing skills
• 2Use a wider range of vocabulary about people and places including language about historical and contemporary themes; use more complex grammatical structures including a greater range of tenses, cases and modes
• 3Comprehend more complex spoken German, including authentic spoken German of diverse varieties
• 4Develop a differentiated and informed understanding of self and other and of gender as an element of identity, as well as in its cross-cultural and linguistic dimension
• 5Speak with increased fluency and accuracy using more nuanced vocabulary.