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Each broad theme is divided further into smaller topics and taught over 2 years. You will probably find the course quite hard initially, as you need to progress very quickly from GCSE level.  \nYou need to:  \n􀁸 spend a minimum of six hours a week in private study  \n􀁸 read a German magazine or newspaper regularly.  \n􀁸 watch German TV and films  \n􀁸 visit Germany, either under your own steam or on one of our organised trips  \n\n| Theme 1: The development of society in Germany\u003Cbr>􀁸 Nature and the environment\u003Cbr>􀁸 Education and training\u003Cbr>􀁸 The World of Work | Theme 3: Immigration and German multicultural society\u003Cbr>􀁸 Immigration and multiculturalism\u003Cbr>􀁸 The economic and social effects of immigration |\n| --- | --- |\n| Theme 2: Political and cultural development in German – Speaking countries and communities\u003Cbr>􀁸 Music\u003Cbr>􀁸 The Media\u003Cbr>􀁸 The role of festivals and traditions | Theme 4 : The Reunification of Germany\u003Cbr>􀁸 Society in the GDR (East Germany) before the Reunification\u003Cbr>􀁸 Germany since the Reunification |\n\nWhat examinations will I have to take?  \nA Levels are fully linear, with students sitting their exams at the end of the two-year course. The A Level qualification will be graded on a six-grade scale from A* -E.  \n\n| Paper 1\u003Cbr>1. Listening\u003Cbr>2. Reading\u003Cbr>3. Translation into English\u003Cbr>􀁸 2 hours\u003Cbr>􀁸 40% of the qualification\u003Cbr>No dictionaries | Paper2\u003Cbr>1. Translation into German\u003Cbr>2. Written response about literary text\u003Cbr>3. Written response about film or second literary text\u003Cbr>􀁸 48 marks\u003Cbr>􀁸 2 hours and 40 minutes\u003Cbr>􀁸 30% of the\u003Cbr>qualification\u003Cbr>No dictionaries or documentation relating to the books/film studied. | Paper 2 Speaking\u003Cbr>1. Discussion\u003Cbr>based on a stimulus containing two different statements\u003Cbr>2. Presentation and discussion of an independent research topic chosen by the student relating to German society and culture\u003Cbr>􀁸 Internally conducted and externally assessed\u003Cbr>􀁸 Total assessment time: 21 to\u003Cbr>23 minutes including preparation time for 5 minutes. No dictionary.\u003Cbr>􀁸 30% of the qualification |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nPrescribed Literary texts and Films  \nFor paper 2, will study two works from the list below. These will be chosen by your teacher and can be either two literary texts or one literary text and one film.  \nWatching or reading any one of these in your free time will be good preparation. Most are available on Amazon!  \nLiterary texts  \n􀁸 Andorra, Max Frisch, 1961 (play)  \n􀁸 Der Besuch der alten Dame, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 1956 (play)  \n􀁸 Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis, Bertolt Brecht, 1944 (play)  \n􀁸 Der Vorleser, Bernard Schlink, 1995 (novel)  \n􀁸 Die Entdeckung der Currywurst, Uwe Timm, 1993 (novella)  \n􀁸 Plenzdorf, 1972 (novel)  \n􀁸 Die Verwandlung, franz kafka, 1915 (novella)  \n􀁸 Die Verlorene Ehre von Katharina Blum, Heinrich Böll, 1974 (novel)  \n􀁸 Ich fühle mich so fifty-fifty, Karin König, 1994 (novella)  \n􀁸 Sansibar oder der letzte Grund, Alfred Andersch, 1957 (novel)  \n􀁸 Sommerhaus, spӓter und andere Erzӓhlungen, Judith Hermann, 1998 ,(short stories)  \n􀁸 Tonio Kröger, Thomas Mann, 1903 (novella)  \nFilms  \n􀁸 Almanya, Willkommen in Deutschland, dir.Yasemin Samdereli (2011)  \n􀁸 Das Leben der Anderen, dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006)  \n􀁸 Das Wunder von Bern, dir. Sönke Wortmann,(2003)  \n􀁸 Der Untergang,dir. 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