Year 8 Assessment Booklet 2019

IB MYP YEAR 8 – LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: GERMAN Phase 2/3

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

KEY CONCEPT/S

GLOBAL CONTEXT CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

Deciphering Message and Meaning (Fashion and Style) • Clothes, Fashion and Trends • Personal style • Comprehension strategies

Listening Comprehension Test (Criterion A)

Culture

Personal and Cultural Expression

Certain skills are needed to understand the message and meaning of texts in a foreign language.

Message

Reading Comprehension Test (Criterion B)

Meaning

Promoting with Purpose (Tourism) •

Interactive Oral (Criteria Cand D)

Culture

Identities and Relationships

Word choice plays a key role in delivering a message that is intended to promote something or persuade someone.

ONE

Landmarks, Events and Activities ‘Man kann’ structure ‘Es gibt’ structure Communication skills

Word choice

Writing Task (Criteria C and D)

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Message

Reading for cultural meaning • Housing, Rooms and Furniture • Adjectives and Prepositions • Reading for Purpose Communicating in Context • Household chores • Jobs and Money • Separable verbs, Irregular verbs and Word order • Blogs, Emails and Online articles

Culture

Listening Comprehension Test (Criterion A)

The literal meaning and underlying messages of texts can give insight into another culture and how they live. When people express themselves in different contexts (e.g. online), they usually adapt their language by following certain conventions.

Orientation in Space and Time

Message

Reading Comprehension Test (Criterion B)

Meaning

Interactive Oral (Criteria C and D) Writing Task (Criteria C and D)

Communication

Personal and Cultural Expression

TWO

Conventions

Message

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