Year 8 Assessment Booklet 2020

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

SEMESTER

STATEMENT OF INQUIRY Certain skills are needed to understand the message and meaning of texts in a foreign language. Word choice plays a key role in delivering a message that is intended to promote something or persuade someone.

KEY CONCEPT/S

GLOBAL CONTEXT Personal and Cultural Expression

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

Listening Test (Criterion A)

Culture

Deciphering Message and Meaning (Fashion and Style) • Clothes, Fashion and Trends • Personal style • Comprehension strategies Promoting with Purpose (Tourism) • Landmarks, Events and Activities • ‘Man kann’ structure • ‘Es gibt’ structure • Communication skills 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

Reading Test (Criterion B)

Message

Meaning Culture

Speaking Exam (Criteria Cand D)

Identities and Relationships

ONE

Word choice

Writing Exam (Criteria C and D)

Message

Listening Test (Criterion A)

Culture

The literal meaning and underlying messages of texts can give insight into another culture and how they live.

Orientation in Space and Time

Reading Test (Criterion B)

Message

Meaning

Speaking Exam (Criteria C and D) Writing Exam (Criteria C and D)

Communication

When people express themselves in different contexts (e.g. online), they usually adapt their language by following certain conventions.

Personal and Cultural Expression

TWO

Conventions

Message

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