Year 9 Assessment Guide 2019

IB MYP YEAR 9 – LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: GERMAN Phase 2/3

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPTS

GLOBAL CONTEXT

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

Connections Function Context

Negotiating what to do: •

Interactive Oral (Criteria C and D)

Language plays an important role in social connections. One of its key functions is to facilitate negotiations on what to do.

Personal and Cultural Expression

Recreational activities (TV, concerts, music, events, travel) Making suggestions and giving preferences Adjectives, Comparatives and Superlatives Modal verb (möchte)

•

Listening Comprehension Test (Criterion A)

• •

ONE

Communication Structure Patterns Communication Meaning Message Word choice Empathy

Reporting about the past (Social Events): • Verbs • Holiday activities • Perfect Past Tense • Temporal adverbs Discussing problems and solutions: • Youth problems and Solutions • Relationships • All modal verbs • Making complaints and offering advice Supporting arguments with statistics: • Demographics, Patterns and Trends • Advantages and Disadvantages • Cohesive devices • Email conventions

Reading Comprehension Test (Criterion B)

Languages have different grammatical structures. To communicate about the past in German, a certain pattern needs to be followed. Modal verbs add more meaning to sentences. People can communicate a more precise message with their use. (Phase 2) Careful word choice can help someone communicate their point of view more effectively and arouse more empathy for their situation. (Phase 3) Using language to share information about cultures brings people together.

Personal and Cultural Expression

Writing Task (Criteria C and D)

Interactive Oral ( Criteria C and D) Listening Comprehension Test (Criterion A)

Identities and Relationships

TWO

Connection Meaning Context

Reading Comprehension Test (Criterion B)

Personal and Cultural Expression

Writing Task (Criteria C and D)

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