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- Year 11
- AQA
Online Leben: dictation, listening (AQA)
I can transcribe and understand German speakers talking in a range of contexts about technology.
- Year 11
- AQA
Online Leben: dictation, listening (AQA)
I can transcribe and understand German speakers talking in a range of contexts about technology.
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Key learning points
- It is important to have a firm knowledge of sound-symbol correspondance to transcribe spoken German in a dictation.
- The most important thing for successful listening is a secure knowledge of vocabulary.
- As well as a broad vocabulary, prediction and being aware of distractors and synonyms are useful listening strategies.
Keywords
SSC - sound-symbol correspondence
Prediction - strategy that involves anticipating what the answers might be by listing German words or phrases
Synonym - word that has the same or very similar meaning to another word
Distractor - incorrect but plausible answer option in reading / listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common misconception
I can rely on strategies like prediction and avoiding distractors to successfully complete all listening comprehension questions.
Whilst strategies such as prediction and avoiding distractors are very helpful, the single most important factor in successfuly answering listening questions is having a secure knowledge of vocabulary.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sentence refers to the past?
Q2.Which of the following sentences is in the future tense?
Q3.Match the German verbs to their English meanings.
to use, using
to shop, shopping
to buy, buying
to play, playing
to hate, hating
to stream, streaming
Q4.Match each German time phrase to its English equivalent.
daily
seldom/rarely
freqeuently
regularly
constantly
Q5.Match each German noun to the correct English translation.
computer
mobile phone
screen
present
job
player
Q6.Order the words below to form a correct sentence in German. Start with 'man'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match each German noun to its correct English meaning.
laptop
theme/topic
risk
app
wall
screen
Q2.Match each German verb to its English meaning.
to mean / have an opinion
to download, downloading
to search, look for
to stream, streaming
to shop, shopping
to function, work
Q3.Match each German adjective to its correct English meaning.
affordable
creative
dangerous
helpful
important
exhausting
Q4.Match each German preposition to its closest English meaning.
with / by
in / into
about / over
instead of
to / after
in front of / before / ago
Q5.Match each German word to its antonym.
hassen
anstrengend
teuer
gefährlich