Studying and my future: Aufwachsen, Altersgrenzen und Zukunftspläne
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Why this why now
This unit revisits a wide range of grammar with known and new vocabulary in the context of future plans and career aspirations. Knowledge of modal verbs is extended with practice on contrasting meanings, for example dürfen vs können. Pupils express their future intentions with new grammar structures, including 'würd-' , with 'hätte' and 'wäre' and with new conjunctions 'sobald' and 'solange'. Specific context includes youth laws and responsibilities from the age of 16, career options, work experience, and authentic articles on young Germans as role models and their career aspirations.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know modal verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know and can use 2-verb structures.
- Pupils know the future tense with werden plus infinitive, with the English meanings 'will' and 'going to'.
- Pupils know how to ask questions with modal verbs and with or without question words.
- Pupils know how to use word order 3 with prepositions like 'wenn'.
- Pupils know and can use verbs with indirect objects.
- Pupils know adjective agreement with nouns and the indefinite article.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit revisits a wide range of grammar with known and new vocabulary in the context of future plans and career aspirations. Knowledge of modal verbs is extended with practice on contrasting meanings, for example dürfen vs können. Pupils express their future intentions with new grammar structures, including 'würd-' , with 'hätte' and 'wäre' and with new conjunctions 'sobald' and 'solange'. Specific context includes youth laws and responsibilities from the age of 16, career options, work experience, and authentic articles on young Germans as role models and their career aspirations.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know modal verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know and can use 2-verb structures.
- Pupils know the future tense with werden plus infinitive, with the English meanings 'will' and 'going to'.
- Pupils know how to ask questions with modal verbs and with or without question words.
- Pupils know how to use word order 3 with prepositions like 'wenn'.
- Pupils know and can use verbs with indirect objects.
- Pupils know adjective agreement with nouns and the indefinite article.
Studying and my future: Aufwachsen, Altersgrenzen und Zukunftspläne
This unit revisits a wide range of grammar, including modal verbs, the future tense, two-verb structures. It introduces the conditional 'würd-' with gern and lieber and 'hätte' and wäre'. Pupils learn to distinguish müssen vs sollen, and dürfen vs können regarding responsibilites and future plans.
12 lessons in unit
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