German (Year 8)
What will I study?
Where I live
My house
My bedroom
What I eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner
What I do in my freetime
Sports
Leisure activities
Life online
My town
Shopping
Holiday plans and future tense
Project on a German speaking place
Useful tips and resources
Make mind maps and flashcards for vocabulary learning
Practise speaking with a friend or family member
CGP revision KS3 German book
Watch a programme with German audio with German subtitles
Listen to German music
Pupils will be given login details for each of the websites as necessary:
Quizlet – to practise vocabulary
Languages Online – to practise grammar and topics
Linguascope – to practise vocabulary and topics
Language Gym – to practise language and grammar
Sentence Builders – to practise language
What super curricular activities can KS3 students engage with at school?
Take part in the Languages Cabaret Evening – Spring term
Join the Linguazine magazine club – every term
Take part in the GDST MFL festival – Spring term
Submit entries for the Anthea Bell and Stephen Spender Prize – once a year
Enter the German Language competition run by the University of Oxford – once a year
Joy of Reading GDST project in MFL – runs all year
The library has mini readers, comic books and magazines to borrow in German to practise language and grammar
Super Easy German youtube videos.
Easy German is an online video series that provides German learners around the world with authentic learning material – find the Super Easy videos:
The Goethe Institut London runs cultural events and German film showings: https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/sta/lon.html
German songs to listen to with interactive games on
Little Red Languages for short animated stories. Login will be provided.
BBC bitesize for KS3 – extra practice of grammar and language