QCAA German Extension study guide
QCAA German Extension · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
German Extension is a General senior syllabus published by the Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority (QCAA). The current syllabus is the German Extension General senior syllabus 2026, version 1.3, for implementation with students who will complete their study of the course in 2026 or beyond. The syllabus is the authoritative statement of the course and its external assessment; this page is an independent study guide and is not affiliated with QCAA. Candidates should expect an external written assessment. The QCAA German Extension study guide has 3 sections and about 963 words.
01Knowledge and Understanding: Language Systems and German-Speaking Societies
Candidates need reliable control of German's core systems: grammatical gender and case (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive), article and adjective endings, verb conjugation and tense (Präsens, Perfekt, Präteritum, Futur I), word order (verb-second in main clauses, verb-final in subordinate clauses), separable and inseparable prefixes, modal verbs, passive voice, and the Konjunktiv II for hypothetical and polite meaning. Connectives matter: weil sends the verb to the end, denn keeps normal order, and deshalb triggers inversion.
320 words, about 2 min02Analysis and Evaluation of Stimulus Texts in German
Analysis begins with genre and context. Identify whether the stimulus is a newspaper report, commentary, interview, speech, blog post, advertisement, literary extract or official notice.
310 words, about 2 min03Critical and Creative Response in German
Critical and creative tasks ask you to produce German text for a specified audience, purpose and situation. Before writing, identify the role you adopt (student, journalist, consumer, traveller, narrator), the relationship with the reader ( du or Sie ), and the genre conventions: a Leserbrief opens with a reference and closes with a formal formula; a blog post may use headings and direct address; a diary entry uses first person and private tone; a speech uses rhetorical questions and repetition.
333 words, about 2 min