QCAA German Extension study plan

Audit your current German by sitting a self-marked 75-minute diagnostic (reading comprehension, listening comprehension, 150-word written response) and log every error by type: grammar, vocabulary, register, task fulfilment.

Build a vocabulary register of 60 high-frequency abstract nouns, verbs and connectors for discussing society, politics and identity, recording a German definition and one original sentence for each.

Map the institutions and debates of three German-speaking countries (Bundestag and Bundesrat, federalism, social market economy, Swiss consociationalism) into a one-page fact sheet written in German.

Drill four structures you cannot yet produce accurately under time pressure (choose from Konjunktiv II, passive voice, nominalisation, subordinate-clause word order) with ten transformation items each.

Extend the vocabulary register to 120 items, adding 30 collocations and 15 idiomatic expressions typical of German opinion journalism.

Summarise two current social debates in German at 200 words each, stating the main positions and one counter-argument per debate.

Read three short German opinion pieces and annotate each for thesis, supporting claims and rhetorical moves using a fixed three-column grid.

Record a three-minute spoken summary of one debate and self-assess it for hesitation, gender and case errors, and word-order slips.

Analyse six unseen German stimulus texts across genres (report, interview, commentary, data commentary) using a fixed protocol: purpose, audience, structure, tone, stance.

Compare two texts on the same issue and write a 300-word evaluation of which argument is stronger, citing specific textual evidence for each judgement.

Compile a glossary of 25 German evaluative adjectives and hedges (fragwürdig, bemerkenswert, durchaus, keineswegs) and deploy each in an original sentence about a stimulus text.

Re-test and repair three recurring grammar weaknesses flagged in the week 1 error log, checking each against ten new items.

Write two full analytical responses of 500 words each under 50-minute timed conditions, each citing at least three evidence points from a German stimulus text.

Deconstruct an analytical response into a reusable skeleton (introduction, claim, evidence, evaluation, conclusion) and apply it to two new texts.

Produce a 250-word German creative response that re-voices one stimulus text from a different perspective, choosing a letter, diary entry or monologue.

Re-test the four target structures from week 1 to confirm retention before moving into creative production.

Draft four 200-word German creative responses in four distinct formats (monologue, blog post, formal letter, short story fragment), each triggered by a different stimulus text.

Control register by rewriting the same 120-word passage in formal, journalistic and informal German, then annotating the lexical and syntactic shifts.

Build a bank of 20 German sentence frames for argumentation and narration and use at least 12 of them across the four drafts.

Extend the vocabulary register to 180 items with an emphasis on abstract and evaluative language.

Write a 400-word German critical response arguing a position on a social issue, integrating two stimulus texts and conceding one counter-argument.

Self-mark two creative drafts against task fulfilment, range, accuracy and idiomaticity, then rewrite the weaker draft in full.

Analyse three unseen German texts at 15 minutes each, writing a one-sentence thesis and a two-sentence evaluation for every text.

Proofread one of your own German texts using a five-point checklist: case, agreement, word order, tense, register.

Sit a two-hour mock examination covering all three domains under exam conditions with no notes or dictionaries.

Mark the mock against the assessment criteria and convert every lost mark into a specific, dated revision action.

Rework the weakest section of the mock and re-time it to confirm the fix holds under pressure.

Consolidate the vocabulary register to 200 items and self-quiz it across three spaced sessions during the week.

Complete two half-mocks (one analytical, one creative) under exam timing and compare scores directly with week 7.

Work through the remediation list and re-test each item until it is answered correctly twice in a row.

Rehearse a five-minute spoken commentary on a German stimulus text, record it once, and note two concrete delivery improvements.

Finalise a one-page exam-day checklist covering time allocation, task verbs and your personal error traps.