Canary Islands PAU German II study plan
Canary Islands PAU German II · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Comprensión escrita (reading comprehension of German-language texts) & Gramática y vocabulario en contexto (grammar and lexis in use)
Diagnose current reading level by completing two full-length German B1/B2-style texts under timed conditions and tabulating errors by type (detail, inference, vocabulary-in-context).
Build a personal glossary of 60 high-frequency exam-relevant connectors and discourse markers (zunächst, dennoch, folglich, allerdings) and classify each by function.
Practise skimming a 350-word German text in 4 minutes to identify main idea and text structure before answering questions.
Review German noun gender and case endings for articles and adjectives in nominative, accusative and dative using contextual sentences rather than isolated paradigms.
Your checkpoint
An error-analysis sheet listing each missed reading item, its question type, the lexical or grammatical cause, and a corrected answer with a one-sentence justification in German.
Comprensión escrita (reading comprehension of German-language texts) & Gramática y vocabulario en contexto (grammar and lexis in use)
Read four opinion-style German texts (Leserbriefe, Kommentare) and identify the author's stance by underlining the three strongest evaluative expressions in each.
Master the four German cases in context by rewriting 25 sentences from a news-style text, changing subjects and objects and adjusting all articles and adjective endings.
Practise answering true/false/not-stated items by locating and quoting the exact supporting or contradicting sentence from the text.
Drill separable and inseparable verb prefixes and their effect on meaning in reading passages.
Your checkpoint
A set of four annotated texts, each with a 40-word German summary of the author's position plus a table of ten case-transformation sentences with corrected endings.
Gramática y vocabulario en contexto (grammar and lexis in use) & Expresión escrita (written production: composition, guided writing)
Consolidate verb tense usage (Präteritum, Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt, Futur I) by transforming a 150-word narrative text into three different time frames.
Write two 120-word guided compositions (one informal email, one formal letter of complaint) applying appropriate register and formulaic openings and closings.
Practise subordination with weil, obwohl, damit, sodass and relative clauses by combining 20 pairs of simple sentences into complex ones.
Learn and actively use 40 topic-specific lexical items across two themes (environment, technology) in original sentences.
Your checkpoint
Two polished 120-word compositions (informal email and formal complaint) with a self-correction checklist showing tense, connector and register checks applied.
Comprensión escrita (reading comprehension of German-language texts) & Expresión escrita (written production: composition, guided writing)
Complete a full timed reading section (three texts, 45 minutes) and score it against the official-style mark scheme, aiming for at least 70%.
Write a 150-word opinion composition on a current sociopolitical topic, structuring it with introduction, two arguments with examples, and conclusion.
Use a self-editing protocol (verb position, subject-verb agreement, article endings, connector variety) to revise the composition and cut error density by half.
Expand active vocabulary by converting ten passive recognition words from reading texts into productive use in your own writing.
Your checkpoint
A timed reading score report plus a first and revised draft of a 150-word opinion composition with an error count before and after self-editing.
Expresión escrita (written production: composition, guided writing) & Gramática y vocabulario en contexto (grammar and lexis in use)
Write three 150-word compositions across different text types (argumentative, descriptive, narrative) within 30 minutes each.
Practise passive voice (Vorgangspassiv and Zustandspassiv) and Konjunktiv II for polite requests and hypothetical statements in 20 contextual transformations.
Build fluency with nominalisation and verbalisation by converting ten verbal sentences into nominal style and back, as required in formal German writing.
Refine cohesion by inserting varied cohesive devices into a previously written composition and checking that each addition is grammatically integrated.
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of three timed 150-word compositions, each with a marked-up revision showing five or more cohesion and grammar improvements.
Aspectos socioculturales y literarios de los países germanohablantes (sociocultural and literary content) & Expresión escrita (written production: composition, guided writing)
Summarise in German the key facts about three German-speaking countries' political systems (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz) and use them as content for writing tasks.
Read two short literary excerpts (a poem and a prose passage) from German-language authors and describe theme, tone and one stylistic feature in 80 words each.
Write a 150-word composition on a sociocultural prompt (e.g., multilingualism in Switzerland) integrating at least five new culture-specific terms.
Practise describing and comparing cultural practices using comparative and superlative constructions accurately.
Your checkpoint
A one-page German-language fact sheet on the three German-speaking political systems plus two 80-word literary commentaries and one 150-word culture-themed composition.
Comprensión auditiva, cuando la prueba la contemple (listening comprehension, where applicable) & Uso del alemán como herramienta de comunicación y aprendizaje (language-learning strategies, mediation)
Complete three listening comprehension sets (short announcements, dialogues, monologues) and transcribe the five items missed most often.
Practise note-taking while listening to a three-minute German audio clip and reconstruct the content in five German sentences.
Apply mediation strategies: summarise a German text in Spanish for a non-German-speaking reader and explain three key terms bilingually.
Use circumlocution and paraphrasing strategies to express ten unknown concepts in German without switching to Spanish.
Your checkpoint
A listening log with three completed sets, transcriptions of missed items, a five-sentence reconstruction, and a 100-word Spanish mediation summary of a German text with a glossary of five terms.
Comprensión escrita (reading comprehension of German-language texts) & Expresión escrita (written production: composition, guided writing) & Gramática y vocabulario en contexto (grammar and lexis in use)
Simulate the full exam under time pressure (reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary) and score each section.
Review the error-analysis sheet from week 1 and confirm that recurring error types have been eliminated or reduced.
Write one final 180-word composition and self-assess it against a checklist of task achievement, coherence, range and accuracy.
Consolidate the personal glossary to 150 active items and test recall in context-based sentences.
Your checkpoint
A full mock-exam score sheet with section-by-section results, a final 180-word composition with self-assessment, and a 150-item active glossary with a recall test score.
Milestones
Week 2: You can read a 350-word German text in under 6 minutes and answer detail and inference questions with at least 60% accuracy, and you correctly apply all four cases in a 25-sentence transformation exercise.
Week 4: Your timed reading score reaches at least 70%, and your revised 150-word composition shows at least 50% fewer grammatical errors than the first draft.
Week 6: You produce three timed 150-word compositions in 30 minutes each and can state five accurate facts about each German-speaking country's political system in German.
Week 8: Your full mock exam reaches at least 65% overall with no section below 55%, and your final composition meets all four self-assessment criteria.