Valencian Community PAU German II study plan

Diagnose current level by completing one full PAU-style Leseverstehen task under timed conditions and tabulating errors by type (detail, inference, vocabulary-in-context).

Build a personal glossary of 60 high-frequency PAU reading lexis (Umwelt, Bildung, Technik, Gesellschaft) with German-Spanish equivalents and one example sentence each.

Identify and drill the five most frequent distractor patterns in multiple-choice reading items (absolute wording, half-true paraphrase, wrong-scope, inverted cause-effect, out-of-text knowledge).

Practise skimming two 400-word German articles in 6 minutes each and writing a one-sentence German summary of the main claim.

Work through four full Leseverstehen sets (true/false with justification, matching headings, gap-fill) in strict 25-minute blocks.

Justify at least 20 true/false answers in German by quoting and paraphrasing the relevant text line, not by copying it verbatim.

Consolidate grammar needed for precise comprehension: subordinate clauses (weil, obwohl, damit, sodass), relative clauses, and passive voice, with 40 transformation sentences.

Record and review 30 unfamiliar words per session using spaced-repetition cards with the German word in a full sentence.

Write two 150-word opinion texts (Meinungsäußerung) on PAU-typical prompts using a fixed structure: introduction, two arguments with connectors, counterargument, conclusion.

Memorise and actively deploy 25 discourse connectors (einerseits, allerdings, folglich, dennoch, zumal, insofern) and use each at least once across the week's writing.

Draft and self-correct one formal email (Beschwerde or Anfrage) of 120 words applying register-appropriate openings and closings.

Diagnose and fix personal fossilised errors by rewriting three of your own paragraphs, marking every correction with a rule reference.

Complete one full timed mock of the written paper (reading plus writing) in 90 minutes without aids, then mark it against PAU-style band descriptors.

Produce one 180-word argumentative text under 40-minute time pressure, then revise it for coherence, range and accuracy in a second pass.

Reduce error density in writing to a target of fewer than 8 errors per 100 words by applying the personal checklist before submission.

Summarise one German reading text in 60 words of your own German to practise compression and paraphrase.

Train listening with 20 short authentic clips (news briefs, interviews, announcements), answering detail and gist questions after a single hearing.

Practise note-taking while listening: capture keywords and numbers for five 2-minute audio texts and reconstruct the content in German afterwards.

Distinguish and transcribe minimal pairs and connected-speech reductions (nicht/nie, schon/schön, 'ne, ham wa) from five dictation exercises.

Combine listening and reading: hear a text, then read its transcript, and list every word you misheard and why.

Mediate ten short Spanish or Valencian sentences into German, choosing natural register rather than literal translation, and justify two lexical choices per item.

Explain in German five grammar contrasts (Präteritum vs Perfekt, Konjunktiv II for politeness, prepositional verbs, word order in main and subordinate clauses) as if to a classmate.

Complete 50 Wortschatz exercises on collocations, fixed prepositional phrases and word formation (nouns from verbs, prefixes).

Rewrite five clumsy sentences into idiomatic German and annotate the register shift (formal/informal, written/spoken).

Build a fact sheet on the German-speaking countries covering education systems, environmental policy, federal structure and one current cultural debate, each with three concrete facts and one German source.

Write one 180-word text in German referring to a cultural or social aspect of a German-speaking country, integrating facts accurately.

Run a second full timed mock (reading, writing, listening) and compare scores with week 4 to quantify progress.

Practise five short listening tasks on culturally specific topics (regional dialects, public transport announcements, school-system vocabulary).

Complete two full timed simulations of the whole exam under official timing, including a listening section, with no breaks or aids.

Consolidate the personal error checklist into a one-page pre-exam review sheet covering grammar, connectors and exam strategy.

Rehearse time allocation per section and practise the decision rule for skipping and returning to hard reading items.

Review the 150 highest-frequency words and 30 connectors from the whole plan in a single active-recall session.