GACE German (742) case studies
GACE German (742) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
GACE German (742) is one of the subject-area content assessments Georgia uses in the certification process for educators who want to teach German in the state's public schools. It is aimed at candidates preparing for an initial teaching certificate with a German field, as well as currently certified teachers adding German to an existing certificate. The GACE German (742) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,559 words.
1One Listen Is Not Enough: Scaffolding a Swiss German Podcast
At a suburban high school, 22 German III students are starting an interpretive-listening unit on urban mobility. The teacher plans to use a 90-second SRF '100 Sekunden Wissen' clip about cycling in Zurich.
750 words, about 4 min2Glossing Without Drowning: A GDR Memoir in German IV
A German IV class of 19 is beginning a unit on East German everyday life. The teacher found a 380-word memoir excerpt in which a writer recalls saving 'Bezugsscheine' for a 'Konsum' store and describes 'Mangelwirtschaft' with sentences such as 'Ohne Beziehungen wäre vieles unmöglich gewesen.' The text includes 14 unfamiliar words per 100, several nominal compounds, passive constructions, and Konjunktiv II.
687 words, about 3 min3The Fully Understandable Email That Scored 'Not Yet Proficient'
A German III class of 26 students completes a presentational writing task: a formal email to a Jugendherberge in Leipzig requesting a room for four nights and asking about vegetarian meals. Students have 45 minutes, a word bank, and no dictionary.
708 words, about 4 min4Paired Role-Play and the Reliability Problem
A German II class of 28 students completes a paired role-play: one student is a tourist asking for directions to the Stadtmuseum; the other is a local giving directions. The teacher and a student teacher rate three criteria on a 4-point scale: fluency, accuracy, and task completion.
732 words, about 4 min5When 68% on Grammar Does Not Mean They Can Order
A German I department with seven sections and four teachers gives a common summative on the accusative case and 'möchten.' The test is 40 fill-in-the-blank items; the department average is 68%. On a separate oral ordering task, only 12 of 28 students in one section could complete a basic request without reading from notes.
682 words, about 3 min