NCEA Level 3 German case studies
NCEA Level 3 German · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NCEA Level 3 German is the highest school-level German qualification in New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement, sitting above Level 1 and Level 2 German achievement standards and below the separate NZ Scholarship German standard. It is designed for senior secondary learners who can already operate in German and want to extend their listening, speaking, reading and writing across increasingly complex and less familiar contexts. The NCEA Level 3 German case studies are 5 cases and about 2,598 words.
1Voicemail at the cinema: meeting time versus film time
You are practising for the NCEA Level 3 German listening external with a 55-second voicemail from Lena about a cinema trip. The recording is played twice, with 30 seconds between playings, and includes street noise; Lena speaks quickly: 'Der Film beginnt um 19:45, aber wir treffen uns schon um 19:15 vor dem Kino, weil ich die Karten abholen muss.
559 words, about 3 min2Phone call to the host mother: repairing register and apology
Your NCEA Level 3 German speaking internal is a 4-minute interaction. Your teacher plays Frau Berger, the mother of your host family in Kassel.
534 words, about 3 min3Museum website: opening hours, last entry and 'Voranmeldung'
You are reading the website of the Stadtmuseum in Leipzig for a class trip. The page says: 'Öffnungszeiten: Dienstag bis Sonntag 10:00–18:00.
516 words, about 3 min4Formal email about a host family: 'ich will' versus 'ich bitte'
You are writing a 180-word formal email in German to Frau Schmidt at the exchange organisation 'InterKultur'. You have been matched with a host family in Bremen, but you have just learned that the family has two cats and you are allergic.
507 words, about 3 min5Radio interview: 'soll angeblich' and the rumour of a bicycle ban
You are listening to a 2-minute radio interview on Bayern 2 about a proposed bicycle ban on a 1.2 km stretch of the Hauptstraße. The interviewer says that 4,000 people have signed a petition.
482 words, about 2 min