Some websites for GCSE German revision

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You've had loads of app suggestions - now here are some websites for you to exploit:

1. Bitesize - there are loads of listening tasks here as well as reading bits and bobs
2. S-cool - here divided by topic (at this stage, ignore the 'grammar' section - the others will be more use now)
3. Gut - so long as you want to use this after 4pm, it is free!  Use the Year 10 and Year 11 stuff
4. Linguascope - you should know our username and password, if not email Miss Milne
5. Languages online - loads of games for vocab and structures practice
6. Languages online (2nd link) - just vocab games, no structures
7. Revision World - broken down by topic
8. GCSE German Revision - lots of reading in English, but some good ideas nonetheless for you here

Give them a go, and remember to let us know which you prefer.

Revising using the text books

If you log into Moodle and subscribe to the correct courses, then you can access the text books and the listening activities to help with your revision:

• GCSE French: EXPO
• GCSE German: ECHO
• GCSE Spanish: ML101

The ones which start with an F are foundation and those which start with an H are higher.

When you choose your "pages", you will be faced with a link to click:

Click on the link which you see above (or similar) and then your text book page will open.  In order to practise your listening skills, you need to make sure that there is a tick in the hotspot button:

Then, whenever you see this symbol:

you will be able to do a listening activtiy.  Read the instructions and try hard to answer the questions.  There are no answers available, but you can access the transcript by clickin on page resources and downloading the linked file:

Any transcript that you open will open in Word (or another word processing package).

Email if you have trouble still accessing the resources.

Year 9 writing reflections

Last week Year 9 did their first writing examination towards their GCSEs. For some, it was an eye-opening experience which gave students an insight into the challenge that is writing in a foreign language.

After the exam, 9-1 sat down to reflect on what they had done in the exam and their preparations. Students shared their own ideas about how they prepared for the exam and  the strategies that they used. Some found that some strategies were more useful than others.

Here is a sample of some of the Year 9 students’ reflections and some examples of their

work.

•  "At the beginning of Year 9 I wouldn't have been able to write 152 words."
•  "I couldn't remember the small words like 'and'."
•  "Next time I will revise earlier."
•  "I didn't use my 40 words and still managed to write around 250 words."
•  "Learn more vocabulary."
•  "Remember key phrases, not everything!"
•  "Keep it simple."

•  "Don't forget opinions."
•  "Simple, but effective."
•  "Remember the little words, learn them properly."

We now know that next time we do a writing exam what we need to do to ensure we get even better marks!