German in St. Kilian's

Secondary School

Native speakers             ˘  DM Mother Tongue

               Primary School learners  ˘  DF Foreign Language Learners

Secondary beginners        ˘      DN  New Language

 

DCourse

aim: Junior Certificate Higher Level

Year 1
 
8 pds/wk
Year 2
 
7 pds/wk
Year 3
 
8 pds/wk

 

 

DM Course

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
3 pds
German
3 pds
German
3 pds
German
2 pds
Landes-
kunde
2 pds
Landes-
kunde
 
2 pds
Landes-
kunde
 
3 pds
Geschichte
3 pds
Geschichte
 
3 pds
Geschichte
 

 

 

 

DCourse

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
3 pds
German
3 pds
German
3 pds
German
2 pds
Landes-
kunde
2 pds
Landes-
kunde
 
2 pds
Landes-
kunde
 
3 pds
Geschichte
3 pds
Geschichte
 
3 pds
Geschichte
 

 

Transition Year

DM (6 pds)
BLC or
LC (H) plus Sprachdiplom
DS (6 pds)
BLC or
LC (H) plus
Sprachdiplom
DL (6 pds)
LC (Higher Level)
Geschichte
(3 pds)
MIXED
Geschichte
(3 pds)
MIXED
Landeskunde (3 pds)

      BLC - Bilingual Leaving Certificate

    LC - Leaving Certificate

 

Senior Cycle

DL
(6 pds)
 
Irish LC curriculum
German Literature and Culture
(6 pds)
New Irish LC curriculum for advanced language proficiency
Geschichte
(4 pds)
European and World History through German
Irish LC Curriculum
History (H)
(3 pds)
Irish History through English
Irish LC Curriculum
Leaving Certificate
Bilingual
Leaving Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Text Box: Methodology:
Communicative language teaching
Curriculum:
Junior Cert (extended) (www.education.ie)
Re-allocation after 3rd Year

 

 

Text Box: German: Curriculum for advanced foreign language learners) 
č Junior Cert
Landeskunde: MIXED communicative methodology, school curriculum; outcome: cultural competence
Geschichte: MIXED text based language teaching focusing on written skills; complements Irish History curriculum
 
 

 

Text Box: German: Curriculum for native speakers 
˘Standardised Outcome (http://www.kmk.org/schul/Bildungs-standards/Deutsch_MSA_BS_04-12-03.pdf)
˘ PLUS Junior Cert
Landeskunde: MIXED communicative methodology, school curriculum; outcome: cultural competence
Geschichte: MIXED text based language teaching focusing on written skills; complements History curriculum