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Date Submitted: 12/07/2012 01:02 PM
| |Subject: German |
| |Level: Year 11 |
| | |
| |Title: Describing a past holiday |
| |Authors: Gunhild Litwin (comments), Sue Pomarede (author) |
| |Email address: g.litwin@massey.ac.nz |
1. Why this unit is worth re-working
It is a typical unit of work focussing on one grammar-focused topic. It is teacher-driven and textbook-based. Many teachers will have units like this.
The documentation follows a format familiar to most teachers and serves mainly to comply with school requirements at the beginning and to provide a step by step book-based programme.
In commenting on this unit we can show by example how aspects of the Learning Languages statement (NZC pp.24-25) can be incorporated into existing units, and what changes need to be made in the thinking and pedagogy to enable a variety of meaningful and communicative learning experiences.
2. Rethinking the unit
This unit
➢ focuses on the use of German for authentic purposes; creating opportunities to communicate experiences, likes/dislikes etc.
➢ shows good use of textbook suplemented by resources.
➢ exemplifies the Key Competency of Relating to others (interacting using German).
For teaching ideas which support aspects of this unit, view the Learning Languages support materials on TKI:
http://secondary.tki.org.nz/learning_languages/german...