Although English has become a lingua franca in the past several decades, to remain monolingual is to hinder your educational development and to deny yourself the ability to step inside the mind and context of another culture. German at A-level enables you to acquire and improve languages skills, communicate with the speakers of the language and to take your place in a multilingual, global community. It will give you the opportunity to refine your linguistic skills as well as to study aspects of German society and the cultural background of the German-speaking countries.

What is German @ DLD?

German at DLD provides an opportunity for students to improve their language skills using a variety of resources including magazines, films, texts and literature as well as the internet. These materials are used with a variety of teaching methods to help you to develop as a speaker of the language: we will help you to improve all four skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking) to achieve good results in the exams. We aim to achieve an atmosphere where you find your favourite way of learning and feel challenged and rewarded at the same time.

How is it assessed?

What do I need?

It is important that you like languages and are aware of what it means to study a language, for example, learning lots of new vocabulary and producing regular written assignments. However, passion and enthusiasm are perhaps the most important qualities to enable you to attain your best.

Good subject combinations

You can combine German with any subject. Learning a foreign language improves your skills of analysis and interpretation and this can complement all your studies. As more and more companies work closely with other businesses in other countries many kinds of workers will be needed who can communicate in different languages and understand other cultures. No matter what career you choose, if you have learned a second language, you will have a real advantage.

After DLD

You can use your language knowledge in many areas of employment. You can study German at degree level and many university programmes teach languages in conjunction with other subjects. You could even decide to study abroad, in a German speaking country for a summer, a term or maybe for a year. When you study a language, you learn about how to learn a language, so acquiring the next one will be even easier.

Questions

Can I do the course in one year? YES
Is Easter Revision available? YES
Do I have to have studied German before? NO