Recognise and use key features of the German sound system, including rhythm, stress, intonation and pronunciation of distinctive sounds, such as those represented by the letters ch (ich or acht), r (rot), th (Theater, Thema), u (du) and z (zehn); consonant blends and clusters, such as sch; short and long vowel sounds and diphthongs, such as au, ei, eu and ie; the impact of the Umlaut (Ü) on a, o and u; and the Eszett (ß)

Use the German alphabet for spelling out names and other words

Begin to apply punctuation rules in German, such as capital letters, full stops and question marks

(ACLGEU012)

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, by recognising and using
context-related vocabulary and elements of the German grammatical system, including:

• understanding the concept of nominative and accusative cases for the subject and object of a sentence
• understanding that German has multiple words for ‘the’ and ‘a/an’ according to the gender of the relevant noun, and that the article for masculine nouns changes in the accusative case, for example, Die Frau hat einen BMW.
• using die as the definite article of plural nouns and recognising common ways to form plurals of nouns
• using adjectives that follow the noun, for example, Unsere Deutschlehrerin ist intelligent.; Die Berge in Österreich sind sehr schön.; Meine Augen sind blau.
• noticing the relationship between gender, article, case and adjectival ending when using adjectives that precede the noun, for example, Ich habe einen kleinen Bruder.
• joining words, phrases and sentences using the coordinating conjunctions und, oder and aber, for example, Am Wochenende spiele ich Tennis und sehe fern.
• noticing that the pronoun may change after certain verbs with a direct object, for example, Ich mag dich.; Wir brauchen ihn.
• using personal pronouns as the subject of the sentence
• using personal pronouns to refer to people and things, for example, Was kostet die App? Sie kostet …; Wo sind deine Haustiere? Sie sind im Garten.
• using the subject-verb inversion to form questions, for example, Hast du Geschwister?
• forming questions using interrogatives, such as wann, was, wer, wie, wo and wie viele
• using the possessive adjectives mein and dein in nominative and accusative cases, for example, Ich liebe meinen Hund.
• recognising that in German a subject + verb can have multiple English translations, for example, wir spielen can mean ‘we play’, ‘we are playing’, ‘we do play’, ‘we shall/will play’ and ‘we’re going to play’, and applying this understanding to own sentence formation
• using the subject-verb-object word order, for example, Ich spiele Basketball.
• understanding the concept of regular and irregular verbs, and that this is a feature of both German and English
• noticing that German word order is flexible and that other elements apart from the subject can begin a sentence, for example, Am Wochenende sehe ich fern.
• using the subject-verb inversion to keep the verb as the second idea/element in the sentence, for example, Heute spiele ich Basketball.
• using the present tense of regular verbs and some common irregular verbs, including sein and haben
• negating verbs and adjectives using nicht and nouns using kein/e, for example, Er ist nicht älter als ich.; Nein, Marcus hat keine Geschwister.
• noticing informal singular and plural commands, for example, Steht auf!; Komm mit!
• referring to quantities of people and things using cardinal numbers to a thousand, and common fractions, for example, Ich habe eine Halbschwester.

Build metalanguage to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts

(ACLGEU013)

Identify and use text structures and language features of common spoken, written and multimodal texts, and compare with structures and features of similar texts in English

(ACLGEU014)

Examine linguistic features in texts to develop an understanding that languages vary according to elements, such as register

Understand that German, like all languages, varies according to participants, roles and relationships, situations and cultures

(ACLGEU015)

Recognise that German is a global language and that German and English are related languages

(ACLGEU016)

Explore the relationship between language and culture

(ACLGEU017)