AQA German GCSE 8th June

The opinion of his aunt was very generous (großzügig), and the disadvantage was that you can't make calls on it.

The opinion of his aunt was very generous (großzügig), and the disadvantage was that you can't make calls on it.

What did u guys get for the question about the Sea, as in why that guy didn't like it (listening). Apparently he said he loves the North, but I heard Ich Lebe not Liebe so idek...

So, considering we've all done the paper and thought about some of the answers: what do you think the grade boundaries will be like for the two papers? Personaly I think it'll be quite high for the reading and average-to-low for the listening.

Last year's listening was as follows; A*: 29/40, A: 27/40, B: 25/40 and C: 23/40. Reading was; A*: 35/45, A: 30/40, B: 25/45 and so forth. Those are lower than that of the previous year, with listening at; A*: 33/40 and A: 30/40.

My German teacher told me that the last question on the reading paper looked similar to an A-level text, so I'm thinking that the grade boundaries for reading will be something like; A*: 36/45, A: 30-32/45, etc. Listening will probably be reasonable, with an A*: 32/40, and an A: 28-30/40.

Here's a link that might help you out: http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/about-results/uniform-mark-scale/convert-marks-to-ums

You think this year's listening was easier than last year's? I thought it was significantly harder - I got 39 in last year's.

Some of the questions were relatively challenging (for me, the positive/negative/positive and negative ones in particular), but I actually found last year's listening to be quite easy.

So did I - the mark I lost was because I zoned out and didn't hear the audio!
That's what I'm saying, how come you think this year's boundary for an A* will be higher than last year's if the paper was harder?

Last year's listening was as follows; A*: 29/40, A: 27/40, B: 25/40 and C: 23/40. Reading was; A*: 35/45, A: 30/40, B: 25/45 and so forth. Those are lower than that of the previous year, with listening at; A*: 33/40 and A: 30/40.

My German teacher told me that the last question on the reading paper looked similar to an A-level text, so I'm thinking that the grade boundaries for reading will be something like; A*: 36/45, A: 30-32/45, etc. Listening will probably be reasonable, with an A*: 32/40, and an A: 28-30/40.

Here's a link that might help you out: http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/about-results/uniform-mark-scale/convert-marks-to-ums

The majority of people that I've spoken with about it thought that the paper was fairly easy. I'm aiming for an A or an A* (my coursework is at full UMS, so hopefully the later of the two, though I wouldn't be too disappointed with an A), so I need to get either a high A or an A*- unfourtunately, I made a couple of stupid mistakes in the listening!

Is anyone here planning on doing German at A-level? I take both German and French so if anyone has any questions...

Yes, I'm planning to take german and spanish. Is there a big difference in terms of difficulty between gcse and a level?

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Yes, I'm planning to take german and spanish. Is there a big difference in terms of difficulty between gcse and a level?

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Okay where do I start... I've really enjoyed German at A-Level (I'm doing A2 currently and my exam is next Thursday, so it's nearly over for me) so much so that I am going to study languages at university in October!

I was initially nervous about the demands of taking two languages at A-level because of time management, as well as the speaking exams because I'm not so confident as a person. However doing both has been the best decision!

There is a definite jump from GCSE to A-Level but because there is arguably a jump for every subject, I don't think it is anything massive. I would say that you have got to really be sure that it's something you enjoy before taking it for A-level, because it comes with a lot of time spent on memrise (or other ways to learn vocab), there's quite a bit of vocab to learn! The main difference is that you can't really get by like at GCSE by just memorising paragraphs... you learn to use the language properly and by the end of A2, reach a decent level of fluency I'd say. In order to do well, what I had to do most for German (more so than French because of the German grammar and cases etc) was to really knuckle down on the grammar at the start of AS, but that's really helped in the long run although it was challenging to begin with. It's not really an easy option for A-Level but is any subject? The speaking exam is quite different to GCSE just because you have to be quite spontaneous, but saying that, I know people who never practiced speaking German or taking part in the lessons last year, and still managed to get B's overall at AS! It's possible. I found it to be really satisfying and it looks amazing to have a language A-level (even just at AS) on your CV because so few people choose it nowadays!

Is anyone here planning on doing German at A-level? I take both German and French so if anyone has any questions...

I really wish I was doing A Level...my sixth form aren't running it because I'm the only one who picked it