German: F–10 Sequence / Levels 5 and 6 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Explain and apply basic rules for German pronunciation, intonation, spelling and punctuation
Elaborations
applying basic pronunciation rules, such as the two different pronunciations of ch
applying different intonation for statements, questions, exclamations and instructions
understanding that β can only be used in lower case, otherwise SS, and that ä, ö and ü can be written as ae, oe and ue respectively, for example, in upper case signs or word puzzles such as crosswords
applying phonic and grammatical knowledge to spell and write unfamiliar words containing, for example,ch, j, w and z, and diphthongs such as au, ei,eu and ie
noticing distinctive punctuation features of personal correspondence in German, such as Hallo Annette!/Lieber Klaus, followed respectively by upper or lower case for the beginning of the first sentence
understanding and applying punctuation rules (full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, quotation marks) in German, including the meaning and use of full stops and commas in ordinal and decimal numbers (die 3. Klasse and 9,50 Euro), and capitalisation rules
