KS4 · German · Year 11
Deutschland: read aloud, reading comprehension (Edexcel)
Travel and Tourism: Wiederholung: Menschen und Orte
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Your learning goal
I can confidently read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions about visiting Germany and its festivals.
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Deutschland: read aloud, reading comprehension (Edexcel): slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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I can confidently read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions about visiting Germany and its festivals.
Key learning points
- It is important to have a good knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences to accurately read aloud in German.
- Look out for tricky sounds and cognates, and mentally rehearse before reading aloud.
- The most important thing for successful reading comprehension is a secure knowledge of vocabulary.
- It is also very helpful to look out for synonyms and distractors when answering reading comprehension questions.
- When translating, 'zoom in' to translate individual words and 'zoom out' to check the meaning of the whole sentence.
Words to know
- sound-symbol correspondence
- relationship between letters and their sounds
- synonym
- word that has the same or very similar meaning to another word
- distractor
- incorrect but plausible answer option in reading or listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common mistakes
I can rely on strategies like recognising synonyms and avoiding distractors to successfully complete all reading comprehension questions.
Whilst strategies such as recognising synonyms and avoiding distractors are very helpful, they are only possible with a really secure and broad knowledge of the vocabulary list. Consolidating vocabulary is therefore the most important preparation.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The 'read aloud' learning cycle contains tasks for both Foundation and Higher tiers. The reading comprehension learning cycle contains tasks for Foundation, Foundation/Higher and Higher tiers. It will be helpful for pupils to have a copy of the questions in this cycle.