KS4 · German · Year 11
Gesund bleiben: dictation, listening comprehension (Edexcel)
Lifestyle and wellbeing: Wiederholung: Gesundheit
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Your learning goal
I can transcribe and understand German speakers talking in a range of contexts about health and wellbeing.
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Gesund bleiben: dictation, listening 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.
Original teaching resources
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can transcribe and understand German speakers talking in a range of contexts about health and wellbeing.
Key learning points
- It is important to have a firm knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences to transcribe spoken German in a dictation.
- The most important thing for successful listening is a secure knowledge of vocabulary.
- As well as a broad vocabulary, prediction and being aware of distractors and synonyms are useful listening strategies.
Words to know
- SSC
- sound-symbol correspondence
- prediction
- strategy that involves anticipating what the answers might be by listing German words or phrases
- synonym
- word that has the same or very similar meaning to another word
- distractor
- incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common mistakes
I can rely on strategies like prediction and avoiding distractors to successfully complete all listening comprehension questions.
Whilst strategies such as prediction and avoiding distractors are very helpful, the single most important factor in successfully answering listening questions is having a secure knowledge of vocabulary.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The dictation learning cycle contains tasks for both Foundation and Higher tiers; both are included in the video. The listening learning cycle contains tasks for Foundation, Foundation/Higher and Higher tiers.