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    GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide
    GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide
    GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide
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    GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide

    By Iain Coleman

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    Are you studying GCSE German? This e-book will ensure you know exactly what you have to do to get top marks in the speaking and writing controlled assessments. Suitable for all major exam boards, this guide is broken down into logical sections, giving you specific guidance for the spoken and written tasks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIain Coleman
    Release dateJan 7, 2013
    ISBN9781301050789
    GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide
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    Iain Coleman

    I have been teaching French and German for ten years and have been learning languages for most of my life. I fell in love with languages pretty much instantly, thanks to some inspiring (and crazy!) teachers during my own time at school. I joined Aldridge School, a successful and popular comprehensive school in the West Midlands, in 2003 and I am still there. For the last few years I have been responsible for Modern Languages at the school; this has given me an even deeper insight into language learning. I have recently started working part-time at the school in order to spend more time with my family and to start my own business. Outside of school I am a bit of a nerd, with hobbies ranging from computer programming to playing the ukulele, and plenty in between. I am also a fan of real ale, along with anything else that is bad for me. I have a fantastic and long-suffering wife, Naomi, and a beautiful daughter, Evie. Iain Coleman July 2012

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      GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide - Iain Coleman

      GCSE German Controlled Assessment Guide

      Iain Coleman

      Copyright Interactive Textbooks 2013

      Published by Interactive Textbooks at Smashwords

      
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      Chapter 1: Introduction

      This book has been designed to help you prepare for your GCSE German controlled assessments. It is suitable for the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and OCR specifications.

      How to use this book:

      1) The Grammar Guide will help you if your teacher tells you that you need to improve the accuracy of a particular grammar point such as your use of the present tense or adjective endings. All of the grammar you need for GCSE is included!

      2) The Grammatical Nuggets section contains a list of complex structures with examples for you to make your work more sophisticated (and therefore improve your grade!)  This section is particularly useful if you want a grade A or A*.

      3) The Tips for Speaking and Writing sections provide a list of methods for revising for your controlled assessments as well as some general advice.

      4) The Useful Phrases section has a list of general phrases to help improve your range of vocabulary (and improve your grade!)

      If you like this book, be sure to leave us a review! Your feedback motivates us to produce even more interactive learning materials! If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact the author through our website:

      iac@interactivetextbooks.co.uk

      Chapter 2: Grammar Guide

      2.1 Nouns

      A noun is used to name or identify a person, place, quality, action, concept or thing. It is introduced to primary school children as a 'naming word', which I think sums up the definition quite nicely.

      The first thing we must learn is that ALL nouns in German start with a capital letter.

      Gender

      All nouns in German have a gender - this can be masculine, feminine or neuter.  Masculine nouns will have ein (a/an) or der (the) in front of them; feminine nouns have eine (a/an) or die (the) in front of them and neuter nouns will have ein (a/an) or das (the) in front of them. 

      As English speakers it is hard to understand this concept as we do not think of every object as masculine, feminine or neuter unless we are thinking about people or animals. 

      It is not generally possible to work out what gender a noun is - although there are some guidelines to help you when you are stuck.  There will be exceptions to these!

      Masculine:

      Words that end in -ner, -ismus as well as days, months and seasons.

      Feminine:

      Words that end in -heit, -tät, -ung, -keit, -schaft, -ie

      Neuter:

      Words that end in -chen or -lein

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