VCE German Questions Thread

[Joseph41]

VCE GERMAN Q&A THREAD

What is this thread for?
If you have general questions about the VCE German course or how to improve in certain areas, this is the place to ask! 👌


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Everyone is welcome to contribute; even if you're unsure of yourself, providing different perspectives is incredibly valuable.

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[samst]

If i am going awful in german what should I do. I am so bad at listening and speaking I can read the text fine and most of the time answer the questions but I'm screwed for the oral and listening part. Please help. Also have no idea what study score I could get can people please let me know what they got in sacs and there study score.

Thank uuuuu

[Chocolatepistachio]

I do not study German but if you want to improve in listening you should immerse yourself in the language as much as possible and listen to shows/ watch movies in German, listen to podcasts, listening to an audiobook

For oral practice speaking with a native speaker maybe your teacher or if you have a friend that speaks that language

[AngelWings]

If i am going awful in german what should I do. I am so bad at listening and speaking I can read the text fine and most of the time answer the questions but I'm screwed for the oral and listening part. Please help. Also have no idea what study score I could get can people please let me know what they got in sacs and there study score.

Thank uuuuu

Like Chocolatepistachio, I didn't do German, but did Japanese SL (all 4 units) and Chinese SL (only U1/2). However, some of the skills and practise can be generalised to other LOTEs too.

I found that for listening, you could also start listening to the German news for practise or German radio channels, if possible. If you wanted something a bit more your level, look at other states' equivalents of VCE e.g. HSC, SACE, QCE for additional listening tasks (I found HSC and SACE Japanese Continuers to be almost the same level as VCE Japanese SL), or asking your teacher for some.

For speaking, exactly what Chocolatepistachio has said. Also, your classmates are a great resource and make great practise buddies! I used to practise my general conversation and detailed study with my classmates who were doing similar topics, which helped quite a bit. You could ask to conduct them via whatever digital learning platform your school is using e.g. Zoom or Microsoft Teams video calls to make it a little easier to hold a conversation and practise your non-verbal communication e.g. hand gestures.