THE NEW AP GERMANREADY FOR AN ADVENTURE?

New framework and example questions

Why this new AP test?Currently not all AP tests are

created equalmost universities retest the

students upon their arrival. the college board wants to

standardize the AP language tests, so that universities will use the results more readily.

What is the standard?based upon the syllabi of the 10

best institutions -rated anonymously by the college board

The revised framework can be downloaded here:To open, right click, open hyperlink

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Essential course

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Step 1. Syllabus

How to set up the

syllabus, to get them all through the

test

Steps towards arevised courseVisit the AP German Language and Culture course home page for the information and resources you need to teach the revised course.

Teachers of AP German Language and Culture must submit an updated course syllabus for the 2011-12 academic year.

Resources that support syllabus development and a timeline can be found on the following website http://www.collegeboard.com/html/apcourseaudit/

Deadline is: January 31, 2012

Syllabi must be-regularly updated

-renewed every 5 years-standard based

read more on:http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/world-languages/german

Sample syllabus is available here:To open, right click, open document, open

!AP German Language und Culture Syllabus

Course Overview :

This class is comprised of six thematic units organized around essential questions and authentic materials. It is conducted almost exclusively in German, and students are encouraged to use German exclusively in class. Every week, two volunteer native speakers of German from the community are in the class for support and to lead small conversation groups.

For each unit there are structural foundations the students practice through contextualized activities related to the unit’s theme. Each unit develops related vocabulary.

All the examples given for a variety of authentic materials are subject to constant change, since the conten t of the course is partially based on most current information, and development in the world. All resources stated under the appropriate unit are in addition to all materials of the primary textbook.

Throughout the course the teachers implements current ev ents using authentic resources.

Throughout the course students prepare posters or PowerPoint presentations on cultural topics that they present orally to the class. Their presentation is based on identified authentic resources, and includes a cultural comparison of the student ’s own community to an area of the German -speaking world. Since students watch broadcasts from different areas of the German -speaking world, they discuss cultural and linguistic differences. Prompt and scoring rubric for one of the ass ignment- see appendix 1

Throughout the course, students’ homework assignments consists of reading literary texts of their choice, writing a reading log, developing their own individual vocabulary list, and write reading reflections. Instructions for extensive reading assignments, and rubric – see appendix 2

We have a GAPP (German-American Partnership Program) existing with a high school from Freiburg, Germany. Between students in AP and the German high school students exist regular opportunities for real -life language use. Students participate in at least on e of the offered field trips by the German teacher. Those are usually cultural events conducted in German. At least once a year, we invite a German -speaking guest speaker into our classroom, e.g., German author Leonhard Thoma, Austrian photographer Werner Branz.

Formative and summative assessments will be used throughout the year to check text comprehension and interpretation, grammar and vocabulary. Most of the summative assessments will be holistically graded using rubrics.

Resources:

Primary Course Ma terials

Moeller, Adolph, Mabee, Berger – Kaleidoskop 7/e, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007

Rankin,Wells- Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik 4, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004

Alan Posener-Olli aus Ossiland, Sangill Grafik Poduktion, Holme -Olstrup, 1997

Videos

Good buy, Lenin- Warner Bros., 2003

Türkisch für Anfänger, DVD, Das Erste, 2009

Das Leben der Anderen, DVD, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006

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Course Themesthe AP German Language and Culture course is

structured around these 6 subjects: „Designing the AP German Language and Culture course around themes creates an interesting, meainingful context in which to explore a variety of language concepts. Themes help teachres integrate langauge, content, and culture into an interrelated series of lessons and activities that promote the use of the language in a variety of contexts. A theme may be used to plan a brief unit of study or a comprehensive unit spanning a greater period of time, or to connect with AP courses in other disciplines.“

Context!

integrate

use of languageconnect

Lets try this ourselvesLets think of a unit for

each of these subject matters. which authentic materials what topic matters what current events

included?

Remember, you are anticipating the type of texts that students might see on exams! Only authentic materials are used on the AP tests from now on.

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Structure the course with 6 essential questions – one per topic.

Ex: What is Beauty? Has it changed? If so, how?

Context for the course

Everything will from now on have

CONTEXTit’s the new buzz word.

What does that mean for you and your course?

The course needs to focus on context with a thematic approach. It must focus on culture with the three Ps.

Lets review that pedagogic jargon briefly

Even grammar should be taught within a specific context!

5 C’s? 3 P’s

ConnectionsCultureComparisonCommunitiesCommunication

Product PracticesPerspectives

Quite some lingo: What are the …

Can you give me some examples?

Again, examples?

Sprache und Kulture – Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz

Innerhalb & außerhalb der Schule in Deustchland

Mercedes

Duzen/Siezen

Duzen/SiezenBasiert auf Perspektive, jemanden, den ich kenne, nicht kenne / wird anders angeredet

So again, the new test will focus on culture with 3 P’s?Thus, include Lieder, Bücher, Zeitungen!

Authentic materials!is buzz word # 2

Authentic Material

Remember: The student will be confronted with authentic materials during the test. He/She will need strategies as it will be impossible to predict what words or topics will be on the exam.

Useful websites:

Für Arbeitsblätter• Matobe – online Verlag, Arbeitsblätter kaufen

und downloaden http://www.matobe-verlag.de/

Für Nachrichten• ARD online http://www.ard.de/rootnavi/home/-/

id=1860/10tv2ti/index.html• Bundeskanzlerin.de http://

www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Webs/BK/De/Homepage/home.html

Tools to get students speaking• Lingtlanguage http://lingtlanguage.com/ • Rhinospike (foreign language speak at

demand) http://rhinospike.com/

Habt ihr noch Webseiten?

Additional authentic matireal sources:To open, right click, open document, open

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New AP Test breakdown

Neues Examen- 3 Stunden lang

Es gibt 2 Sektionen, gegliedert nach Learning Objective

I.Print & Written

II.Print & Audio combined

What is that? – Promotional Material, Werbung, Plakate zu Konzerten, Prospekte.

Einige Veränderungen/ wichtige Hinweise

Free responses werden nicht mehr veröffentlichtDesign des Kurses ist wichtig – Es gibt leider nur 1

Praxis Examen im Moment. Hinter jeder Frage im Examen steht eine Learning

Objective Kurs muss nach learning objectives structuriert

werden.Studenten müssen Statistiken lesen können, und

das Wort Quellenmaterial kennen. Practice Exam:http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/german_lang/samp.html?germanlang

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Völlig NEU I

Print & AudioAudio & Article (Ex. S. 25 of the pratice exam)

Audio to S. 25. http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/video_audio/ap/AP_German_Sect_1_part_B_Sel_1_temp.mp3

Students must read the text first, then answer the questions in regard to this text. Once the time is up, the student will have to listen to the read text (it starts automatically). The audio section will be read twice. The student now had to answer the oral questions, and will then have to answer the questions that compare and contrast the audio with the written.TAKES PRACTICE!

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/video_audio/ap/AP_German_Sect_1_part_B_Sel_1_temp.mp3

Tell students, to only read one side to safe time!

Audio

Audio and Sample Test: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/german_lang/samp.html?germanlang

Völlig NEU II

Presentational WritingStudent should makes some notes before writing.

I. Frage lesenII. Eigene Idee aufschreibenIII. Unterstüzungen im Text findenIV. Kontrast finden

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