Mündliche Prüfung - Deutsch Online

Mündliche Prüfung

In the first part, the examiner will ask you general questions across seven themes: yourself and your family, where you live, school, language learning, future plans, hobbies and free time and time spent in a German speaking country.
This part is worth 40 out of the 100 available marks for the Oral Exam.
At the end of this first part the examiner will give you the option to talk about a literary text or a German language film. This is not compulsory and candidates will not lose marks if they choose not to discuss one. However, it is a guaranteed question and gives scope for you to show off your German.
You will be assessed on competence in the following areas: range of vocabulary, range of expression, awareness and use of grammar, independence from examiner support, appropriateness, fluency and pronunciation.
A comprehensive list of the general questions is available below.

In the second part, candidates must either present a project on a syllabus topic that is of interest to them or choose one of the five assigned picture sequences at random.
This part is worth 30 out of the 100 available marks for the Oral Exam.
Ideas for projects can be obtained in Section III ‘Cultural Awareness’ of the Leaving Certificate German Syllabus.
For those who opt for the project, it will be marked as follows:
- 10 marks for an uninterrupted verbal presentation of the project (not to exceed two minutes).
- 10 marks for clarification of aspects of content (further questioning) and the explanation of the process of doing a project (e.g. where the information was collected, what was learnt etc.).
- 10 marks for the candidate’s opinion on a related wider issue or theme.
Conversely, the picture sequence will be marked as follows:
- 10 marks for an uninterrupted verbal presentation of the picture story (in 10-15 sentences).
- 10 marks for the candidate’s future projection of how the story continues and for further explanation of some aspect not clearly dealt with in the narration.
- 10 marks for the candidate’s opinion on a related wider issue or theme.

In the third and final part, candidates must choose one of the five assigned roleplay cards at random. You will get the German and English version of the cards.
This part is also worth 30 out of the 100 available marks for the Oral Exam.
The roleplay will be marked as follows:
- 4 marks for the comprehensive communicative completion of each of the five numbered tasks on the roleplay card, which equates to 20 marks.
- 10 marks will be going for vocabulary use, accuracy and pronunciation.