Mündliche Prüfung
Overview
| Marks Going | 100 marks |
| Percentage of Final Grade | 25% |
| Timing | 15 minutes |
There are three parts to the Oral Exam:
- General Questions
- Project or Picture Sequence
- Roleplay
1. General Questions
- 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.
2. Project or Picture Sequence
- 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.
3. Roleplay
- 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.
