The courses cover a variety of topics, such as the environment, the development of the family, the role of festivals and traditions, immigration and multiculturalism, and many more. Lessons are taught mainly in German, so that students quickly become confident in speaking and listening. There are three papers:

Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation into English

Paper 2: Written response to film and literary work and translation into German

Paper 3: Speaking
Studying a language beyond GCSE is vastly different from the experience you will have had to date. No longer will you talk about your hobbies and daily routine; rather, an A-Level language course offers an insight into the politics, history, cultural spheres and society of the language studied, not to mention the language itself. You will study a film and a work of literature, and look in detail at a period of history. As you cover these cultural topics, you will continue to broaden your vocabulary and deepen your knowledge of grammar. By the end of the two-year course, you should be able to understand and communicate with native speakers of your chosen language speaking at their normal speed.