What topics should I prepare for German?

Piste

Hey, I really need to improve my German grade from the mocks. I think the Oral went well enough but I really need to focus on the written- in particular the Ausserung (see? Can't even spell!) and the Scriftliche Produktion.

So far I've made up vocabulary sheets with words and phrases on the Environment, Poverty and Christmas (you know how they love to talk about Christmas for some reason...)

What else should I cover? I'm thinking Health/Obesity/Excercise and various things to do with Ireland (festivals, where to go, what to do).

I hate the way they ask really weird things in the letter like Driving Tests that you wouldn't even think of preparing for.

Also is there anything big happening in Germany this year I should be aware of? During the JC the World Cup was held there and I was kicking myself for not preparing anything.

How is everyone else studying for German?

Back Prince

Im deffo doing something on recession and the enviroment seem like big one's.

Piste

Do you think the recession will come up? Seems like a pretty complicated topic to write about =/. Will it just be the effects of the recession do you think?

Aoibheann

Apparently papers are set as far back as November.. recession wasn't nearly in full gear then so you wouldn't know.. I've a notebook full of stuff which I can lend you (may need it back for nerdy purposes) if you like? Everything that's in there has been written, graded, rewritten and given the thumbs up and there's a load of stuff in it.. we did a lot of random crap. Have other sheets on various topics and they're all really useful. Just give me a shout!

As regards the recession - they don't give a crap what you say as long as it's in good german. Try to shove in a few tenses other than the present and they'll love you.. It's not too difficult to get good marks in the Schriftliche Producktion or the Ausserung with the right few phrases and decent grammar!

JohnG18

Just a suggestion from what my german teacher told me last year. Anything significant that happens will come up in some form. I would say something on Obama would be quite likely and the recession is a given even though the papers are set back in November.

Back Prince

yea but wasn't the first budget in October and not in December. But if i did come up hopefully only about losing jobs maybe family's having to save more.

Piste

Aoibheann wrote: »

Apparently papers are set as far back as November.. recession wasn't nearly in full gear then so you wouldn't know.. I've a notebook full of stuff which I can lend you (may need it back for nerdy purposes) if you like? Everything that's in there has been written, graded, rewritten and given the thumbs up and there's a load of stuff in it.. we did a lot of random crap. Have other sheets on various topics and they're all really useful. Just give me a shout!

As regards the recession - they don't give a crap what you say as long as it's in good german. Try to shove in a few tenses other than the present and they'll love you.. It's not too difficult to get good marks in the Schriftliche Producktion or the Ausserung with the right few phrases and decent grammar!

That'd be fantastic actually thanks!

-ME-

I'm covering:

Unemployment
Recession
The Environment
Immigrants in Ireland
Ireland and the EU (well, maybe not)
Computer
Mobile Phones (Pros/ Cons)
TV (Pros/ Cons)
Sport (Pros)
Drugs/ Alcohol/ Smoking
Violence (well, a few sentences)
Leaving Cert Pressure

That sounds like way more than it actually is, I've only prepared a longish paragraph on each and only a few lines for some. I'm intending on improvising a bit too. For each topic I took a few fancy sentences from Sprachschatz and combined them with notes from skoool.ie and stuff my teacher had given me.

Anyone have any sentences on Festivals in Ireland/ Germany? That seems to come up a good bit in the letter.

I'll put up any notes I have on the above topics up if anyone wants. They're not amazing but they're grand for a paragraph in the letter or whatever.

Des23

It is the 20th anniversary of the Wietervereinigung (sp?) (re-unification) this year I think, so it is a possibility.

It came up as a point on the letter in 1999, i.e. the 10 year anniversary.

-ME-

Des23 wrote: »

It is the 20th anniversary of the Wietervereinigung (sp?) (re-unification) this year I think, so it is a possibility.

It came up as a point on the letter in 1999, i.e. the 10 year anniversary.

I would scream

Piste

Same, like what is there to say on that?

lou91

Piste wrote: »

Same, like what is there to say on that?

In my opinion, the government should do more to solve this problem. This is easier said than done. However, practice makes perfect.

Hmm, my masterplan of using general waffle for everything might not be as foolproof as I thought....

Piste

Of course, that's only the tip of the iceberg....



Sounds like a typical Irish/French Essay of mide