Class 8 German: CBSE / ICSE / IGCSE

German (Deutsch) language for class 8 students (for various boards – CBSC, ICSE, IGCSE). Learn about the topics, assessments, textbooks, resources and evaluation methods used in CBSE and ICSE-affiliated schools for Class 8 German language.

The following learning objectives apply for class VIII students.

Listening and responding

By the end of class VIII students should be able to:

• Listen and understand the main points and some details from an extended dialog or a short spoken text
• Understand a verbal stimulus and respond briefly to it without prompts
• Apply listening strategies according to the text and the task set for it (e.g. selective listening)

Speaking

By the end of class VIII students should be able to:

• Ask for and give directions
• Give simple instructions about everyday tasks
• Retell using familiar language a sequence of events which happened in the recent past
• Describe in simple language incidents from their own experience
• Prepare and present a project in simple but correct language

Related: More German topics, books and resources here

Reading and responding

By the end of class VIII students should be able to:

• Read for gist or purpose and apply the requisite reading strategies
• Read and understand the main points and some detail from a more complex written text
• Read aloud with confidence, enjoyment and expressions from a known text aiming for authentic pronunciation and intonation

Writing

By the end of class VIII students should be able to:

• Write a short paragraph on a topic already discussed in class with slightly more complex sentence structures (e.g. using the causal conjunction “weil” and “Infinitive mit zu”)
• Write a short text (e.g. mail) about recent events and experiences in the past
• Write short texts adhering to the syntactical and orthographical rules learned in class

Intercultural Awareness

By the end of class VIII students should be able to:

• Identify shopping destinations in German speaking countries for specific objects
• Recognise the general layout of a city in German speaking countries and find a specific location on a city map
• Compare the layout of a house and a young persons room in a German speaking country and identify similarities and differences to one’s own.

Knowledge about language

By the end of class VIII the students should be able to:

• Understand and construct more complex German sentences using the causal conjunction “weil” and “Infinitive with zu”
• Understand the use of prepositions for giving information on time, place and direction
• Apply his/her knowledge of word order and sentence structure in conjunction with pictorial texts in both spoken and written language

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