CBSE Class 11 German Syllabus 2021-22

German, Code No. 120

Class XI and XII (2021-2022)
The syllabus for classes XI and XII while following the communicative approach lays more stress on
expansion of vocabulary, improved expression as also student projects.

Grammar will be revised and teachers are expected to build on the foundation laid in previous years.
More difficult exercises using the grammar structures already known, have to be practised in class with
a clear emphasis on applied grammar. By now the teacher should be able to use German as the sole
medium of instruction in class. Students should be able to respond in German to verbal and visual
stimuli and communicate on a wide range of everyday topics.

Speaking and writing skills now are on the forefront, though reading and listening skills have also not
been neglected.

Reading should also be more thorough and detailed in nature. It is not enough to just skim a text and
extract the salient points or extract specific information based on our need. It is now also important to
read a text and understand the details.

In the aural skills department students should be able to follow texts that are lengthy and where the
speaker speaks on a given topic from everyday life in a nuanced manner.

In the written portion students will at the end of class XII have to summarise a given passage in
German in contrast to class X where the summary is to be written in English. Translation in the
traditional sense has once again not been incorporated.

Students will get ample opportunity to speak and express themselves in class. Projects have also been
included in almost every chapter. Ideally an oral test should be a part of the assessment in both years.
But due to systemic constraints this could not be done. The final exam in class XII will test reading
and writing skills as well as grammar.

We aim that when a student leaves school at the end of XII he/she will be able to communicate in
everyday situations and deal with problems he/she encounters in everyday life. More importantly the
German learnt in school should be the base for a professional in any field to build on if he / she should
be in a situation where they need to use their language skills professionally. They may in such a
situation need to complement their knowledge with the subject specific vocabulary from their field.

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Learning Objectives
The following learning objectives apply for classes XI and XII.

1. Listening and responding
By the end of class XII students should be able to
 listen and understand details from an extended dialog or an informative text
 listen to an audio text and summarise the same
 listen to literary texts (poetry and prose) and understand their essence
2. Speaking
By the end of class XII students should be able to
 talk about a topic explaining the pros and cons of an action or product
 describe the use of new products and talk about new developments
 talk about perspectives and probabilities in the future
 talk about political, historical and personal events in simple language and comment on
them
 be a part of a formal or informal interview
3. Reading and responding
By the end of class XII students should be able to
 read simple literary texts and discuss them
 read a text and make a flowchart or fact file with the information contained
 read and evaluate given information in the form of statistics
4. Writing
By the end of class XII students should be able to
 write experiential texts
 formulate tabular texts (e.g. a CV) as per the norms followed in German speakingcountries
 write a cohesive formal letter following all norms where certain structures and componentsare
given
5. Intercultural awareness
By the end of class XII students should be able to
 put German history of the first part of the 20th century into perspective
 evaluate statistics on German speaking countries keeping the realities there in mind
 compare the youth scene, social concerns, social life in German speaking countries and India
6. Knowledge about language
By the end of class XII, the students should be able to
 understand the importance of grammar in expressing oneself better
 understand the relation between structures and certain activities (e.g. passive for technical
processes or subjunctive structures to express wishes)
7. Language learning strategies
By the end of class XII, the students should be able to
 use their knowledge of context and grammar to understand texts involving complex language
 understand the importance of typical characteristics of text types and use them tounderstand
spoken or written texts and to form new texts .

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Revised German Syllabus for Class XI (2021-22)

Lesson Topic Communication Structure

Lesson Removal of  To talk about changes  Temporal subordinate clause with
10 garbage  To debate ‘seit/seitdem’
 To give alternatives  Genetive preposition‚trotz‘
 To talk about  Double barrel conjunction
limitations ‚entweder…oder‘

Lesson Transport  To summarise a text  Preposition
11 and  To talk about ‘zu’ + Dative
technology preferences  Adjective endings in dative case
 To talk about with definite article
hypothetical situations  Adjective endings in dative case
and their consequences without article
 To talk about hobbies  Hypothetical situation- ‘wenn’ +
subjunctive (K II)

Lesson Memories  To narrate about world  Comparative and Superlative as
12 records adjectives with definite article
 To remember  Temporal Subordinate clauses with
something ‘als’ and ‘wenn’
 To understand and  haben+ zu+ infinitive
formulate rules and
regulations

Lesson Travel plans  To give suggestions  Reflexive Verbs with dative and
13  To question ideas and accussative case
proposals  Prepositions of place and time-
 To talk about the ‘innerhalb, außerhalb’ + genitive
weather  Preposition of place- ‘von’ + dative

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REVISED ASSESSMENT SCHEME FOR CLASS – XI 2021-22
ANNUAL EXAMINATION MAX. MARKS 80
Section A-Reading (15 marks)
1. Comprehension (unseen) 10 marks
2. Comprehension(unseen) 05 marks

Section B –Writing (15 marks)

1. Based on stimulus, compose an E-Mail 08 marks
2. Based on stimulus, compose a dialogue 07 marks

Section C – Applied Grammar (35 marks)

1. Adjective endings with definite articles, indefinite articles 07 Marks
and without articles (nominative, accusative and dative)

2. Conjunctions
(dass, obwohl, entweder…oder, seitdem, je.....desto,als or wenn) 07 Marks

3. Subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) 07 Marks
4. Reflexive verbs (accusative and dative) 08 Marks
5. Prepositions (trotz, innerhalb, auβerhalb, von, zu…) 06 Marks

Section D -Textbook (15 marks)

1. Completing a passage with the vocabulary provided (from the text book) 05Marks
2. Completing a passage with the vocabulary provided (from the text book) 05 Marks
3. Comprehension (seen) 05 marks

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT Max. Marks20
1. Listening comprehensions 05 Marks
2. Speaking activities (debate, express one’s views, presentations, recitation) 05 Marks
(It could be conducted as individual or group activity)
3. Project Work 10 Marks
(An internet research-based project. It may be a power point presentation or an illustrated file. It can
be individual or group, on topics related to the history and culture of Germany.)

Remarks:
1. In the listening and reading comprehension marks should not be deducted for grammatical and
orthographical errors.
2. In the written part marks should not be deducted for minor orthographical errors.

PROJECT WORK: Suggested Topics
1. Die Umwelt und Müllentsorgung (Environment and waste disposal)
2. Wohnen in Deutschland (Living in Germany)
3. Autos und Technik (German cars and technology)
4. Erfinderland Deutschland (German Inventions)
5. Hobbys und Sportarten (Hobbies and Sports)
6. Geschichte der Berliner Mauer (History of the German Wall)
7. Reisen durch Deutschland / Österreich / die Schweiz
(Travelling through Germany / Austria / Switzerland)
8. Mode-Trends (Fashion Trends)
9. Gesundheit (Healthy living)
10. Feste und Ferien (Festivals and celebrations)

BOOKS:

The following teaching material is prescribed for class XI:
PRESCRIBED BOOK:BesteFreunde B1.2 (Textbook and Workbook - Chapters 10- 14)
(Hueber Publishing House, Published in India by GoyalPublishers)
SUGGESTED REFERENCES:
1. Einfach Grammatik
2. em neu
3. Genial 3
4. Ping Pong 3
5. Schritte 3
6. Sowieso 3
7. Aspekte
8. DVD- Aspekte
9. LANGENSCHEIDT EURO DICTIONARY
10. K.M. SHARMA; GERMAN-HINDI/ HINDI-GERMAN DICTIONARY (RACHNA PUBLISHING
HOUSE)

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