CBSE Class 9 German Syllabus 2020-21

German (Code 020)
Class IX and X (2020-2021)
In 2008 a curriculum has been devised for classes VI to VIII. As a result of that the syllabus for class
IX now does not start at the very beginning, as was the case till now, but where the class VIII
syllabus finishes.
The syllabus continues to follow the communicative and interactive approach. The stress is now not
so much on grammar but on communication. Translations have been removed. Translation science
has made enormous progress and the word to word translations that students at this level generally
attempt are not relevant today any longer. Translation is a science within itself and needs rigorous
training before it can be attempted.
What has been incorporated is the summarisation of a German text in English. The students will get
a passage in German that has to be summarised in English. Other written tasks should include-
making a poster for the school notice board, writing short messages as also short formal Emails.
This is in consonance with the language policy of the CBSE.
Reading skills have been given special attention. Students should be familiarised with reading
strategies. Awareness has to be created that there are no difficult texts but only difficult questions.
This effectively means that the texts chosen should be authentic and teachers have to develop the
skill of forming tasks/ exercises that help students extract the most from a seemingly difficult text.
Listening skills and speaking skills have also been incorporated. The same approach as to reading
applies also to listening skills. Authentic texts using audio texts from all German speaking countries
with appropriate exercises should be used. People in German speaking countries have multiple
dialects and accents and are proud to use them in their day to day life. It is important to make
students aware of this and get their ears used to these regional differences. The Swiss do speak in a
somewhat different accent than the residents of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany.
Speaking skills are to be promoted in class. This is what motivates students and makes the language
come alive for them. Speaking about friends, school, parents, hobbies, social awareness and the
environment in class will give them confidence to also express themselves in the real world.Finally,
the assessment will have to reflect the new approach. There should be more stress on
understanding and expression rather than grammar tests. Grammar though important should not
become the primary focus of testing pushing communication to the background.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES
The following objectives build upon the objectives already stated for classes VI to VIII. The
objectives given below will apply to both classes IX and X which can be treated as one unit
1. Listening and responding
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Listen and understand the main points and some details from an extended dialogue or a
short-spoken text and respond
 Listen to a short audio text and respond by asking for more details
 Listen to announcements at public places e.g. railway stations and act accordingly
 Listen to a audio text, extract the relevant details and complete the gaps in a written text

2. Speaking
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Talk about future plans and intentions
 Ask someone to clarify and elaborate what they have just said
 Give or seek informal views in an informal discussion with friends
 Recall and narrate an incident they have seen or remember from their childhood

3. Reading and responding
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Read and respond to an extract from a story, an e-mail message or song or simple text from
the internet
 Read descriptions of people in the school or class and identify who they are
 Read fairy tales or stories and summarise them in German or English

4. Writing
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Write a short text using pointers e.g. biography
 Summarise an unseen passage in English
 Writing a semi-official E-mail with complete sentence constructions

5. Intercultural awareness
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Handle everyday problems i.e. cope with less routine problems on public transport, handle
travel arrangements
 Demonstrate understanding of and respect for cultural diversity

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 Recognise how aspects of the culture of different countries become incorporated into the
daily life of others
 Recognise advantages of another culture and try and apply to their own lives e.g.
environmental awareness and waste management

6. Knowledge about language
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Learn to use subordinate clauses of time, place and purpose to qualify the main clause
 Learn the use of grammatical structure e.g. verbs with prepositions to express oneself more
succinctly

7. Language learning strategies
By the end of class X students should be able to
 Apply known rules when creating new language.
 Integrate new language into previously learnt language.
 Use the context of what they see/ read to determine some of the meaning.

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Revised German Syllabus for Class IX (2020-21)
Lesson Topic Communication Structure

Lesson 1 Celebration  To talk about future plans  Subordinate clause “wenn”
 To allocate “zu”+ Infinitive
responsibilities  “brauchen” +…+ “zu” +Infinitive
 To give a suggestion  Preposition of time “während”+
 To accept and decline a Genitive
proposal

Lesson 2 Shopping and  To follow a timeline and  Subordinate clause “weil”
consumption describe an event  Subordinate clause “um…zu”
 To give reasons for one’s  Subordinate clause “damit”
actions and decisions

Lesson 3 Feelings and  To ask for someone’s  Question word “Wo(r)”+ Preposition
relationships opinion and give one’s  Pronouns “da(r)”+ Preposition
own opinion  Subjunctive II: “würde”+Infinitive
 To agree or disagree (NOT TO BE TESTED IN THE GRAMMAR)
 To talk about what one  Articles and Nouns in Genitive
would do in a particular
situation
Lesson 4 Hamburg: A  To give a suggestion  Subjunctive II: “sollen”
city tour  To give chronological (NOT TO BE TESTED IN THE GRAMMAR)
sequence of events  Subordinate clauses of time
 To talk about activities “während” and “bevor”
happening
simultaneously

Syllabus – deleted portion
Lessons Grammar Topics
Lesson 3  Subjunctive II: “würde”+Infinitive
Lesson 4  Subjunctive II: “sollen”
Lesson 5  Causal preposition “wegen”+Genitive
 Double barrel conjunction: “zwar…aber”
 Relative clause: relative pronouns in Nominative, Accusative and
Dative.

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REVISED ASSESSMENT SCHEME FOR CLASS – IX 2020-21

ANNUAL EXAMINATION MAX. MARKS 80
PART A: Objective type MCQ Paper M.M. 40
PART B: Descriptive type pen paper test Class IX M.M. 40

Section A-Reading (20 marks)
1. Comprehension (unseen) 05 marks
2. Comprehension (unseen) 05 marks
3. Comprehension (unseen) 10 marks

Section B –Writing (15 marks)
1. Based on stimulus, compose an E-Mail (30-40 words) 08 marks
2. Based on stimulus, compose a dialogue 07 marks

Section C – Applied Grammar (35 marks)

1. Fixed prepositions with verbs 10 marks
2. Separable verbs 08 marks
3. Subordinate clauses (um…zu, wӓhrend, bevor, weil, wenn) 08 marks
4. Article and nouns in Genitive 09 marks

Section D -Textbook (10 marks)
1. Completing a seen passage with the vocabulary provided 05 marks
2. Comprehension (seen) 05 marks

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German Assessment Scheme Class IX
PART A: Objective type MCQ Paper M.M. 40
Section A-Reading (attempt any 2 out of 3 texts) (10 marks)

1. Comprehension (unseen) 05 marks
2. Comprehension (unseen) 05 marks

Section B –Writing (07 marks)
1. Dialog Writing as Gap filling 07 marks

Section C – Applied Grammar (18 marks)
1. Fixed prepositions with verbs 05 marks
(attempt any 5 out of 8)

2. Separable verbs 04 marks
(attempt any 4 out of 6)

3. Subordinate clauses (um…zu, wӓhrend, bevor, weil, wenn) 04 marks
(attempt any 4 out of 6)

4. Article and nouns in Genitive 05 marks
(attempt any 5 out of 8)

Section D -Textbook (attempt any 1 out of 2 texts) (05 marks)
1. Completing a seen passage with the vocabulary provided 05 marks

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German Assessment Scheme Class IX
PART B: Descriptive type pen paper test M.M. 40
Section A-Reading (attempt any 1 out of 2 texts) (10 marks)

1. Comprehension (unseen) 10 marks

Section B –Writing (attempt any 1 out of 2 mails) (08 marks)

1. Based on stimulus, compose an Email (30-40 words) 8 marks

Section C – Applied Grammar (17 marks)
1. Fixed prepositions with verbs 05 marks
(attempt any 5 out of 8)
2. Separable verbs 04 marks
(attempt any 4 out of 6)
3. Subordinate clauses (um…zu, wӓhrend, bevor, weil, wenn) 04 marks
(attempt any 4 out of 6)

4. Article and nouns in Genitive 04 marks
(attempt any 4 out of 6)
Section D -Textbook (attempt any 1 out of 2 texts) (05 marks)

1. Comprehension 05 marks

Internal Assessment (Total weightage out of 20)

1. Periodic tests, dictations 5/20
2. Listening comprehensions 5/20
3. Speaking activities – role play, presentations, recitation… 5/20
(could be conducted as individual or group activity)
4. Regularity and quality of classwork & homework 5/20
PRESCRIBED TEXT BOOK: Beste Freunde B 1.1 (Lessons 1-5)
(Hueber Publications, Published in India by Goyal Publishers)

SUGGESTED REFERENCES:
1. Team Deutsch 2/1
2. Planet 2
3. Ping Pong 2
4. DVD- Wir Live
5. Langenscheidt Euro Dictionary
6. K.M. Sharma; German-Hindi/ Hindi-German Dictionary. Rachna Publishing House
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