CBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2022-23 German

CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS IX - X

CBSE Syllabus and Assessment Scheme (2022-2023)
German (code 020)
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 are short formal Emails and dialogue writing. 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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CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS IX - X

Learning Objectives

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.

I. 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 an audio text, extract the relevant details and complete the gaps in a written text.

II. Speaking
By the end of class X students should be able to …
➢ Talk about plans and intentions.
➢ Ask someone to clarify and elaborate what they have just said.
➢ Give or seek informal views, suggestions and advice in an informal discussion with friends.
➢ To follow a timeline, describe an event and narrate an incident they have seen or remember.

III. Reading and responding
By the end of class X students should be able to …
➢ Read and respond to an extract from newspaper article or simple text from the internet.
➢ Read blog entries and advertisements and respond to them.
➢ Read personal messages such as E-Mails, SMS etc. and respond to them.

IV. Writing
By the end of class X students should be able to …
➢ Write a short dialogue.
➢ Write a short text message such as an SMS.
➢ Write a semi-official or informal E-mail with complete sentence constructions.

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CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS IX - X

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.
➢ 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.

Knowledge about language
By the end of class X students should be able to express themselves succinctly for which they …
➢ Learn the use of grammatical structure e.g., tenses, verbs with prepositions
➢ Learn to use subordinate clauses of time, place and purpose to qualify the main clause.
➢ Learn to use prepositions of place and direction.
➢ Learn to use adjectives of comparison.

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 meanings.

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CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS IX - X

Class IX
Lesson Situation/ Speech intention Structure
Topic
Lesson 1 Celebration • To talk about future plans •Subordinate clause “ wenn”
• To allocate responsibilities “zu” + Infinitive
• To give a suggestion • “brauchen” +…+ “zu”
• To accept and decline a proposal +Infinitive
• Preposition of time
“während” + Genitive
Lesson 2 Shopping and • To follow a timeline and • Subordinate clause
consumption describe an event “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)” +
relationships opinion and give one’s own Preposition
opinion • Pronouns “da(r)” +
• To agree or disagree Preposition
• To talk about what one • Subjunctive II: “würde” +
would do in a particular Infinitive
situation • Articles and Nouns in
Genitive
Lesson 4 Hamburg: A • To give a suggestion • Subjunctive II: “sollen”
city tour • To give chronological • Subordinate clauses of time
sequence of events “während” and “bevor”
• To talk about activities
happening simultaneously

Deleted Portion
Lessons Grammar Topics
Landeskunde Textbook Pages 20, 21 and Workbook Pages 34 and 35
Lesson 5 • Causal preposition “wegen” + Genitive
• Double barrel conjunction: “zwar … aber”
• Relative clause: relative pronouns in Nominative, Accusative and
Dative.

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CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS IX - X

Assessment Scheme for Class IX
ANNUAL EXAMINATION MAX. MARKS 80

Section A-Reading (20 marks)

1. Comprehension (unseen passage) 10 marks
2. Comprehension (unseen passage) 10 marks

Section B –Writing (10 marks)

1. Based on stimulus, compose an E-Mail or SMS (approx. 50 words). 5 marks
2. Based on stimulus, compose a dialogue. 5 marks

Section C – Applied Grammar (Any 6 Topics) (30 marks)

1. Fixed prepositions with verbs 5 marks
2. Question word “Wo(r)” + Preposition and Pronouns “da(r)” + Preposition 5 marks
3. Separable verbs 5 marks
4. “zu” +Infinitive and “brauchen” +…+ “zu” +Infinitive 5 marks
5. Subordinate clauses (um…zu, wӓhrend, bevor, damit, wenn) 5 marks
6. Subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) “würde” + Infinitive 5 marks
7. Article and nouns in Genitive 5 marks

Section D -Textbook (20 marks)

1. Completing a seen text with the vocabulary provided 10 marks
2. Comprehension from a seen text from textbook or workbook 10 marks

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CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS IX - X

Internal Assessment, Class IX
(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 1-4)
(Hueber Publications, Published in India by Goyal Publishers)

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

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