CBSE Class 11 Syllabus 2022-23 German

CBSE SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME CLASS XI - XII 2022-2023

CBSE Syllabus and Assessment Scheme (2022-2023)

German, Code No. 120

Classes XI and XII (2022-2023)

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 OUTCOMES
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, comprehend
 listen to the conversation and judge someone by their behaviour
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
 debate on a given topic/ participate in group discussions
 talk about perspectives and probabilities in the future
 talk about historical and personal events in simple language and express opinions
 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 comprehend them
 understand rules and regulations and respond
 read a text/blog and formulate a response with the given information
4. Writing
By the end of class XII students should be able to:
 write experiential texts
 write about future plans and feelings
 formulate texts as per the norms followed in German speaking countries
5. Intercultural awareness
By the end of class XII students should be able to:
 evaluate various record breaking events in German speaking countries and discuss those in
India.
 compare the school situations, 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 and draw comparison with unrealistic situations
 understand the relation between structures and certain activities (e.g. passive for technical
processes or subjunctive structures to express wishes)
 understand the sentence structure using subordinate clause
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 to understand
spoken or written texts and to form new texts .
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German, Code No. 120

Syllabus for Class XI (2022-23)

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 ‘zu’ + Dative
11 and  To talk about (NOT TO BE TESTED IN
technology preferences GRAMMAR)
 To talk about  Adjective endings in dative case
hypothetical situations with definite article
and their  Adjective endings in dative case
consequences without article
 To talk about hobbies  Hypothetical situation ‘wenn’ +
subjunctive (K II)
Lesson Memories  To narrate about  Comparative and Superlative as
12 world records adjectives with definite article
 To remember  Temporal Subordinate clauses
something with ‘als’ and ‘wenn’
 To understand and  haben+ zu+ infinitive
formulate rules and (NOT TO BE TESTED IN
regulations GRAMMAR)
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
(NOT TO BE TESTED IN
GRAMMAR)

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ANNUAL ASSESSMENT SCHEME FOR CLASS – XI 2022-23

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 (approx. 80 words) 05 marks

2. Based on stimulus, compose a dialogue 05 mark

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

1. Adjective endings with definite articles, indefinite articles 05 Marks
and without articles (nominative, accusative and dative)

2. Comparative and Superlative forms of adjectives 05 marks

3. Reflexive verbs and pronouns 05 Marks
4. Temporal Conjunctions
(als, wenn, bevor, wӓhrend, seit, seitdem) 05 Marks

5. Doubel barrel Conjunctions 05 Marks
( entweder…oder, zwar...aber, sowohl...als auch)

6. Subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) in Hypothetical situation with ‘wenn’ 05 Marks
7. Prepositions with Genetive (trotz, wegen, innerhalb, auβerhalb) 05 Marks

Section D -Textbook (20 marks)

1. Completing a passage with the vocabulary provided (seen text) 10 Marks
2. Comprehension (seen text) 10 marks

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Syllabus- deleted portion
Lessons Grammar Topics
Lesson 13 Preposition of place- ‘von’ + dative

Lesson 14 Chapter 14 (Text book & Work book)
Double barrel conjunctions ‘je…desto’
Subordinate clause- ‘ohne dass’ and ‘ohne…zu + infinitive‘
Landeskunde: Following pages not to be tested in the Examination
Module Laura, i.e. Textbook pages 20, 21
Training Lesen: Workbook Pages 33

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT Max. Marks 20
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)

PRESCRIBED BOOK: Beste Freunde B1.2 (Textbook and Workbook - Chapters 10- 14)

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