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This worksheet aims to provide students with a solid understanding of the significance and function of academic language and to help them practice actively using it in subject-specific instruction. Students will recognize that academic language serves as an essential tool for presenting complex topics in an objective, impersonal, and precise manner, and that the ability to switch between everyday language and academic language is a key skill. Through guided practice in translating everyday observations into formal language, they learn to use subject-specific linguistic tools, to put their own thoughts into writing in a structured manner, and to reflectively evaluate their own learning process and linguistic expression.

Content and Methods:

The worksheet combines cognitive awareness, guided writing practice, independent text production, and self-evaluation. After an introductory informational text on the distinction between everyday language and academic language, as well as an introduction to subject-specific language tools (e.g., for cause-and-effect relationships, hypothesis formation, or evaluations), learners gradually translate given everyday statements into logically structured academic language. They then apply this translation technique to their own current course material and reflect on the advantages and challenges of academic language formulation. The module concludes with a structured self-assessment matrix designed to evaluate their own language competencies and identify remaining learning needs.

Competencies:

Learners can...

• identify the difference between everyday language and academic language and explain the importance of precise technical language for subject-matter understanding.
• identify and purposefully apply specific subject-specific language tools (e.g., phrasing guides for descriptions, justifications, and analyses).
• systematically translate colloquial observations into precise, factual, and logically structured sentences using formal language.
• structure their own conceptual ideas derived from current classroom activities and independently put them into writing using appropriate technical terms.
• critically reflect on their own language translation process and evaluate their individual strengths and areas for development in the use of formal language.

Target Audience and Level:

Grade 8 and above

Learners reflect on their current life situation, their wishes and goals, and formulate these in a letter to their future selves in order to create awareness of their own development.

Contents and methods:

The worksheet provides structured guidance on writing a personal letter to one's future self. Guiding questions serve as inspiration. The method is supplemented by the creation of a time capsule, in which small personal items such as photos or notes are enclosed with the letter.

Skills:

• Self-reflection and introspection
• Formulation of personal and professional goals
• Creative and written expression

Target group and level:

Grade 5 and above

With the help of the worksheet, learners engage with a film in a structured way in order to develop a deeper understanding and to reflect on and transfer what they have seen.

Contents and methods: 

The worksheet is structured like a brochure and asks questions about the content and further questions about the film. The worksheet ends with a personal evaluation of the film.

Skills:

• Concentrated extraction of information from a visual medium
• Analysis, reflection and transfer of film content

Target group and level:

Grade 7 and above

With the help of the worksheet, learners engage with the content of a film in a structured manner before, during and after viewing it in order to develop a deeper understanding and to reflect on and transfer what they have seen.

Content and methods: 

The worksheet begins by testing prior knowledge of the film. While watching, the pupils complete multiple-choice tasks to actively engage with and consolidate their understanding. After the film, transfer tasks are used for further processing and reflection on the topic.

Skills:

• Activating and building on prior knowledge
• Concentrated extraction of information from a visual medium
• Analysis, reflection and transfer of film content

Target group and level:

Grade 7 and above

Students learn and practise active listening skills in order to engage in constructive and respectful debate. They reflect on the importance of this skill for exchanging arguments and promoting mutual understanding.

Contents and methods:

The worksheet introduces the basics of active listening and illustrates its importance in debates and everyday life. Using a mini-debate on a selected topic, pupils practise listening attentively to arguments, summarising them and building on them. They use predefined sentence starters to create a flowing dialogue.

Skills:

• Active listening and empathy
• Ability to argue and change perspectives
• Reflection and self-awareness
• Structured documentation of arguments

Target group and level:

Grade 7 and above

 The main learning goal of this worksheet is to expand and deepen the advanced German vocabulary of students and learners at the C1 level. This will be achieved by introducing and actively using 10 specific German words, with their meanings inferred from descriptions and practiced in various contexts.

Content and Methods: The focus is on 10 advanced German words, with their meanings described in German. The methods are diverse: vocabulary discovery (deriving the English meaning from the German description), productive language use (writing a text of about 200 words using all the vocabulary), the "Taboo" game to describe the words without using certain key terms, and a final knowledge check by matching the German words with their English counterparts.

Skills:

• Linguistic Skills (German): Expanding advanced vocabulary (C1)
• Reading Comprehension: Inferring word meanings from context and description
• Written Expression: Creative and coherent composition of a longer text
• Communicative Skills: Explaining complex terms without using synonyms (Taboo game)
• Cognitive Flexibility: Mapping and transferring vocabulary between English and German

Target Group and Level: Learners of German at the C1 level (advanced language use)

Note: The speaking exercise can only be performed in the Chrome browser.

The primary learning goal of this worksheet is to expand and deepen the advanced German vocabulary of students and learners at the C2 level. This is achieved through familiarization with and active use of 10 specific German words, whose meanings should be deduced from descriptions and practiced in various contexts.

Content and Methods: The focus is on 10 advanced German words, with meanings described in German. The methods are diverse: vocabulary acquisition (deriving the German meaning from the German description), productive language use (creating a text of about 300 words using all of the vocabulary), the "Taboo" game to describe words without certain key terms, and a final knowledge check by matching the German terms to their English equivalents.

Skills:

• Linguistic Competence (German): Expanding advanced vocabulary (C2)
• Reading Comprehension: Deduce word meanings from context and description
• Written Expression: Creating a creative and coherent longer text
• Communicative Competence: Explaining complex terms without using synonyms (Taboo game)
• Cognitive Flexibility: Matching and transferring vocabulary between English and German

Target Group and Level: Learners of the German language at C2 level (advanced language use)

Note: The speaking exercise can only be conducted in the Chrome browser.

Das Arbeitsblatt zielt darauf ab, Schüler:innen mit einer Kurzgeschichte in einer an den Stil eines Schriftstellers / einer Schriftstellerin angelehnten Sprache zur Reflexion über ein modernes Thema anzuregen.

Inhalte und Methoden: Das Arbeitsblatt präsentiert einen Text, der ein modernes Thema analysiert. Es werden Fragen zum Textverständnis gestellt, sowohl in Multiple-Choice- als auch in offenen Antwortformaten. Die Methoden umfassen Textanalyse, Leseverständnisprüfung und schriftliche Reflexion.

Kompetenzen:

• Leseverständnis und Textanalyse
• Kritisches Denken und Reflexionsfähigkeit
• Schriftliche Ausdrucksfähigkeit

Zielgruppe und Niveau: Deutschlernende auf C2-Niveau

Das Lernziel des Arbeitsblattes ist das Leseverständnis einer kurzen deutschen Geschichte über ein ausgewähltes Thema und das Erfassen spezifischer Informationen zu den Ereignissen.

Inhalte und Methoden: Das Arbeitsblatt präsentiert eine Kurzgeschichte. Die Methode besteht aus Multiple-Choice-Fragen, die sich auf den Inhalt der Geschichte beziehen, um das Textverständnis und die Fähigkeit zur Informationsentnahme zu überprüfen.

Kompetenzen:

• Leseverständnis (Erfassen von Informationen aus einer Erzählung)
• Entnahme spezifischer Informationen
• Wortschatzerweiterung zum Thema

Zielgruppe und Niveau:

A2

Das Lernziel des Arbeitsblattes ist das Hör- und Leseverständnis im Kontext eines Restaurantbesuchs, um Informationen aus einer Speisekarte und einem Dialog zu entnehmen.

Inhalte und Methoden: Das Arbeitsblatt präsentiert eine Speisekarte eines Restaurants mit verschiedenen Kategorien (Vorspeisen, Hauptgerichte, Beilagen, Desserts, Getränke) und Preisen. Es verweist zudem auf einen externen Audio-Dialog. Die Methode besteht aus Multiple-Choice-Fragen, die sich auf den Inhalt der Speisekarte und des gehörten Dialogs beziehen, um das Verständnis von Bestellungen und Präferenzen zu überprüfen.

Kompetenzen:

• Hörverstehen (Verstehen eines Dialogs im Restaurant)
• Leseverständnis (Erfassen von Informationen aus einer Speisekarte)
• Entnahme spezifischer Informationen (Gerichte, Preise, Vorlieben)
• Grundlegender Wortschatz zum Thema "Restaurant" und "Essen bestellen"

Zielgruppe und Niveau:

A2