What your child actually learns this year

Following German as it is spoken and answering in it. The largest topic in the subject, at fifteen skills.

Catching the detail that matters out of what is said, and saying something back clearly.

Reading at length for enjoyment, which is how vocabulary actually grows.

Getting through a passage quickly without losing the sense of it.

Running an eye over a page to find what it is about.

Reading smoothly, and hunting a page for one specific fact.

Saying it properly. Pronunciation tested where it cannot be hidden.

Reading something in order to act on it or reply to it.

Understanding what was actually said, including what was implied.

Finding a specific detail in a passage without reading all of it.

Writing within a frame, with the words supplied, so the focus is on using them correctly.

Your child's own words on their own subject, in German.

Making a piece hang together rather than reading as separate sentences. The largest writing topic.

The same, with the spelling counted.

Writing that does a job: a note, a form, a message with a purpose.

A menu in German. Small, specific and genuinely useful.