Prerequisite: Successful completion of Honors German 4
Grade Level: 12
Semesters: 2
Credits: 1
Fifth year German is taught completely in German to enhance the student’s ability to communicate in speech and writing beyond simple survival language. Students will gain listening proficiency through stories, videos, literature,traditional methods and activities and TPRS*. Increasingly detailed literary works, which will require familiarity with complex grammatical forms and extended vocabulary, will be explored to build reading skills. Students are encouraged to express their thoughts competently in letters, poetry, and in compositions of greater length. Activities will be derived from current events, literature and histories from the German-speaking countries. Through an examination of art, politics, literature, and music, the student will be encouraged to see the world from the German point of view. [*TPRS=Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling.]