This workbook covers key topics and grammar skills for the Leaving Certificate Higher Level course. It can be used as a follow-on to Grundkurs Deutsch, for students wishing to develop their language skills further. It can also be used as a stand-alone book to prepare students for the Higher Level examination.
Leistungskurs Deutsch includes:
• A concise set of guidelines on the structure of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level exam, including information from the State Examinations Commission website.
• A practical grammar section, where the emphasis is on the application of the succinct grammar rules that are provided.
• Ten thematic units, based on topics that are frequently examined at Leaving Certificate Higher Level. Each thematic section includes a comprehensive word bank, written exercises, an exam-style listening section, sample oral questions (along with sample answers), guidelines on how to answer a previous examination question (reading or written) based on the theme, and a practice question on the theme.
• Guidelines on how to answer the letter in the Written Production section.
• A section that prepares candidates for the oral examination, with exercises similar to the various question styles used by an oral examiner.
• A comprehensive word bank for the aural section.
