German

Assessment

The entrance examination lasts 45 minutes and consists of three main parts. Section 1 is a reading comprehension and grammar assessment (word order and tenses, for example) and Section 2 is a writing exercise of no more than 200 words from a choice of questions. Section 3 is optional and will not count against any candidate: it is an opportunity to provide a commentary in English on a short passage in German, for those that wish to do so. Speaking skills are tested at the interview. There is no expectation that pupils should have covered aspects of the language that are not normally part of the (I)GCSE course.