Media and Technology - German GCSE

A ready-to-use pair of introductory GCSE German lessons for the topic of Media and Technology, with a particular focus on social media and the advantages and disadvantages of new media.

The first lesson introduces key vocabulary for social networks, including communication, safety, friendships, cyberbullying and staying in contact. Students practise the vocabulary through gap-fills, translation and personal response questions about their own use of social media.
The second lesson develops the topic further by encouraging students to discuss the positive and negative aspects of new media. Activities include sentence-order tasks, translation, sorting advantages and disadvantages, and reading comprehension based on different aspects of social networks.

The resources include:

• Key GCSE Media and Technology vocabulary
• Social media and internet terminology
• Vocabulary recall and gap-fill activities
• Translation practice
• Advantages and disadvantages of social media
• Reading comprehension questions in English
• Opinion and discussion activities
• Personal speaking/writing questions
• Homework-style consolidation tasks

Suitable for KS4/GCSE German and designed as an accessible introduction to the Media and Technology topic, helping students build confidence with core vocabulary before moving on to more detailed reading, speaking and writing tasks.

Includes two PowerPoint lessons.