Course prescriptions for German Extension 2025–2030
Students taking German Extension study language and culture through prescribed themes and contemporary issues, via a range of prescribed texts. Find out more about these course prescriptions.
About course prescriptions
There are prescribed texts required for study in the German Extension Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:
- German Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents
- Record of changes for German Extension Stage 6 Syllabus
The organisational focus of the German Extension course is the theme:
- the individual and contemporary society.
A number of issues that exemplify aspects of the theme are prescribed for study. Students engage with the issues through the study of a prescribed text and related texts.
NESA reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed on this page.
Prescribed issues
| Identity | Relationships | Wellbeing |
|---|---|---|
Examples:
| Examples:
| Examples:
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Prescribed text
Text type: Film
Title: Amelie rennt
Director: Tobias Wiemann
Extracts for study
There are 9 extracts prescribed for study. Please note that indicated times are approximate.
| Extract | From | Opening with | To | Closing with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extract 1 | 1:25 | View on Berlin | 7:08 | the doctor: „Aber das ist jetzt nicht mehr nur Amelies Entscheidung...“ |
| Extract 2 | 10:13 | Amelie's mother: „Schau doch mal, wie schön es hier ist…diese Berge…“ | 14:00 | „Na du, auch eingesperrt?“ |
| Extract 3 | 14:08 | Parents doing breathing activity | 17:32 | Amelie's mother: „Ja eben“ |
| Extract 4 | 31:02 | Amelie lying in the grass | 37:45 | Amelie: „Ich habe eh nix zu verlieren.“ |
| Extract 5 | 43:31 | Bart: „Pass auf, dass du da nicht hinlangst. Da is Strom drauf, Starkstrom…“ | 45:54 | Amelie: „Ja, das war meiner.“ |
| Extract 6 | 46:46 | Bart: „Ich lasse dich nicht allein...“ | 51:43 | Amelie: „Du bist der Herdenmanager. Ja das bist du.“ |
| Extract 7 | 54:19 | Bart and Amelie lying on forest floor and includes her dream. Amelie: „Wie heißt du eigentlich?“ | 58:11 | Amelie's mother just avoiding a car accident: Amelie's mother: „Amelie!“ |
| Extract 8 | 1:09:41 | Bart pushing Amelie up the hill. Bart: “Speedy Gonzales” | 1:15:12 | Just before Amelie says: „Lass mich runter bitte“ |
| Extract 9 | 1:16:09 | Amelie walking the last bit alone to the top, struggling. On top, she looks around. Amelie: „Ich hab’s geschaft.” | 1:27 | Bart and Amelie both smile and look towards the cow. |
Notes
- Students need to be familiar with the whole text.
- The prescribed issues are mandatory. The listed examples are suggestions and give a sense of the scope of the prescribed issues.
- Study of the text prescribed for any Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This exclusion applies to study in the Year 11 German Continuers course and to Year 11 courses in other subjects. It also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film adaptation of a novel.
- Where an extract of a film is included in the external exam, the transcription will be taken directly from the film.
Availability
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