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German

Leaving Certificate German (NCCA specification), Higher and Ordinary Level, with the SEC examination.

Editorially reviewed26 July 2026·Leaving Certificate
Complete topic map ↓Official sources ↗︎
German·Leaving Certificate
Topic nodes
18
Levels and pathways
2
Regions
1
Public references
2
Contents+
  1. 01Overview
  2. 02Complete topic map
  3. 03Where this subject applies
  4. 04Official sources
  5. 05In-depth guides

Contents

  1. 01Overview
  2. 02Complete topic map
  3. 03Where this subject applies
  4. 04Official sources
  5. 05In-depth guides

Overview

German

Leaving Certificate German (NCCA specification), Higher and Ordinary Level, with the SEC examination.

Subject guide
Leaving Certificate
Topics mapped
18

Complete topic map

Complete topic map

Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.

  1. 01

    Meeting people and maintaining social relations

    Introducing oneself and others, getting acquainted, and using everyday courtesies to start, sustain and close social contact in German.

  2. 02

    Making plans and discussing future action

    Talking and writing about intentions, arrangements and future events, including invitations, suggestions and travel or career plans.

  3. 03

    Climate and weather

    Understanding, seeking and giving information about weather conditions and climate, including forecasts and seasonal descriptions.

  4. 04

    Travel and transport

    Coping with the practicalities of getting around by various means of transport, asking for directions, and handling journeys and itineraries.

  5. 05

    Buying goods and services

    Managing shopping and transactions such as prices, quantities, ordering and dealing with services in German-speaking settings.

  6. 06

    Dealing with emergencies

    Recognising, reporting and responding to accidents, problems and urgent situations, and seeking or offering help.

  7. 07

    Influencing a course of action

    Facilitating, encouraging, persuading or impeding actions by giving advice, instructions, warnings and requests.

  8. 08

    Expressing feelings and attitudes

    Understanding and conveying emotions, opinions, preferences, agreement and disagreement in personal and social contexts.

  9. 09

    Managing a conversation

    Sustaining spoken interaction by opening, holding and yielding turns, checking understanding, clarifying and repairing communication.

  10. 10

    Engaging in discussion

    Taking part in extended discussion of topics and issues, presenting points of view and responding to those of others.

  11. 11

    Passing on messages

    Relaying, summarising and reporting information received from others in spoken or written form.

  12. 12

    Linguistic skills: structures and grammar

    Building the grammatical knowledge and structural exponents needed to realise the communicative performance targets across all themes.

  13. 13

    Learning about language from target-language material

    Using authentic German texts to explore language as a social, regional and educational phenomenon and how language changes over time.

  14. 14

    Exploring and relating language to meaning and attitude

    Examining how meaning is organised and how choices of language reflect register, attitude and tone.

  15. 15

    Reflecting on your experience of learning German

    Talking and writing about one's own encounter with the language and developing strategies for effective, autonomous language learning.

  16. 16

    Consulting reference materials

    Using dictionaries, grammars and other reference tools to support comprehension, vocabulary growth and accuracy.

  17. 17

    Culture and everyday life of the German-speaking world

    Learning about and discussing present-day life, customs, the arts, media and contemporary issues in German-speaking communities.

  18. 18

    Reading literary texts and intercultural comparison

    Reading modern German literary works and a German-language film, and comparing relations and broad issues between Ireland and the target-language community.

Where this subject applies

Where this subject applies

These pathways and regions are explicitly connected to the subject in the curriculum.

Levels and pathways

  1. 01

    Higher Level

    Higher Level — the more demanding level, with broader and deeper content and the H1–H8 grade scale.

  2. 02

    Ordinary Level

    Ordinary Level — the foundational level covering the core of the syllabus, graded O1–O8.

Official sources

Official sources

The public sources below are referenced directly by this subject or by one of its topics.

This editorial selection points to the relevant official bodies. Always confirm current requirements, dates and exceptional arrangements with your school and the responsible authority.

2
Public references

S·01National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)Leaving Certificate subject specifications & syllabusesOpen source↗︎S·02State Examinations Commission (SEC)State Examinations Commission — Leaving Certificate examination & marking schemesOpen source↗︎

In-depth guides

In-depth guides

G·01How to read your Leaving Certificate specificationYour subject specification and the SEC exam papers are the documents your exam is written from. How to find the right ones, read them the way an examiner does, and turn them into a checklist.2 min read→G·02Your Leaving Cert study plan: an 8-week methodA realistic eight-week Leaving Cert study plan: an honest audit, subjects in rotation with active recall, orals and projects planned in, full papers to finish.8 min read→G·03How does the Leaving Certificate work? Papers, levels and gradingNCCA specifications and SEC exams, Higher and Ordinary Level, H1–H8 and O1–O8 grades, orals, projects and marking schemes: how the Leaving Cert fits together.7 min read→

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