Starting from September 2009, our school began the cooperation with German governmental organization to offer German language course to students in Grade 4, 5 and 7. Thus, Huamei primary section became the first primary school which provides German language courses in the circle of DSD membership schools. It is also the first German language certificate (DSD) program implemented in schools in Guangzhou city. Then in 2010, the program extended to Grade 6 and 8. Thus, we are now having German language students through Grade 4 to 8.

With joint efforts of the school, the German governmental organization and the German teachers from Germany andChina, the past four years witnessed success in terms of the students’ great interest in and good academic performance at the German course.

•    Curricular Objectives

1.        Enable students to learn a second foreign language, master different levels of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and eventually achieve DSD B2 and/or C1 certificate.

2.        Expose students to German culture and further develop their cross-cultural understanding and communication skills.

• Candidates Requirement and Class Setup

By principle, the students above Grade 4 who perform well in the English language course are qualified to apply for this program. Each grade has two classes in primary school and one/two in the middle school, with class size of 25 in primary section and 30 in the middle school.

Starting from 2013 Fall, two specialized German Classes will be set up in Grade 4 to better support the students to learn effectively and consistently, and achieve the final objectives of the program in the end.

• Time Allocation

For primary school, there are four teaching hours per week for Grade 4 & 5, and three for Grade 6; while three for grades in the middle school.

• Teaching and Quality Assurance

1. The German course is delivered by qualified teachers from both Germany and China, with the aid from a German intern if available.

2. On-going supervision is conducted by a German language consultant assigned by the German government.