Leaving Cert German oral, 2027
25% at Higher Level, 20% at Ordinary. Marked out of 100.
Provisional dates: Saturday 20 March to Thursday 25 March 2027. About 15 minutes. Facts on this page come from the State Examinations Commission; see the sources at the end.
Sections, in order
| Section | Time | Marks | How Spake practises it |
|---|---|---|---|
| General conversation · Allgemeines Gespräch | 8 min | 40 | Full AI conversation on original topic banks, with follow-up questions. |
| Project or picture story · Projekt oder Bildgeschichte | 4 min | 30 | You narrate from your own booklet. The examiner's questions come from what you said. |
| Role-play · Rollenspiel | 3 min | 30 | Original role-play cards in the real format. The AI plays the other part. |
What the examiner marks
| Area | Marks |
|---|---|
| Communicative competence | no published weighting |
| Fluency | no published weighting |
| Vocabulary range | no published weighting |
| Grammatical accuracy | no published weighting |
| Pronunciation | no published weighting |
Topics students practise in Spake
Original question banks written for Spake and checked by a teacher. These are not the exam board’s questions.
Ich und meine PersönlichkeitMeine FamilieMeine FreundeMein ZuhauseMein WohnortMeine SchuleMeine FächerFreizeit und HobbysSportMusik und FilmeDas WochenendeFerien und ReisenNebenjob und TaschengeldNach dem Leaving CertDeutsch lernen und DeutschlandHandy und soziale MedienUmweltJugendliche heuteYour own picture storyYour project
What Spake cannot do yet
- No published weighting exists for the German marking areas, so the five areas are shown without marks.
- Pronunciation is checked on one answer per session, not every answer.
- Role-play cards and picture-story prompts here are original. Prepare the real SEC cards from your own copy.