Friday (30/9), German Language Education Study Program FPBS UPI held training for A2 level German competency exams for high school students in Bandung. This activity is one of a series of Community Service activities for the German Language Education Study Program, FPBS UPI in 2022. This training activity aims to introduce high school students learning German to the A2 level German language competency exam format which is presented online.
Through this training activity, it is hoped that high school students who learn German can understand how the A2 level German language competency exam questions will look if they are given online. Apart from this, this training is also an initial preparation for high school students who are learning German who will take part in the German Language Olympiad at the West Java Province level in November 2022. In this training, students are guided to simulate the A2 level German competency exam online through the http://simujerman.com page, a German language exam simulation web platform affiliated with the German Language Education Study Program, FPBS UPI.
The German Language Olympiad itself is an annual routine activity organized by the Indonesian German Language Teachers Association (IGBJI) in collaboration with the Bildung Cooperation Deutsch (BKD), a cooperative institution in the field of German language education affiliated to the Goethe Institute. This Olympic activity starts from the preliminary round in each province, which then the winners of each province will compete at the national level Olympic event. Since the last two years, the Olympics have been held online through the web platform provided by the Goethe Institute. Since the last two years, the winners of the German Language Olympiad at the West Java level have not been won by students from Bandung. This is one of the backgrounds for organizing this training activity, so that high school students from Bandung can prepare early and optimally.
This training activity was attended by high school students learning German from SMAN 3 Bandung, SMAN 7 Bandung, and SMA PGII Bandung, who were accompanied by their respective German teachers. Initially, this activity was targeted to be followed by students from all high schools in Bandung who have German subjects. However, after initial identification, only the three high schools mentioned above had German language learning content reaching the A2 level.
Present to open the event were Mr. Putra the eldest, S.Pd., M.Hum. as the head of the German Language Education Study Program, FPBS UPI. He advised high school students to make good use of the German language exam simulation platform, so that students who learn German can again excel in the Olympics at the provincial and national levels.
As a resource person in this activity, Mr. Pepen Permana, M.Pd. and Mrs. Irma Permatawati, M.Pd. Both of them are the implementing team for PkM activities from the German Language Education Study Program for the theme of this A2 level German competency test training. Mr. Pepen Permana, M.Pd. In this activity, he acts as a builder of a simulation system for the A2 level German language competency exam, and provides an explanation of the features and interfaces of the simulation platform. Meanwhile, Mrs. Irma Permatawati, M.Pd., as the compiler of the exam simulation questions, on that occasion provided material on tips and tricks in working on the A2 level German exam questions.