Ds is really struggling in German. In September he went into Year 9 of a new school who only offer German. At his previous school he spent two years doing Spanish which he enjoyed.
Homework is a nightmare. He has no clue what to do. At his previous school he had a textbook plus worksheets stuck in an excecise book. The textbook was in topics with examples of phrases & interchangeable vocab. He learns best verbally so I used to ask him to say phrases or answer qu actions in Spanish whilst checking his answers against the text.
Now he is meant to copy stuff in his excercise book but they always stay in school. He just gets given a slip with homework on. The problem is he can never remember anything they did (diagnosed slow processing so he has to repeat things several times to learn it) This week he has to write an estate agent advert describing a house in German. He cannot remember any relevant vocabulary or how to construct a sentence.
I did raise this in a meeting (he has asd so I have regular contact with the senco) & was told they do try & differentiate but he's in a high set due to the way the timetable is constructed (he's top set in maths & science).
He can drop German at the end of the academic year but he's spent over an hour on what is probably supposed to be a 20 min piece of homework (he'd rattle it off in Spanish in that sort of time) & is no further along.