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ABI LF - Mediation quality audit

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ABI LF - Mediation quality audit

Mini-description: Audit a mediation systematically for task fulfilment, selection, addressee, cultural explanation, cohesion, register and idiomatic English. This aiMOOC is designed for Leistungsfach Englisch, Kursstufe Baden-Württemberg. English comes first; German support is used only when context, word formation, visualisation, English explanation and dictionary work do not solve the problem.

Media kick-off: Watch the TED-Ed video once without notes. Then answer one question: What does a mediator do that a word-for-word translator does not? On a second viewing, collect three strategies that reduce misunderstanding.

Einleitung

A strong mediation is not a full translation. It selects what matters for a concrete purpose, reshapes information for a particular reader or listener, explains culture-bound points when needed and produces natural English.

In this course, you will use a practical seven-lens audit. It is a training tool, not an official Abitur point grid. You will diagnose weaknesses, revise short texts and justify your decisions.

Course principle: source → purpose → selection → reframing → cultural explanation → target text → audit.

I-can goals

By the end of this aiMOOC, you can say:

I can check task fulfilment: I can identify purpose, text type, addressee and required content.
I can select: I can keep relevant information and omit detail that does not serve the task.
I can adapt to an addressee: I can judge what the target reader knows, needs and expects.
I can explain culture: I can explain culture-bound concepts briefly and accurately.
I can improve cohesion: I can organise ideas logically and connect them clearly.
I can control register: I can match tone and formality to situation and genre.
I can write idiomatic English: I can avoid German sentence patterns and use natural English phrasing.
I can revise: I can turn an audit into focused revision instead of rewriting everything.

Prior knowledge check

Before starting, answer in English:

What is the difference between translation and mediation?
What information can be safely omitted in a mediation?
When does a German term need cultural explanation?
Which is more useful in a quality audit: counting mistakes or diagnosing why the text misses its purpose?

If you cannot answer yet, continue. The course builds these ideas step by step.

The seven-lens quality audit

Lens	Core question	Typical red flag	Repair move
Task fulfilment	Does the text do exactly what the task asks?	Wrong purpose, genre or missing required point	Re-read task; underline purpose, addressee, product and required content
Selection	Is every included detail useful for this task?	Sentence-by-sentence transfer	Keep essentials; omit repetition, examples or background with no target value
Addressee	Is the text shaped for this reader or listener?	Assumes knowledge the addressee does not have	Add only the background the addressee needs
Cultural explanation	Are culture-bound terms understandable?	German term copied without explanation	Use a short functional explanation instead of a long cultural lecture
Cohesion	Does the target text flow logically?	Information follows source order although target purpose differs	Regroup ideas and use clear reference and linking
Register	Does tone fit situation and text type?	Too casual, too bureaucratic or mixed tone	Choose a stable level of formality and suitable genre conventions
Idiomatic English	Does the text sound natural in English?	Germanisms and literal collocations	Paraphrase meaning; prefer common English collocations and sentence patterns

Key distinction: correctness matters, but mediation quality is not a grammar-only issue. A grammatically clean text can still fail through poor selection, weak addressee orientation or missing cultural explanation.

Visual model: meaning under pressure

Use the model as a metaphor. The source contains a message; the mediator chooses what the target addressee needs. Noise can be linguistic, cultural or task-related. Your audit looks for where meaning was distorted, overloaded or left unexplained.

English-first help ladder

When you get stuck, use this order before asking for German help:

Context: infer meaning from the sentence and situation.
Word formation: inspect roots, prefixes, suffixes and related words.
Visualisation: sketch the relation, process or contrast.
English explanation: paraphrase with a synonym, example or definition.
Dictionary: check a reliable monolingual dictionary first; then use a bilingual dictionary if needed.
German support: use short German clarification only after the English-first steps have failed.

Exam habit: Do not search for a one-to-one equivalent too early. First ask: What does this mean here, and what does my addressee need?

Listening / Viewing

Viewing route:

First viewing: note the speaker's central claim about language and cultural exchange.
Second viewing: identify two examples where cultural knowledge changes understanding.
Transfer: explain how those examples connect to addressee and cultural explanation in school mediation.
LF extension: challenge one claim. What would need evidence before you used it in an analytical argument?

Recordings are optional. If you rehearse orally, keep recordings private or local unless you have explicit consent to share them.

Reading lab: fictional source

Scenario: Your English-speaking exchange group will attend the fictional Lindenheim City Festival. The organisers sent a German information note. Write for students from Bristol who have never used a German deposit system.

Fictional source text — all names and data are invented for practice:

Beim Lindenheimer Stadtfest werden Getränke nur in Mehrwegbechern ausgegeben. Beim Kauf werden zusätzlich 3 Euro Pfand berechnet. Wer den Becher an einer der vier Rückgabestationen abgibt, erhält das Pfand zurück. Die Rückgabe ist bis 22:30 Uhr möglich. Das System soll Einwegmüll vermeiden. Für Schulgruppen gibt es am Infopunkt kostenlose Trinkwasserstationen. Die Eröffnungsrede des Bürgermeisters beginnt um 10:15 Uhr auf dem Marktplatz. Besucherinnen und Besucher sollen Becher nicht in öffentliche Mülleimer werfen.

Task: Write a 170–200 word information post for the exchange group's online noticeboard. Explain what students need to know about the cup system and why it is used. Use a clear neutral-informal register. Do not translate every detail.

Reading decisions before writing

Use a two-column note sheet:

Keep	Omit unless task makes it relevant
3-euro deposit	exact time of mayor's speech
return stations and refund	ceremonial programme
purpose: reducing single-use waste	wording that adds no practical value
warning not to throw the cup away	source-text order
useful water information if space allows	repeated administrative phrasing

LF question: Can two strong mediations make different selection choices? Yes. The choice is defensible if it serves task, purpose and addressee.

Context vocabulary and word formation

Word family	English explanation	Useful mediation phrase
mediate → mediation → mediator	make meaning accessible between languages or contexts	The source explains …; for the target reader, this means …
select → selection → selective	choose what is relevant	The key point for visitors is …
relevant → relevance → irrelevant	connected to the task and useful for the addressee	This detail can be omitted because …
address → addressee	the intended reader or listener	For an international audience, it helps to explain …
cohere → cohesion → cohesive	ideas connect into a clear whole	A clearer order would be …
register → formal / neutral / informal	level and style suited to situation	A neutral-informal phrase would be …
idiom → idiomatic → idiomatically	natural usage typical of the target language	A more idiomatic version is …

Analysis lab

Read this deliberately weak draft:

At the festival every guest must give three euros Pfand. The city administration executes a multi-use cup concept because of climate protection. You must reverse your cup at a back-giving station and then you become the money again. Also, the mayor makes the opening speech at 10:15. Dear foreign pupils, do not forget this!

Audit it with the seven lenses.

Lens	Diagnosis	Revision direction
Task fulfilment	Basic topic is present, but the practical explanation is incomplete and the purpose is blurred.	State clearly how deposit and refund work.
Selection	Mayor's speech is irrelevant to the assigned purpose.	Omit it.
Addressee	Pfand is unexplained.	Explain it as a refundable deposit.
Cultural explanation	The system is named but not made transparent.	Explain the function briefly.
Cohesion	Ideas jump from system to mayor to warning.	Group mechanism, purpose and advice.
Register	Dear foreign pupils is awkward and inappropriate for the noticeboard.	Use direct, neutral-informal address.
Idiomatic English	executes a concept, reverse your cup, become the money are literal Germanisms.	Rephrase meaning in natural English.

AFB II/III move: Do not only correct. Explain which flaw has the greatest effect on communicative success and why.

Speaking

One-minute audit briefing: Choose one lens and explain a revision decision without reading a script.

Useful stems:

Function	Stem
justify selection	I would keep / omit this because the addressee needs …
explain culture	The term may be unfamiliar, so I would describe it as …
discuss register	This phrase is too formal / informal for …
challenge a choice	That is possible, but the task places more emphasis on …
compare versions	Version B is more effective in this respect because …

Tandem practice: Partner A defends the draft. Partner B challenges two choices using task, addressee and evidence. Switch roles.

Writing / Mediation

Write your 170–200 word information post from the fictional source. Then perform two revision passes.

Pass 1 — meaning: task fulfilment, selection, addressee, cultural explanation.

Pass 2 — target English: cohesion, register, idiomatic English.

Do not aim to preserve German syntax. Aim to preserve relevant meaning and communicative function.

Micro-models, not a model essay

These are phrase-level examples, not a full replacement text:

Problem	Better move
Pfand	a €3 refundable deposit
Mehrwegbecher	a reusable cup
Pfand zurückbekommen	get your deposit back
Einwegmüll vermeiden	reduce single-use waste
bureaucratic source style	concise reader-focused explanation

Do the full mediation yourself. A model answer is deliberately not provided.

Feedback

Use feedback codes that diagnose the type of problem:

Code	Lens	Question
T	Task fulfilment	Does this fulfil the task?
S	Selection	Is this detail needed?
A	Addressee	Will the target reader understand why this matters?
Cx	Cultural explanation	Does a culture-bound concept need a short explanation?
Co	Cohesion	Is the order clear and connected?
R	Register	Does the tone fit?
I	Idiomatic English	Would a proficient speaker normally phrase it this way?

Feedback rule: mark the cause, not every surface symptom. The writer should perform the revision.

Feedback loop

Use a simple loop: draft → audit → one priority → revise → re-read as addressee. Do not change ten things at once. A focused revision makes learning visible.

Error analysis

Symptom	Likely cause	Repair strategy
almost every German sentence appears in English	translation mindset	return to task and select only relevant information
correct facts but confusing for an international reader	weak addressee orientation	add essential context and remove assumed knowledge
long explanation of a culture-specific term	over-explanation	explain function in one concise phrase
many linking words but weak logic	surface cohesion without structure	regroup content before adding connectors
inconsistent tone	register not planned	decide genre and relationship before drafting
grammatically possible but unnatural phrasing	literal transfer from German	paraphrase the idea and check common collocations

High-level reflection: Which error would remain invisible in a grammar checker? Usually selection, addressee and cultural explanation require human judgement.

Differentiation

Support route: work with a shortened source, highlight task words, use the seven-lens table and audit only four lenses first.

Standard LF route: audit all seven lenses, justify omissions and revise independently.

Stretch LF route: combine two short sources, resolve competing priorities, explain why you changed source order and evaluate two defensible target versions.

Pace options: 15-minute micro-audit, 30-minute revision workshop or a full timed 60-minute mediation practice.

Language support: sentence stems may help planning, but remove them from the final version if they make the text formulaic.

Safe and responsible learning

All practice names and numerical data in this aiMOOC are fictional. Do not upload personal data, private recordings, classmates' work or protected exam materials.

You may use AI only as a checking aid if your teacher allows it. Verify factual claims and sources yourself, disclose AI use when required and do not use AI to generate replacement essays. Never paste complete protected Pflichttexte, confidential school material or personal information into an external AI service.

Use legal media: Wikimedia Commons files, official or openly accessible educational videos and short source extracts where permitted. Do not reproduce full mandatory literary texts or unauthorised film sequences.

Abi-Check 2027 Baden-Württemberg

Stand: 3 October 2026. Always re-check the official documents for your own exam year.

For the Leistungsfach, the Baden-Württemberg curriculum explicitly requires mediation that is summarising, addressee-appropriate and interculturally appropriate. Learners select relevant information, transfer it coherently, identify culturally sensitive intentions, explain culture-specific concepts and use compensation strategies.

In the Qualifikationsphase, one written assessment or part of an assessment checks mediation competence in isolated form; the target production is in the foreign language and is usually designed for about 60 minutes.

The 2027 written Abitur examination is different: it consists of listening comprehension and writing. The published framework gives about 255 minutes including selection time: about 30 minutes for listening, a 15-minute break and 225 minutes for writing including selection time.

The Kommunikationsprüfung is the oral component. It can be an individual or tandem examination and contains monological and dialogical speaking. German-language quotations or theses may be used as impulses in the sense of mediation. This is not the same format as the isolated 60-minute mediation assessment in the Qualifikationsphase.

The published 2027 correction guidelines weight the components of the overall written Abitur result as 20% listening, 55% writing and 25% Kommunikationsprüfung.

Official sources:

Written exam vs communication exam

Aspect	Written components	Kommunikationsprüfung
main mode	listening and writing	speaking
product	written responses and target texts	monologue plus dialogue
mediation link	trained in the course and assessed separately in the Qualifikationsphase	German-language impulses can be used in the sense of mediation
key performance focus	content, analysis, writing quality and language	task/content, interaction/discourse and language
preparation strategy	plan, select, structure, write, revise	plan briefly, speak coherently, interact and respond

Transfer

Apply the seven-lens audit to one new context:

Exchange welcome guide: mediate a short German school rule for visiting students.
University orientation: explain a German administrative term for international first-year students.
Tourism: turn a local German notice into a concise English visitor message.
Sustainability event: combine two short German information cards into one English announcement.

For each task, justify at least two omissions and one cultural explanation.

Next course

Continue with ABI LF - Mediation under time pressure: planning, prioritising and revising a full mediation within a timed 60-minute training window.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

What is the main purpose of mediation in this course? (To transfer relevant meaning for a specific addressee and purpose) (!To translate every sentence as accurately as possible) (!To copy culture-specific terms without explanation) (!To preserve the source-text order at all costs)

Which question belongs to the selection lens? (Is this information useful for the task and addressee?) (!Is every sentence the same length?) (!Does the text use as many connectors as possible?) (!Has every German word been translated?)

What should you normally do with a culture-bound term that the addressee may not know? (Explain its function briefly in context) (!Leave it unexplained in German) (!Delete every reference to it) (!Add a long historical essay)

Which feature most clearly shows addressee orientation? (The text supplies the background the target reader actually needs) (!The text follows the source paragraph by paragraph) (!The text contains many difficult words) (!The text repeats all examples from the source)

What does cohesion mainly concern? (The logical connection and organisation of ideas) (!The number of words in the source) (!The use of German quotations) (!The length of the title)

What does register refer to? (The level and style of language suited to situation and genre) (!The factual accuracy of a date only) (!The number of paragraphs only) (!The use of a dictionary only)

Which phrase is the most idiomatic English for Pfand zurückbekommen? (Get your deposit back) (!Become the money again) (!Reverse the deposit) (!Receive back the Pfand)

What is the best first move when a target phrase is difficult? (Clarify the meaning in context before searching for a one-to-one equivalent) (!Translate the German syntax directly) (!Ask for a complete German solution) (!Copy the source term unchanged)

Which statement about the 2027 written Abitur in Baden-Württemberg is correct? (It separates listening comprehension and writing from the Kommunikationsprüfung) (!It consists only of a mediation task) (!It requires a full translation of a German text) (!It has no oral component connected to the overall written Abitur result)

What is the strongest revision strategy after an audit? (Prioritise the main communicative weakness and revise purposefully) (!Rewrite everything without diagnosing the problem) (!Correct spelling only) (!Add more information from the source regardless of relevance)

Memory

Task fulfilment	purpose and required product
Selection	relevant information only
Addressee	reader needs and background
Cultural explanation	brief contextual clarification
Cohesion	logical flow between ideas
Register	appropriate level of formality
Idiomatic English	natural target-language phrasing

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Thema
Purpose	Task fulfilment
Relevance	Selection
Reader	Addressee
Culture-bound term	Cultural explanation
Flow	Cohesion
Tone	Register
Natural phrasing	Idiomatic English

Kreuzworträtsel

audience	Who should shape your choice of detail and explanation?
selection	What process separates relevant from irrelevant source information?
cohesion	What makes ideas connect logically across a target text?
register	What term describes the level of formality and style?
idiomatic	Which adjective describes natural target-language phrasing?
context	What should you check before searching for a one-to-one equivalent?

LearningApps

Lückentext

Offene Aufgaben

Leicht

Mediation markieren: Take a short self-written mediation and label one sentence for each of four lenses: task, selection, addressee and idiomatic English.
Pfand erklären: Explain the fictional festival's deposit system in two English sentences for someone who has never encountered it.
Germanismen finden: Invent three literal German-to-English phrases and replace them with natural English.
Register wechseln: Rewrite the same two-sentence message once for a friend and once for a formal school email.

Standard

Mediation überarbeiten: Write the 170–200 word festival mediation and revise it using all seven lenses.
Peer-Audit: Exchange printed or local drafts with a partner, give only coded feedback and let the writer make the corrections.
Viewing transfer: Use one idea from the embedded video to explain why cultural knowledge changes mediation choices.
Selection begründen: Choose five source details from a fictional notice, keep three and justify the two omissions in English.

Schwer

Quellen verbinden: Create two short fictional German sources on the same event, mediate them into one English text and explain how you resolved overlap.
Audit vergleichen: Produce two different but defensible target versions for different addressees and compare their selection, register and cultural explanation.
Kommunikationsprüfung simulieren: Prepare a one-minute monologue from a short German impulse, then defend your mediation decisions in a partner dialogue.
AFB III Reflection: Evaluate which of the seven lenses is hardest to automate reliably with AI or grammar-checking software and support your judgement with examples.

Lernkontrolle

Auditdiagnose: You receive a grammatically correct mediation that contains too much source detail. Diagnose why it is still weak and propose two revisions.
Adressatenwechsel: Explain how the same German source should change when mediated for exchange students, parents and an academic audience.
Kulturtransfer: Choose one culture-bound German term and compare a weak literal transfer with a concise functional explanation.
Strukturtransfer: Reorder a source-based draft so that the target text follows the reader's needs rather than the source sequence. Justify your structure.
Prüfungsformate: Explain the difference between the isolated mediation assessment in the Qualifikationsphase, the 2027 written listening/writing components and the Kommunikationsprüfung.
KI-Prüfung: Evaluate an AI-generated mediation by checking source fidelity, task fulfilment, addressee orientation and unverifiable additions. Revise only after verification.

Lernnachweis

For a strong learning record, you should be able to:

identify purpose, addressee, genre and required content before writing
select and justify relevant information instead of translating everything
explain culture-bound concepts briefly and accurately
organise a coherent target text with appropriate register
produce idiomatic English and revise Germanisms
use the seven-lens audit independently
distinguish written Abitur components from the Kommunikationsprüfung
justify revisions using evidence from source, task and addressee
verify AI-assisted suggestions and source claims instead of accepting them automatically
document that recordings and personal data were handled privately and responsibly

OERs zum Thema

Note: The CEFR Companion Volume uses a broader concept of mediation than the specific school task format practised here. Use the distinction analytically.