The categorisation of learning areas in German lessons has a long-standing tradition dating back to the 1970s and is now upheld in particular by the educational standards issued by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs; in the core curricula or syllabuses of the individual Federal States, this framework is developed with reference to the specific school types and year groups. For you, the four areas of competence are already relevant in terms of the subject-specific teaching methodology components of your degree programme (see below) and will form important points of reference and guidance in your future professional life for lesson series and lesson plans – essentially for all your teaching practice in German: