Hi! For those who recently took the Goethe A2 exam, what topics or tasks did you get in Sprechen?
Especially interested in:
If you’ve taken the exam recently, please share your experience. It would be really helpful. Thanks!
Hallo Leute. I'm wondering what others would do in my situation.
I started learning German a few years ago simply because the German-speaking world is a never-ending source of fascination for me. I love German writers, music, and just the general culture. I've visited a few times, and these visits have just confirmed my interest.
Learning German for me is, in other words, just a hobby. I do not need to pass a language exam for work, or to emigrate, or anything like that. But somewhere along the way, I decided I would take learning the language seriously, and after taking various online placement tests, I decided I would take the Goethe B1 Exam.
To that end, I've been working on the language in the usual ways and I've taken a number of practice tests. I source these practice tests from the Hueber Zertifikat B1 Neu book. Grading the lesen and hören portions of the practice tests is a straightforward matter of checking the answer key. For the schreiben part, I have mainly been giving Claude the prompts, writing my answers, and asking Claude to grade my responses. I've supplemented this with various online test prep tools that allow one to practice writing (e.g., Lingviko, Deutsch Fox, etc.). For sprechen, I have been using a combination of apps like Lingviko, Issen, and Langua Talk.
So far, I've taken about 7+ practice exams, and I am getting remarkably consistent results every time:
All of this gets me to the question I'm hoping some of you may have some feedback on. I could keep working on my German for another year or something and increase these schreiben and sprechen scores, but I really don't feel like doing that. I kind of just want to go ahead and take this test. If you were me, would you go ahead and take the exam if you thought you would pass with a mediocre score or would you delay and keep working in the hopes of getting a better score later?
The next exam in my city is towards the end of October so I've got some time to think about it. Thank you in advance!
Hello everyone.
I want to take the C1 Exam this upcoming fall, and want to prepare for the exam on my own.
What I want to ask is, wether anyone has some recommendations regarding materials I can use to prepare for it.
I did the preparation for the B2 exam alone and did okay on the exam (screenshot from the results).
I tried findig materials for C1 but no luck.
Any help is welcome.
Thanks!
Hi! I am an Italian girl who studied German at university (without any prior knowledge). I don't know which level I am (my friends say I should be a B1 but I am not so confident) and I wanted to get a certification but before that I wanted to sign up for an online German course with the Goethe institut. There are a bunch of them about training to take the exam (20 hours or 5 meetings with a teacher anf s group of students) but I think they are a lil bit too "light" for me. There is also one of 40 lessons with a teacher and other students (before starting they also make you take a placement test). I wanted to choose the latter but can someone in a similar situation tell me if it is the best choice? I am scared I am gonna waste my money and I can't afford that hahah
I took exams about German grammar and in German (casual conversation), I am also trying to watch and read in German more (a lil bit difficult because I am also trying to keep training my Swedish and I started to learn french a month ago).
If you have any advice plz write it down, it would be super nice.
I feel like shit because my uni mates are far better then me :( (even tho they have been studying German since high school but I still feel like crap lol)
Hello. I have signed up for the Erwachsene Version of the B2 exam. Recently I learned that an acquaintance of mine passed the Jugendliche version In January. We are both the same age approximately (22, 23) and studying at uni and I'm thinking that I was wrong for picking the erwachsene version since the themes can be harder in schreiben and sprechen.
The Lesen and Hören results are driving me crazy. I go from 14/30 to 20/30 and then back to 14/30 in the blink of an eye. I have no idea where I stand or whether I’m improving at all. It’s so frustrating to work through the entire book, only to improve in some sections while doing worse in others, especially after studying for so many hours over the past months.
I came across this beautiful resource for beginners - A1 and A2.
News in easier german language - very helpful in understanding current affairs in simpler German.
Lesen 17.5
Hören 18.75
Schreiben 23.75
Sprechen 23
Total 83 out of 100 (gut)
Prep resources(self-study only):
- Goethe A2 Wortliste (Super resource) - Augmented this with AI help to learn each word's origin and usage in different contexts
- Youtube (Five minute German/Your German Teacher)
- Deutsche Welle (Nico's Weg) - only completed 40% of A2 - ran out of time
Used AI to generate some exercises and exemplar responses for Sprechen and Schreiben - that helped me score very well on those two sections! :-)
I got 74% in A1 with least preparation bcs of my work. Is it a decent score or should I improve a lot?
Guys, what happens when you register for all 4 modules of the Prüfung (reading, writing, hearing, speaking) and you fail some but pass others?
Do you get a certificate for the modules you passed? And then in the future you only have to retake the ones you failed? Is there a limited period of time to retake the parts you failed? I heard somewhere that you have maximum a year to retake the parts you failed. Is that true?
Do you not get any certificate, and do you have to retake all parts again?
Thx! I’m planning to do the B2-Prüfung!
I’ve failed my German ÖSD exam twice, and honestly, I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve already spent so much time, effort, and money studying German, and failing twice has really made me question myself.
Should I keep going and try again, or should I accept that maybe German isn’t for me and move on to something else?
I’d really appreciate some honest advice, especially from people who have failed an exam before and kept going. What would you do if you were in my situation?
Studying German Language level on my own and appearing for the exam would be a good move?
Title: Goethe Exam Pune – Experience with the Hotel/Resort Venue?
Hello , I’m planning to take the Goethe B1 exam in Pune. The upcoming exams are on 1st and 23rd October. One venue is the official Goethe-Institut (Max Mueller Bhavan, Boat Club Road), while the venue for the other date is a hotel/resort where the exam is conducted by Goethe.
Has anyone taken a Goethe exam at this non-Goethe venue in Pune? How was your experience, especially regarding the exam environment and speaking test?
Also, if anyone is appearing there on either of these dates, please share your experience/info. Thanks!
I’m wondering if there is anyone here who took the A1 exam for visa purposes. How long did it take you to get the Goethe A1 certificate?
English is not my first language, but I‘ve been using the language for the past 10 years, got 7.5 in IELTS. I have 20 days to prepare for the A1 exam, becuz it’s my summer break, so I don’t have any other commitments. I can basically study from the moment I wake up until I go to sleep every day, and I can also practise speaking with my husband, who is a native German speaker.
My only goal for now is to pass the A1 exam and get the certificate for my family reunification visa with my husband. I’m not trying to build a solid German foundation in just 20 days.
In this situation, do you think it’s realistic to achieve Goethe A1 within 20 days? Has anyone had a similar experience? Thx!! :))
Hallo ich habe mein Test am 20 Juni gemacht, ist jetzt schon 7 Wochen vergangen und noch kein Ergebnis da. Wer von euch hat auch am selben Tag vorgelegt. Ich freue mich auf Ihre Mitteilungen.
LG Vi
I took the B1 writing exam about a month ago and got 51 points. I want to improve my score and pass the exam this time.
aufgabe 1 it was that there was a high school reunion and one of my friends missed and I had to tell him/her about it.
aufgabe 2 was same as yours from last time,
"Umwelt und Verantwortung"
aufgabe 3 was that I had a meeting which i couldn't attend
I will take the exam again on August 18, but I only have 8 days left to prepare. I really want to pass this time, but I don't know how to prepare effectively. Could you please help me make a study plan for these 8 days and tell me what I should focus on the most?
If anyone has taken the B1 writing exam recently, what topic did you get? Please let me know and help me out!
PLS
also how many vocabluries i have to memorise
Hello guys! Based on many B2 Modelltest books on the market (Mit Erfolg, Projekt Neu, Werkstatt, Prufungs Training, etc, etc or even the Modelltest at Goethe Website).
How can you rank them based on difficulty level, which textbook has the hardest modelltest, and where can you put the real exam?