appreciated to help me pass. I get nervous with in particular the “Sprechen” part.
I have the B1 exam in a few in June. Any tips would be greatly
Write or say everything in plural. Then you don't have to remember if the subjects are male, female or neutral.
Just need to learn one form.
Looking back at the time my exam was, I realise now how nervous I was and I know now that I shouldn't have been. So please do not worry. If you are taking your exam in Zug - the ladies are very good at what they do, and failing people is not on their list. They are VERY professional. And i took the talking exam twice.
Please make sure you stick to the 5-point structure which you, no doubt, learned either at school or with your tutor. Dig around B2 phrases for generic stuff, like, 'ich befasse mich mit' and other rather than some simple B1 stuff.
Be reactive: often we forget to thank for the question or comment on a question or express a reaction to a comment or question.
Dialogue is a bit more challenging, as it involves another nervous person. So please at least before the prep time agree between yourselves that you both are brief in your responses.
Speak with other people who are taking this exam on the day: you'd be surprised how chatty and helpful we all become when facing a common challenge.
And please share your success story when you get the results...
Sorry to hijack thread but can anyone tell me how long it takes to get the results? It’s been four weeks now... would i still be notified if I hadn’t passed?
Goethe, tELC... Which exam did you do? tELC from memory is about 4-5 weeks.
Telc, its been 4w 5d now
Learning of set phrases is something I've been doing for language exams since I was taught to do so at school many decades ago. It's certainly my plan for B1 German when I take it in June myself.
Goethe, tELC? If tELC, the practice exams available online are the exact same structure.
Same here. Telc in Rappi, 8 Mar. They said 4 weeks, but of course it's been Easter. Probably this week I guess.
We must have sat in the same room!
We shall find out soon i hope! Good luck
That's possible, but depends if you did A2 or not. I chose the easy option!
Yesterday I got SMS from them which says there is a delay in the certificates being issued because of Easter. I assume because it mentions certificates that this means I have passed, but it is not 100% clear to be honest.
Yeah i got that message too i took B1, i just assumed you did too bc of the thread title
I sat mine (TELC / MKS) at the end of November in 2016. Got the results the week after Xmas.
Look in your books for the kind of conversations you are supposed to be able to have. Learn the vocabulary diligently.
Then step out into the real world and go boldly to speak to shop assistants (especially in small, boring little shops where nothing much seems to be happening), information counter clerks, the staff at the SBB enquiries desks, the librarian, and the helpful people at your Gemeinde, and travel agents. All of these people are paid to talk to and listen to their customers or clients. Practice those conversations with them, as long as, of course, a lot of other more legitimate customers are not waiting.
If they switch into English, perhaps intending to be kind to you, smile and answer: "Bitte, sprechen Sie mit mir Deutsch. Ich möchte lernen." That usually impresses most people enough to give them a dose of patience and diligence, enough to continue the conversation with you.
If they turn out to be really friendly, you could even tell them that you have an exam coming up, and that, since they don't have a long queue right now, you are here to ask A and B, and also to practice your German. Someone even once said to me: "Oh, in that case, no problem, come back tomorrow and have another chat. We're usually quiet at x time."
If your syllabus has set topics which don't seem to apply to the settings I've suggested above, with a little imagination you could be clever enough to stretch the scope of the conversation to include at least some clear sentences you've learnt about your syllabus topics.
I got an SMS yesterday, i passed! Hurrah
They will get the certificates on Thursday, then they post them to us. Hope to have it by the end of the month!
Well done. Me too. Passed A2. Wishing I'd done B1 now.
Next thing is to check if A2 is still enough for C permit in SZ. It used to be, but it's a while since I checked.
Congrats!
Congrats PixieB and dmarkd.
This is excellent advice - the problem is I find chatting difficult enough in my mother tongue!
I have my certificate!
I passed with 233.5 points (78%) but in the speaking part i got 93%, which rather surprised me so i have some advice for you now, OP!
I was surprised to have done so well in the speaking part because I’d remembered making several mistakes. However i swiftly corrected myself on each one I’d known about, so I’m thinking they must have marked up for that? So my advice is, if you make a mistake; correct it!
IIRC mine were things like using the wrong conjugation of haben at the end of a long sentence with multiple verbs, or saying wissen when i should have said kennen, etc. This happens to me often while speaking, and in day to day I’d just let it go, because they know what i mean, right but in the exam if i noticed i just repeated the correct word after the mistake, and i think it must have carried me through