Die Prüfung telc Deutsch A1: Überblick und Strategien

Hören Teil 1

• You see: six questions (items 1-6) with three answers a, b, c, in the real exam often small pictures.
• You do: you hear six short everyday dialogues, each twice, and choose one answer per question.
• Strategy: read the question first and find the question word (Wann? Wo? Wie viel?). Choose during the first listening, check during the second.
• Typical trap: all three options are usually mentioned. People correct themselves (“Ach nein, …”) or change plans, so the final information counts.

Hören Teil 2

• You see: four statements (items 7-10), richtig or falsch.
• You do: you hear four announcements (station, supermarket, plane, museum…), each only once.
• Strategy: before the audio starts, read all four statements and mark the key detail: a platform, a time, a price, a place.
• Typical trap: announcements often name the old information first (“nicht von Gleis 4, sondern von Gleis 7”).

Hören Teil 3

• You see: five questions (items 11-15) with three answers each.
• You do: you hear five telephone messages, each twice.
• Strategy: ask yourself: Who is calling? Why? What should the listener do? The question usually asks about one of these.
• Typical trap: messages often cancel or move something (“Sie haben am Dienstag einen Termin. Leider …”). The first day or time you hear is often wrong.

Lesen Teil 1

• You see: two short personal texts (email, note, letter) and five statements (items 1-5).
• You do: decide richtig or falsch.
• Strategy: the statements follow the order of the text and use other words: “übernachten” can stand for “bei dir schlafen”.
• Typical trap: a false statement often repeats words from the text. The same word is not the same information.

Lesen Teil 2

• You see: five situations (items 6-10), each with two short web pages or ads, a and b.
• You do: decide where you find the information you need.
• Strategy: underline every condition in the situation (day, time, people, language) and check each one in both texts.
• Typical trap: both texts are about the right topic. Only one fits every detail, for example “Sunday” or “delivery”.

Lesen Teil 3

• You see: five signs or notices (items 11-15), each with a label saying where it hangs (“An der Tür der Apotheke”) and one statement.
• You do: decide richtig or falsch.
• Strategy: read the label first for context. Then look for dates, times and small words: nicht, kein, nur, ab, bis.
• Typical trap: small words change everything. “Nur samstags” is not “auch samstags”.

Schreiben Teil 1

• You see: a short text about a friend or neighbor and a form with five gaps.
• You do: write the five missing pieces of information into the form (1 point each).
• Strategy: read the form first, then find each piece of information in the text. One word or number is enough.
• Typical trap: the text contains extra information about other people or options. Copy names, numbers and places exactly.

Schreiben Teil 2

• You see: a situation and three content points, for example “Kurs am Abend?”, “Beginn?”, “Preis?”.
• You do: write an email or letter of about 30 words with a greeting and a closing.
• Strategy: one or two sentences per point, in the given order. Choose formal (Sie) or informal (du) from the situation and keep it.
• Typical trap: a forgotten point costs 3 of 10 points. Long texts earn nothing extra, only more mistakes.

Scoring: each content point gets 3, 1,5 or 0 points (complete and clear, partly done or hard to understand, missing). The communicative form (greeting, closing, register, connected sentences) gets 1, 0,5 or 0 points.

Sprechen Teil 1

• You see: keywords: Name? Alter? Land? Wohnort? Sprachen? Beruf? Hobby?
• You do: introduce yourself in full sentences. Then you spell something (your name or city) and say a number (phone number, house number, postal code).
• Strategy: practice your introduction until it runs automatically. Learn the alphabet; say phone numbers digit by digit or in pairs.
• Typical trap: single words (“Portugal.”) instead of sentences.

Sprechen Teil 2

• You see: a topic (“Thema: Freizeit”) and word cards with one word each (“Kino”, “Sport”).
• You do: ask the next candidate a question with your word and answer the question you get. Two rounds: you ask twice and answer twice.
• Strategy: put the word into a simple W-question or yes/no question: “Wie oft gehst du ins Kino?” Answer with one or two sentences.
• Typical trap: a question that does not fit the card, or a one-word answer (“Ja.”).

Sprechen Teil 3

• You see: picture cards with an object (an umbrella) or an action symbol (an open window, a crossed-out cigarette).
• You do: make a request to the next candidate and react to the request you get. Two rounds.
• Strategy: use one safe pattern: “Können Sie mir bitte … geben?” or the imperative with bitte. React briefly: “Ja, gern. Hier, bitte.”
• Typical trap: describing the picture (“Das ist ein Regenschirm.”) instead of asking for something. That earns no points.

Sprechen Teil 1

Sprechen Teil 2

Sprechen Teil 3