C1 exam telc - All information about the telc C1 exams

The telc C1 exam is a general language exam. It is designed for adults to prove their general language skills at level C1 of the CEFR for personal and professional purposes. If your German language skills are at C1 level, you can express yourself spontaneously and fluently. You have the linguistic means to adapt your speaking style to the situation while making hardly any grammatical errors.

You can take the telc C1 exam with us. The Academy of Languages has been a recognised examination centre for telc examinations for many years. We provide you with expert advice and support in all matters relating to your personal telc exam.

The written exam is divided into the areas of reading comprehension, language components, listening comprehension and written expression.

In the reading comprehension section, there are the following sections: text reconstruction, selective comprehension, detailed comprehension and global comprehension. In the text reconstruction section, you have to assign one of several given sentences to given blank spaces in the text. In the selective comprehension section, you will be asked questions. You must decide in which paragraph of the text the questions are to be answered. Detailed comprehension is tested by giving you statements about a text. You then have to decide whether these are correct, incorrect or not contained in the text. You also have to choose a heading for this text to demonstrate your overall comprehension of the text.

In the language modules section, your grammar and vocabulary skills are tested. You are given a text with gaps and have to decide which term fits into the gap. The task format is multiple choice.

The listening comprehension section consists of three segments: Global comprehension, detailed comprehension, information transfer. In global comprehension, you have to assign statements to a person. The detailed comprehension tasks take the form of multiple choice. In information transfer, you have to note down information that you hear in keywords in a given scheme.

The written expression section requires you to make a statement or discussion. You have to develop your own point of view on a topic and present it in an argumentative manner.

In the oral examination, you present a topic for approx. 3 minutes. Your partner will briefly summarise your presentation and ask you questions about your presentation. The roles are then reversed: your partner presents and you ask questions. In the last part of the oral exam, you and your partner will discuss a topic controversially.

The telc Deutsch C1 Beruf exam is a job-specific exam focussing on work situations in the context of commercial office work. Having C1 level in a language means being able to express yourself spontaneously and fluently and mastering the linguistic means to vary your own language style according to the situation. At this level, you are unlikely to make grammatical errors.

You can take the telc Deutsch C1 Beruf exam with us. The Academy of Languages has been an official telc examination centre for many years. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have about telc examinations and look forward to welcoming you to our telc examination centre soon.

The written exam consists of reading comprehension, language components, listening comprehension and written expression.

The reading comprehension and language components together last 90 minutes.

The reading comprehension part is divided into three sections: Text reconstruction, selective comprehension and detailed comprehension. In the text reconstruction section, you will be given a cloze text. Your task is to fill in the gaps with given sentence components. In the selective comprehension section, you prove that you roughly understand what a text is about. In the detailed comprehension section, you show that you understand texts in detail.

In the language building blocks section, your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary is tested with the help of a cloze text and associated multiple choice tasks.

You have 40 minutes to complete the listening comprehension section. It consists of the tasks global comprehension, detailed comprehension and information transfer. You will demonstrate that you understand audio input both as a whole and in detail and that you can take structured notes on a lecture.

The written expression takes 70 minutes. Your task is to write a discussion or statement on one of two topics. Your text should be approx. 350 words long.

The oral examination consists of two tasks. Before you and your partner start with the actual tasks, you will briefly introduce yourselves to each other. The first task is to give a short presentation that you have worked on during the preparation time. You will be given a choice of two out of twelve topics. After your presentation, your partner will ask you questions. You then switch roles. The second task is to discuss a topic with your partner. You express your opinion, justify it and respond to your partner's arguments.

If you want to study at a German university, you usually need proof of sufficient language skills. You can provide this proof by passing the telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule exam, as the exam is designed for adults who want to study at a German-speaking university, who are already studying or who work in an academic profession.

The telc C1 Hochschule exam tests your German language skills with a focus on university-relevant competences at C1 level of the CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Having the C1 level in a language means being able to express yourself spontaneously and fluently and mastering the linguistic means to vary your own language style according to the situation. At this level, you will hardly make any grammatical mistakes.

Several hundred candidates have taken the telc German C1 Hochschule exam with us every year for many years. You too can benefit from our experience and register with us for telc C1 Hochschule. We look forward to welcoming you to our centre for an exam soon and will be happy to advise you on how to get there.

In the written exam, you will be tested in the areas of reading comprehension, language components, listening comprehension and written expression.

You have a total of 90 minutes for the reading comprehension and language components.

In reading comprehension, you can expect tasks on text reconstruction, global comprehension, detailed comprehension and selective comprehension. In text reconstruction, you will be given a cloze text. You have to match each gap with one of several given sentences. In the selective comprehension section, you have to assign predefined functions to the various paragraphs in a text. Detailed comprehension and global comprehension are tested in a single text. In detailed comprehension, you have to decide whether a statement is correct, incorrect or not contained in the text. In global comprehension, you have to assign one of several given headings to this text.

In the language building blocks section, your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary is tested using multiple choice tasks.

The listening comprehension part takes about 40 minutes. It tests your ability in global comprehension, detailed comprehension and information transfer. In global comprehension, you have to assign different statements to different speakers. Detailed comprehension is tested in the form of multiple choice tasks. The information transfer task requires you to memorise key points from a listening text.

In the written expression task, you have 70 minutes to write a discussion or statement on a given topic.

The oral examination is organised in such a way that each candidate gives a 3-minute presentation on the topic that he or she has worked on during the preparation period. The examination partner then summarises the presentation and asks questions. The candidate then presents their own topic, followed by a summary and questions from their partner. In the final part of the oral examination, both partners discuss a controversial topic.

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4. familiarise yourself with the invitation letter and the current examination regulations, which you will receive approximately one week before the examination.

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1. arrival at the exam centre: you will be welcomed by our team and taken to your exam room.

2. the invigilator in the examination room will direct you to the cloakroom. Please make sure that you do not take any mobile phones or smartwatches into the examination room

3. back in the examination room: the invigilator will explain the examination regulations, check your ID and explain the procedure for the written examination

4. the exam papers are handed out and the exam starts

5. at the end of the written exam, you can refresh yourself and wait for your oral exam in our waiting room. Please note: Mobile phones are still prohibited here!

6 Before the start of your oral exam, you may prepare for 20 minutes in a separate room where you will receive your tasks.

7. the examiner will pick you up after the preparation time and take you to the examination room.

8 Oral examination: The examination lasts 15 to 20 minutes.

9. after the oral exam, our team will take you to the cloakroom to collect your belongings.

10. on request, we will issue you with a certificate of attendance.