telc B2 exam in Heidelberg - All information about the telc German B2 exams

The telc B2 exam is a general language exam. It is designed for adults to prove their general language skills at level B2 of the CEFR for personal and professional purposes. B2 means that you can express yourself clearly and in detail, as well as argue and negotiate successfully. A large vocabulary in your area of specialisation as well as on many common topics and a sound knowledge of grammar provide you with the basis for this.

You can take the telc B2 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 consists of the subtests reading comprehension, language components, listening comprehension and written expression.

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

The reading comprehension section tests the sub-skills of global comprehension, detailed comprehension and selective comprehension. In global comprehension, you have to prove that you understand the main content of short authentic texts. Detailed comprehension is about understanding specific information in authentic texts. In the selective comprehension section, you have to decide whether a text contains the required information or not.

The language building blocks section tests your command of both grammar and vocabulary. There are two tasks. The first mainly tests grammar; the second mainly tests vocabulary. You have to decide which of the possible answers fits for several gaps in a text.

The listening comprehension lasts 20 minutes. The sub-skills of global comprehension, detailed comprehension and selective comprehension are also tested here. All tasks are of the true-false type.

In the written expression section, you have 30 minutes to write a semi-formal e-mail.

In the oral part, you are expected to be able to talk about personal experiences - you prepare a short presentation at home; to discuss a controversial topic on which you have read a text in the preparation time; and to plan something together with your partner by making suggestions, responding to suggestions and thus coming to a result together.

The telc Deutsch B2+ Beruf exam is a job-specific exam focussing on work situations in the context of commercial office work. This exam is designed for adults to prove their job-specific language skills at level B2+ of the CEFR. B2+ means that your language skills are slightly above B2.

You express yourself clearly and in detail so that you can argue and negotiate successfully. You understand texts from your own specialism and less familiar areas. You can write business letters, reports and minutes. Your vocabulary is large and you are quite confident in the use of grammar.

You can take the telc Deutsch B2+ Beruf exam with us. The Academy of Languages has been an official telc examination centre for many years. We are 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, written expression, listening comprehension and language components.

You have 60 minutes for reading comprehension. You will be given various texts for which you will have to solve multiple-choice questions.

In the writing section, you have 60 minutes to write two texts. These are a somewhat longer text of 180 - 200 words and a somewhat shorter text of 60 - 80 words. The texts to be written can be of the following types, for example: Letter, note, short report, e-mail, short message.

The listening comprehension part takes about 30 minutes. You will listen to various audio texts relating to the world of work. These can be news or reports, for example, but also meetings between colleagues. The tasks in this part of the exam are multiple choice and true-false.

The written examination concludes with the language modules section. Here, your grammar knowledge and vocabulary are tested with two cloze texts. The first of the two texts focuses on morphology and syntax, i.e. grammar. The second text focuses on vocabulary.

The oral examination consists of four parts, of which the first part, in which you briefly introduce yourself, is not assessed. The remaining three parts are presenting, discussing and negotiating. You prepare the topic of the presentation at home, whereby you can choose the topic yourself. It can be a personal project, a product you are interested in or your vocational training/university degree programme. Your partner will then respond to your presentation and vice versa. You then discuss a topic together on which you have read a text during the preparation time. In the negotiation part, you usually solve a problem together by communicating information and proposed solutions.

telc Deutsch B2-C1 Beruf is a job-specific exam focussing on work situations in the office. It is a scaled exam that helps to differentiate exactly what level your competences are at in the areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

If you have B2 level, you understand the main content of complex workplace-related texts. You can take part in conversations in your own areas of interest in such a way that you can present your own point of view.

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 will hardly make any grammatical mistakes.

You can take the telc Deutsch B2-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 four parts: Listening comprehension, reading comprehension, language components and written expression.

You have 40 minutes for listening comprehension. In listening comprehension, you have the task of understanding a routine situation at work as well as longer presentations in detail, recognising different positions on a job-related topic and following a job-related discussion. The task formats in this part of the test are matching, multiple choice and true-false.

Reading comprehension takes 50 minutes. Your task here is to search for and allocate information in an Internet forum, to understand a publication from the world of work in detail and to understand job-related information texts in detail. The task formats are the same as in the listening comprehension section (matching, multiple choice, true-false).

The language components section tests your grammar and vocabulary skills within 20 minutes. You will be asked to select suitable discourse-controlling elements in routine conversations (matching task) and to select suitable language structures in company correspondence (multiple choice task).

In the written expression section, you have 60 minutes to write three texts. These are an informal in-house e-mail, a formal e-mail to a company partner and a formal in-house discussion paper.

In the oral examination, you will be required to speak in both monologue and dialogue. It starts with spontaneous small talk between you and your partner about a topic that is introduced with a visual input. You will then give a short presentation that you have prepared at home. The topic of the presentation is free, but must be professionally related. Your examination partner and the examiners will then ask you questions. Finally, you discuss a topic with your partner: you express your opinion, back up your opinion with examples and respond to your partner's arguments.

1. contact us and clarify any questions you may still have.

2. decide on an examination date and let us know.

3. pay the invoice upon receipt.

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

5. appear for your examination as stated in the invitation letter.

6. if you wish: On the day of the exam, ask at the test centre for your results to be sent to you by post. Pay the postage costs directly at the test centre.

7. otherwise: Collect your exam results from us when you have received notification from us approx. 4 - 6 weeks after the exam that your exam results are available.

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.