Goethe-Zertifikat B1 · Hören
Each Teil trains a different listening skill. Teil 1 and Teil 4 are played twice, Teil 2 and Teil 3 once, as in the exam.
4 Teile, about 40 min, scored out of 100 on its own. The fact to learn first: not every recording plays twice. Teil 1 and Teil 4 are played twice; Teil 2 and Teil 3 only once. That is not the B2 pattern, so material prepared for B2 trains the wrong habit.
Teil 1 has five short recordings — a voicemail message, a station announcement, radio tips for the weekend — each with a true-or-false item about what the recording is about and a multiple-choice item about a detail. Teil 2 is one talk to an audience, such as a guided tour or a welcome to a course, with five multiple-choice items in the order of the talk. Teil 3 is an informal conversation between two people, with seven true-or-false statements. Teil 4 is a radio discussion with a moderator and two guests; you decide, for eight statements, who says what.
The wrong options are usually things that really were said. In Teil 1 all three options of the multiple-choice item are mentioned — the traffic jam because of an accident, because of roadworks, because of rush hour — and the question asks about only one. In Teil 4 a guest mentions an argument in order to reject it, and the moderator often only repeats what a guest said. You get about a minute to read the items before Teil 2, 3 and 4; it is part of the recording and cannot be paused.
Teil 1 and Teil 4 play twice, Teil 2 and Teil 3 once. The player here follows the same rule and does not let you rewind in exam mode, because on the day you cannot either.
18 of 30, the same line as in Lesen. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so choose an answer for every item before the recording moves on. On paper you get five minutes at the end to copy your answers to the answer sheet.
Eight statements, each paraphrased from the discussion, and for each one you choose: a is the moderator, b the first guest, c the second guest. The moderator is the answer once or twice at most; the guests carry the rest. Note each guest's position before the recording starts — their roles are printed on the page.
