Is the talk in Goethe B1 Hören Teil 2 played once or twice?

Once. Teil 2 and Teil 3 are played once, Teil 1 and Teil 4 twice. Practise with recordings you cannot rewind: if you are used to replaying, the exam is the first time a missed sentence is simply gone.

What do I do when I miss an item?

Let it go and listen for the next one. The items follow the recording, so the next piece of information is close, and someone who is still thinking about item 3 often loses item 4 as well. Tick something for the missed item anyway — a guess costs nothing.

Goethe-Zertifikat B1 · Hören · Teil 2

Goethe B1 Hören Teil 2.

Sie hören eine Führung, eine Begrüßung oder eine Ansage vor einer Gruppe einmal. Wählen Sie zu jeder der fünf Aufgaben die richtige Lösung a, b oder c.

30 exercises
2 free to try
5 questions · 6 min each
Played once or twice — exactly as the exam does it

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Goethe B1 Hören Teil 2: one speaker, five items, one hearing

A guide welcomes a group at a monastery, a course leader explains the first evening, an organiser briefs people before an outing: Teil 2 is one monologue of about three minutes to an audience, with five multiple-choice items that follow the order of the recording. It is played once, after 60 seconds of reading time, and it carries five of the 30 items — about 17 of the 100 points. Because the items run in order, you move through the talk with the speaker; it also means a missed passage does not come back.

The traps are the speaker's own habits. First, something is named and then changed: “We start at the main entrance — no, sorry, it is closed for building work. We meet at the side entrance by the bakery.” The item “Where does the tour begin?” wants the side entrance; listen for “no”, “sorry”, “better”, “unfortunately”. Second, mention is not recommendation: “There is a café inside, but my tip is the bakery by the exit.” The item asks what the guide recommends, and that comes after the “but”.

Use the 60 seconds to read only the five questions first and underline the word that asks for information — where, when, how long, what to bring — then skim a, b and c for what differs. While listening, tick an item when the speaker has moved on to the next point, not at the first matching word. If you miss one, let it go and listen for the next; guess rather than leave it empty, since nothing is deducted for wrong answers.

Hören Teil 2 questions

Is the talk in Goethe B1 Hören Teil 2 played once or twice?
Once. Teil 2 and Teil 3 are played once, Teil 1 and Teil 4 twice. Practise with recordings you cannot rewind: if you are used to replaying, the exam is the first time a missed sentence is simply gone.
What do I do when I miss an item?
Let it go and listen for the next one. The items follow the recording, so the next piece of information is close, and someone who is still thinking about item 3 often loses item 4 as well. Tick something for the missed item anyway — a guess costs nothing.