Goethe B1 — Persönliche E-Mail.

Aufgabe 1 is an informal e-mail of about 80 words to a friend, in the du-form, worth 40 of the 100 points, with 20 minutes recommended. Under the situation are three printed points, and each asks for a different job: describe, give a reason, make a suggestion — or thank, invite, tell. The instructions also name the Textaufbau: Anrede, Einleitung, the points in order, Schluss. So the e-mail needs a greeting such as “Lieber Kemal,” and a close such as “Bis bald”, not “Mit freundlichen Grüßen”.

The trap is doing the same job three times. Asked to describe a dance course, say why you like it and suggest a trial lesson, a candidate writes “Der Kurs ist am Dienstag um 19 Uhr. Die Lehrerin heißt Frau Brandt. Der Raum ist groß.” The German is correct, and two of the three points are unanswered. Give each point its own sentence and let a marker show the job: “weil …” for the reason, “Komm doch … mit” for the suggestion. Erfüllung counts how many of the three functions you deal with properly: all three is an A, two a B.

Open with a sentence that answers your friend’s message, end with a line that looks ahead, and watch the length: under 40 words is an E in Erfüllung, and the whole task scores zero. Felix, our AI examiner, marks your e-mail on the four criteria — Erfüllung, Kohärenz, Wortschatz and Strukturen — and his result is an estimate, not an official mark. Without a pass, an account with a confirmed e-mail address gets one preview of the marking per module.