Goethe-Zertifikat B2 · Schreiben
Pick a Textsorte and write one text. Felix marks it on the exam's four criteria and shows where the points went.
Two texts in 75 min, both compulsory — there is no choice of task. Teil 1 is a Forumsbeitrag of circa 150 words, worth 60 of the module's 100 points: a public, unaddressed opinion post that needs an Einleitung and a Schluss and must not have an Anrede or a Gruß, because it is a forum and not a letter. Teil 2 is a Nachricht to a named person, worth 40 points, which must have both.
Each text carries four Inhaltspunkte and all four have to be dealt with. This is where the module is won and lost: the marking criterion Aufgabenerfüllung drops a grade for each point left unhandled, and if it is graded E the whole task scores zero no matter how good the German is. Writing beautifully about three of the four points is an expensive mistake.
The four criteria are Erfüllung, Kohärenz, Wortschatz and Strukturen, each graded A to E with no values in between. That is what makes unmarked writing practice nearly worthless — you cannot see your own register slip, and you certainly cannot see which of the four pulled the grade down. Felix marks every task here on those criteria with sentence-level comments and the points the task would earn. The first two tasks of each Textsorte are free to open and write; the marking comes with a pass, and an account with a confirmed email gets one free preview of it.
On four criteria — Aufgabenerfüllung, Kohärenz, Wortschatz and Strukturen — each graded A to E, with Teil 1 out of 60 and Teil 2 out of 40. If Aufgabenerfüllung is graded E, that task scores zero regardless of the other three. Two examiners mark independently and the result is their average.
Yes, and at one point it is decisive: a text under half the required length is graded E for Aufgabenerfüllung, which zeroes the task. That is under 75 words for the Forumsbeitrag and under 50 for the Nachricht. Above that, the count is guidance — what is marked is whether the four Inhaltspunkte are handled.
No. Seventy-five minutes for two texts does not survive being written twice, and only what is on the answer sheet is marked. Plan in note form, then write once, and keep five minutes at the end to check verb endings, cases and capitalisation — orthography is marked under Strukturen.
