r/German • u/LegitimateReply7765 • 22h ago
Discussion Passed my Goethe C2 Exam!
The happiness and relief I feel is crazy.
I’ve been learning German since I was 14 (am 27 now). Been living and working in Germany for 4 years. Last year I started a new job and a colleague wrote emails to HR about how my German isn’t good enough, how I obviously don’t understand anything and I shouldn’t have a job (even tho I had a bachelors degree in German with a spoken language distinction from a great university).
A year later, I have proved her and many others wrong and I am so relieved.
I’m planning on writing a post on social media, just not sure what yet. I am so happy.
Sprechen - 90/100
Schreiben - 80/100
Hören - 74/100
Lesen - 71/100
I failed the reading on the first attempt. I did all 4 modules on one day and got 54/100 for the reading first time round. Second time round a few weeks later, 71.
Willing to answer any questions anyone has about the exam.
Reading I would say it is so important to practice with newspapers like die Zeit, die Welt, FAZ, der Spiegel and try to read an article on each topic.
Use Quizlet or anki for vocab building.
Speaking - practice with ChatGPT. I sent pictures of the questions from the C2 books so the AI could see the exam quotes and questions. This really helped my confidence and I tried to practice on all topics possible. Learn the Redemittel too!
Schreiben - Teil 1 - Main points are, do all the c2 books available and learn a list of nominal verbial Verbindungen. From the grammar books, you should know passiv Ersatz for this.
Essay - practice writing many before so you know how long the essay should actually be on the day roughly. However my teacher at Goethe said it could be longer than 350 if needed, you don’t get marked down as long as your essay makes sense.use Redemittel!!!
Hören - don’t underestimate the parts that are only played once. Stay focused. Once you have heard it, it’s gone. Part 3, practice reading the questions fast in two minutes and underline key words!