The exams of die deutSCHule

A German course without a German exam is a bit like French fries without mayonnaise: kind of tasty as is, but lacking that crowning finish which makes the dish a truly extraordinary experience, electrifying everything from your taste buds and nerves to your synapses.

For this reason, die deutSCHule does not only offer tasty German courses in Berlin. We also serve you mouth-watering German examinations in all imaginable variations, so that you can give your German course in Berlin that certain something: an examination by die deutSCHule which determines the level of your German knowledge.

Sounds tempting? After this savoury amuse-gueule appetiser, you probably have an appetite for more information about the following topics:

1. A little something about the structure of the German examinations of die deutSCHule
2. The German A1 exam of die deutSCHule: Daring something new in Berlin
3. The German A1 exam of die deutSCHule: Cutting your way through the grammatical jungle of Berlin
4. The German B1 exam of die deutSCHule: More beautiful than the dawn after a Berlin club night
5. The German B2 exam of die deutSCHule: A Berlin expedition into uncharted territory
6. The German C1 exam of die deutSCHule: The Mount Everest of German language exams in Berlin

Enjoy!

1. A little something about the structure of the German examinations of die deutSCHule

All German language exams held by die deutSCHule in Berlin-Neukölln consist of a written and an oral part. In the written part you have to prove your grammar, reading comprehension, listening comprehension and written expression skills. Once you have passed the written part in Berlin, you can take the oral part of die deutSCHule examination. Here you will be able to demonstrate your ability to speak German in an interview with your examiner at die deutSCHule in Berlin.

The examinations of die deutSCHule are demanding, but don’t worry! If you don’t pass a part of the examination, you can repeat it as many times as you like.

2. The German A1 exam of die deutSCHule: Daring something new in Berlin

You wanted to open a new chapter in your life. You fearlessly threw yourself into the adventure of learning German in Berlin, and now you can already talk about the weather in German. You can tell anecdotes about recent experiences in Berlin while ordering a falafel and a beer in Neukölln.

Fantastic!

And better yet, with the A1 exam of die deutSCHule, you can prove to the German Embassy or Aliens Department in Berlin that you have a basic knowledge of the German language.

This is exactly why the deutSCHule exam for the basic level A1 is important: to prove that you have started learning German. If you want to prove that, to yourself or others, then come to die deutSCHule and take the German A1 exam in Berlin!

3. The German A1 exam of die deutSCHule: Cutting your way through the grammatical jungle of Berlin

If you’re lucky enough to successfully complete an A2 course at die deutSCHule in Berlin, then you’ve probably long since become one of those Berlin German nerds who can’t get enough of grammar. Who else fights their way through the jungle of declensions and conjugations in the German A2 course at die deutSCHule? After all, only those who keep their nerve in the morphosyntactic jungle have a chance to come out alive again!

And you did it! All you need to do to prove it is to take the deutSCHule exam for level A2. Pass this German exam and your fame will never end, neither in Berlin nor elsewhere!

4. The German B1 exam of die deutSCHule: More beautiful than the dawn after a Berlin club night

The German B1 exam of die deutSCHule concludes the basic level and makes it clear to everyone that you are ready for the intermediate level! This German examination is therefore something very special. That’s why highly motivated people from all over the world come to Berlin to attend a German B1 course at die deutSCHule in Berlin-Neukölln. And they go through all of this hassle only to be able to pass the B1 examination of die deutSCHule. Why? Because this exam from die deutSCHule is something extraordinarily beautiful: more beautiful than the rising sun after a night of dancing in a Berlin techno club.

5. The German B2 exam of die deutSCHule: A Berlin expedition into uncharted territory

With the B2 exam of die deutSCHule, you are breaking new ground again in Berlin. Because in this German examination, you prove that you can handle the German language tools independently – in Berlin and Germany as well as abroad.

You can set active sentences into passive and effortlessly change them back again. You can also elegantly describe the passive with one of the many passive sentence forms. You can create additions and specifiers for your predicates and understand the nominalisation of verbal additions and specifiers as well as the verbalisation of their nominal counterparts. You have not only learned how to build participial attributes and relative clauses, but you also know how to transform and transform them into one another.

If you have already learned all of this and more at die deutSCHule, then you are ready for the B2 examination and should definitely take part in this German exam in Berlin!

The B2 exam is your step into the future. Once you have proven that you can speak German at level B2, you are ready for the final challenge at the Berlin deutSCHule: to speak German competently, correctly and idiomatically.

6. The German C1 exam of die deutSCHule: The Mount Everest of German language exams in Berlin

Finally, C1! First, you walked from Berlin through the valleys of A1 German and A2 German. Then, for the first time, you broke a sweat on the ascent to the heights of B1 German. On the B2 plateau, you had to tackle some risky climbing parts. And then came the final wall: the steep, slippery and dangerous C1 German.

Just below the summit, you could see another big obstacle: The C1 exam of die deutSCHule threatened you like a rock overhang. You prepared carefully and methodically for this exam in Berlin.

And you did it! You’re at the highest peak of the German courses and have the world at your feet!