Author. Ahmad Mahmood Former Student B1 at Goethe Institute Karachi
Contents
Hren Teil- Listening part Lesen Teil- Reading part Schreiben Teil- Writing part Sprechen Teil- Speaking part Modal Test-Model test papers
Hren Teil For Hren Teil you have only 20 minutes time. And you have to solve two parts of hren teil. Hren Teil 1 Hren Teil 2
How to prepare for Hren teil What will you hear during hren teil? In hren teil you will listen to some short audios from different sources like radio, telephone messages, loudspeaker announcements etc. What is the best way to prepare for Hren teil? The best way is to listen German live from native sources. For example Radio. TV Movies. How to listen German Radio Stations on internet? Here you can find thousands of German Radio stations. Please choose non Music station. So you can hear maximum talk shows, news, weather updates, traffic updates, commercial audios etc. http://www.tunein.com/radio/Germany- r100346/
http://www.tunein.com/radio/Germa ny-r100346/
I dont understand a single word, when I try to listen German Radio. Yes its true at the very first moment, my reaction was the same. Actually you can only understand the words you hear when you already know them. For example Guten Tag, you know this word if you hear this word in radio it clicks your mind in seconds that you know this word and its meaning. So try to focus only the words you already know. Dont be panic that you dont understand a single word. Day by day you will used to it. It will refresh your German. So rather than listening music. Use your time listening German Radio. How to watch German TV? The best online source for watching German TV www.daserste.de www.zdf.de www.ardmediathek.de
Some German websites requires German IP address to watch live tv. Download torch browser and install Zenmate app to your torch browser. You can browse youtube too with this app. This is how ZenMate app works on Torch Browser. Change IP address from Pakistan to Germany How to watch German Movies Here is a source for Movies with German Subtitles http://mediathek.daserste.de/sendungen_a- z/1933898_fernsehfilme-im-ersten You can watch hundreds of movies with German Subtitles on YouTube too. Use ZenMate app or other proxy software to unblock Youtube in Pakistan
German Movies with Subtitles What is the possible material for preparation of Hren Teil? You will be able to solve this part if you are good enough with following stuff.
ZahlenNumbers Uhrzeit...Telling Time Zeitmae, ZeitangabenTime Dimensions die Sekunde, -n die Minute, -n die Stunde, -n der Tag, -e die Woche, -e das Jahr, -e woche/wochentage days of the week der Wochentag, -e der Sonntag der Montag der Dienstag der Mittwoch der Donnerstag der Freitag der Samstag/Sonnabend das Wochenende am Wochenende Tag/Tageszeitentime of day der Tag der Morgen der Vormittag,-e der Mittag der Nachmittag,-e der Abend,-e die Nacht,-e
monat/monatsnamen..Months der Januar der Februar der Mrz der April der Mai der Juni der Juli der August der September der Oktober der November der Dezember Jahr/Jahreszeiten..Seasons der Frhling/das Frhjahr der Sommer der Herbst der Winter WhrungenCurrency 1 Euro 100 Cent mae und Gewichte dimensions and weights lnder/lndernamen/nationalitten Countries. Nationalities FarbenColors Schwarz grau blau grn Wei rot gelb braun HimmelsrichtungenDirections der Norden der Sden der Westen der Osten Example of the Audio clip. And Mcqs Transkript der Ansage-Transcription of the audio clip Hier ist das Bro von Dr. Bruch. Herr Stefan? Ich habe jetzt einen Termin fr Sie. Bitte notieren Sie: Morgen, am Dienstag, um 18 Uhr bei Frau Dr. Bruch. Ein anderer Termin geht morgen leider nicht. Auf Wiederhren.
Test Question Wann ist der Termin? a) Dienstag, 18 Uhr b) Dienstag, 8 Uhr c) Donnerstag, 18 Uhr How can I practice hearing part? Is there any book?
You can download the book from this link http://www.almanii.blogspot.com/2014/04/do wnload-fit-fur-fit-in-deutsch-1-und-2.html
Here is the link for another ebook of German A1 test Preparation http://almanii.blogspot.com/search?q=fit+fr+A1
For more Listening Practice you can visit Goethe Instituts website http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/pba/bes/sd1/mat /enindex.htm
Part 2. Lesen TeilReading In this part you will read short emails, letters, notices, or newspaper advertisements. There will be statement you have to identify what is right and what is wrong. Or there will be MCQs.
How to practice Reading part? You need to learn some basic vocabulary. If you want to pass this part. Words about following topics you must learn Persnliche Beziehungen (Nachbarn, Familie)/Wohnungswechsel/ Wochentag/Uhrzeit/Essen und Trinken Personal relationships (Neighbors, family) / change of residence / Day / time / Food and Drink Is there any book for Level A1 German vocabulary? Yes there are hundreds of books. but you dont need to learn the difficult books. You need only basic words that You can find at the official wordlist of Goethe A1 test guidebook. Here is the link. http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prf/pro/hdb/Pruefun gsziele_Testbeschreibung_SD1.pdf
Wordlist starts from Page number 83
Is there any authentic source of German Dictionary? Yes here is a link for Authentic German Dictionary www.dict.cc You can translate the words into English. You cant translate the whole sentence. Beacuse you need correct use of Grammar and right context of the words. Please Note : Google Translate is not authentic source for translating German Text into English. Example of Lesen Teil . Read this text Liebe Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn, am vorletzten Wochenende sind wir, Sabine Schnabel, meine kleine Tochter Tina und meine Katze Mina, hier im zweiten Stock eingezogen. Ich mchte Sie am Mittwoch, dem 15.8. um 17.30 Uhr zu Tee und Gebck einladen. Ich freue mich, wenn Sie alle kommen. Sabine Schnabel Richtig oder FalschRight or wrong Frau Schnabel ldt alle Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn zu ihrem Geburtstag ein.
Thats the way you can solve this question. If you understand the meaning of the words then you are able to tell whether the statement is right or wrong. So please learn all the words from wordlist. 3. Schreiben TeilWriting In this part you write a short email or letter.
How to write email or letter? There are two types of emails/letters 1. formal emails/letters 2. Informal emails/letters
1. Formal Email/letter If you writing a letter to an office, school, university, etc. its called formal letter In Formal letter you use the specific greetings. Like sehr geehrte Damen und Herren (SGDH) You always use Sie and Ihnen, You always end the letter with mit freundliche Gre viele Gre
zum Beispiel..For example sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mein name ist ABC. ich bin 30 jahre alt. ich mchte Deutsch lernen. ich habe Ihre anzeige ber Deutsch kurs gelesen. ich habe eine frage ber Dutsch kurs. wie viel kostet den kurs. knnen Sie mir eine Broschre schicken. vielen Dank.
mit freundliche Gre XYZ
2. Informal email-Letter If you writing email-letter to a close friend, relative, family member, then its called Informal Letter-email. In Informal letter-email you use Hallo Lieber freund.../Liebe Freundin.... Du/dein/ deine You use informal greetings for example Liebe Gre
zum Beispiel...For example Hallo mein lieber Freund! wie gehts? mir gehts sehr gut. ich bin in Berlin gerade. das wetter ist toll. die Leute sind sehr freundlich. Alles wunderbar. ich vermisse dich. kannst du mir in Berlin besuchen? zusammen knnen wir viel spa machen. was denkst du? bitte ruf mich an bald. Hier ist die nummer 01234567. ganz liebe Gre xyz
Frequently asked questions how many words should we write in a letter? Is there any limit? Minimum 30 words. The important thing is that you cover all the points. So it should be 3 to 4 lines email or letter. How many marks count for Grammar? How many marks count for overall structure and usage of words? Every thing is important. Grammar, correct use of Structure, correct use of Words all counts. Write to the point, conscise but complete information that is being asked by examiner.
Sprechen Teil/ Speaking (Oral exam) In this section you have 3 parts In first part of oral exam you introduce yourself. And answer the questions asked by examiner. In second part you sit with a partner. The examiner gives you some cards. Each card has a topic and a word. You should ask a question according to the topic. And your partner will respond to you. And vice versa. In third part the examiner give u again some cards but this time each card has a picture on it. You have to talk a little about the picture with your partner and your partner will respond to you. And vive versa.
How to Prepare for Oral Exam? For oral exam again you need vocabulary. There are specific topics that are important.
ThemenTopics To pass this part of the exam you should able to speak a little on the following topics Familie Einkaufen Wochenende Essen und trinken Urlaub Freizeit Sport Schule Reisen Person Kommunikation How to introduce yourself in German? You should be able to give the following information in German Name Age Country Profession Hobbys Telephone number/Mobile Number Address
Buchstabieren Spelling In the first part of oral exam, the examiner ask to tell spelling of your Vorname first name Nachname Last name Mittelname middle name Familiename family name So you should spell your name in German Alphabets
are there any past test papers for A1? No unfortunately not. Goethe Institute strictly control its past question papers. One cant access it from any source. But there are model test papers from which you can get an idea that how the exam look like.
Links for Model test papers http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/pba/bes/ft1/mat /enindex.htm http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/pba/bes/sd1/mat /enindex.htm http://www.almanii.blogspot.com/2013/02/do wnload-telc-start-deutsch-1.html
Асанова Семинар 2 The basic notions concerned with the analysis of the categorial structure of the word: grammatical category, opposition, paradigm. Grammatical meaning and means of its expression