Caledonian School

Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf


Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf corresponds to level four (B2) on the six-level scale of competence laid down in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and calls for an independent command of the language.


Examination Components
 
1.    Written examination (160 minutes)
 
o    You will read factual texts, newspaper texts and business letters and do realistic exercises on them.
o    You will fill in the gaps in a letter by selecting the right word from a number of possibilities offered.
o    You will listen to short conversations, messages on an answerphone, excerpts from a telephone conversation and a radio broadcast and then do exercises on them.
o    You will write a business letter, at the same time completing various exercises.
 
 
2.    Individual oral examination (20 minutes)
 
o    In the oral examination, you are to show that you can express yourself appropriately in typical, everyday situations at work.
o    You will introduce yourself, pass on the information contained in a diagram or in some statistics and talk to your conversation partner about a topic.
o    During the dialogue, you will respond to questions, express your opinion and make suggestions.