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telc B1 Sprechen Teil 1: get to know your partner

Abderrahmane Dioubi · 5 November 20265 min read

What the paper looks like

MÜNDLICHER AUSDRUCK

Teil 1

Sie lernen Ihre Partnerin oder Ihren Partner kennen. Stellen Sie sich vor und stellen Sie Fragen zu diesen Themen.

This is Sprechen Teil 1, just like on exam day. You get to know your partner. The paper gives four topics, and for each topic you ask a question and you answer one.

The method

  1. 1Ask your partner questions

  2. 2Answer your partner's questions

  3. 3Keep the talk friendly

Let's do topic 1 together

1Ask your partner questions

THEMEN

1 Name und Herkunft

Topic 1 is „Name und Herkunft“, which means ‘name and home country’. To ask about the home country, you say „Woher kommst du?“, which means ‘where are you from?’.

2Answer your partner's questions

Hallo Jan, ich heiße Sara. Ich komme aus Italien.

Your partner asks you a question back. You answer with a whole sentence: „Ich komme aus Italien“ means ‘I come from Italy’. A whole sentence gives your partner something to talk about.

3Keep the talk friendly

Schön, dich kennenzulernen!

You start the talk with a warm line. „Schön, dich kennenzulernen!“ means ‘nice to meet you!’, and it makes the talk friendly from the first second.

Before you speak, look at the four topics once more. Think of one question and one answer for each topic.

Your turn: the question for topic 2

THEMEN

2 Wohnort

Topic 2 is „Wohnort“, which means ‘place where you live’. Which question asks where your partner lives?

Not quite. Topic 2 is about the place where your partner lives now. Which question asks that?

The answer is ‘a’. „Wo wohnst du?“ means ‘where do you live?’, so it asks for the place where your partner lives now. „Woher kommst du?“ means ‘where are you from?’, and that is a question for topic 1. „Was bist du von Beruf?“ means ‘what is your job?’, and that is a question for topic 3.

The answer and the explanation are shown above.

Two traps in the talk

Two traps can spoil your talk. Listen for both while you speak.

  1. A talk with only answers

    Say your partner asks „Wie heißt du?“ and „Woher kommst du?“, and you only answer „Sara.“ and „Aus Italien.“. Then you never ask anything, and your partner does all the work. A good talk goes both ways, so always ask one question back.

  2. A one-word answer

    Say your partner asks about your free time and you answer „Tanzen.“, which means ‘dancing.’ The talk stops. „Ich tanze gern und gehe oft spazieren“ means ‘I like to dance and often go for walks’, and it gives your partner more to answer.

Questions

How long is the telc B1 speaking test?

The whole speaking test takes about 15 minutes. It has three parts, and Teil 1 is the first.

What do I do in Teil 1?

You get to know your partner. The paper says „Sie lernen Ihre Partnerin oder Ihren Partner kennen“, which means ‘you get to know your partner’.

Is this the real exam task?

No. It is a Velang practice paper from the app, written in the same format as the exam.

Practise Sprechen Teil 1 in the app, with Vel guiding every step of the talk.

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Sources and notes

  • Format facts: telc Deutsch B1 practice test (telc gGmbH). Mündlicher Ausdruck takes about 15 minutes and has three parts. See telc.net.
  • The German task and the model talk are a Velang practice paper from the app, not a real exam paper.
  • Velang is not part of telc.