CEFR C1 · step 10 of 12
German C1.2: the words, the grammar and the mock exams
Sogda's step C1.2 teaches 416 German words and 20 grammar topics, the second half of CEFR level C1. It ends with 3 mock exams, each with 40 questions plus a writing and a speaking task, generated from the step's own words and grammar.
What C1 means
At C1 you understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise what they imply. You express yourself fluently and spontaneously, without searching for words, and use the language flexibly for social, academic and professional purposes.
These are the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which the Goethe-Zertifikat and telc exams follow. Each step's words and grammar are Sogda's selection for its level.
The 20 grammar topics of C1.2
- Fachsprachliche Syntax
- Zitieren, Paraphrasieren, Referieren
- Idiomatik kontrolliert einsetzen
- Stilebenen unterscheiden
- Textsorten: Erörterung und Zusammenfassung
- Argumentationsaufbau
- Präsentation C1
- Diskussion C1
- Hedging: absichern und abschwächen
- Präzision: Synonyme differenzieren
- Typische Interferenzfehler
- Komplexe Fachtexte erschließen
- Hörverstehen C1
- Schreiben C1
- Sprechen C1
- Eigene Texte überarbeiten
- Prüfungstraining Lesen
- Prüfungstraining Hören und Schreiben
- Prüfungstraining Sprechen; Modelltest 1
- Modelltest 2 und Lückenanalyse
The 3 mock exams
Each mock exam for C1.2 has 40 questions and two tasks, 48 points in all, with a result for each section. Like the real exams, they test listening, writing and speaking, plus vocabulary and grammar; there's no reading-comprehension part. They're generated from the step's words and grammar, not official Goethe or telc papers.
- Vocabulary: 10 questions
- Reverse (from the meaning to German): 8 questions
- Articles: 6 questions
- Word forms: 4 questions
- Gap fill: 6 questions
- Grammar: 4 questions
- Listening: 2 questions
- Writing: a text of at least 200 words
- Speaking: up to 120 seconds
25 of the 416 words
A sample from step C1.2: each word with its article and forms where it has them, its meaning in English and a pronunciation guide. The app has all 416, with examples.
- das Eilverfahren · Eilverfahren
- fast-track / expedited procedure — /AIL-fair-fah-ren/
- das Amtsdeutsch
- officialese / bureaucratic German — /AMTS-doych/
- die Validität
- validity — /va-li-di-TEHT/
- die Verzahnung
- dovetailing / close integration — /fair-TSAH-noong/
- lückenlos
- complete / seamless — /LEWK-ken-lohss/
- schmelzen · schmilzt · ist geschmolzen
- to melt / to shrink (advantage) — /SHMEL-tsen/
- aufkommen für · kommt auf · ist aufgekommen
- to cover (costs) / to arise — /OWF-kom-men fewr/
- die Datensparsamkeit
- data minimisation — /DAH-ten-shpahr-zahm-kait/
- zeitgenössisch
- contemporary — /TSAIT-guh-nurs-sish/
- die Verdrängung
- repression / crowding out — /fair-DRENG-oong/
- haken · hakt · hat gehakt
- to be stuck / to go wrong — /HAH-ken/
- das Augenmaß
- sense of proportion — /OW-gen-mahss/
- die Zuspitzung · Zuspitzungen
- escalation / pointed formulation — /TSOO-shpit-soong/
- die Deutungshoheit
- interpretive authority / control of the narrative — /DOY-toongss-hoh-hait/
- die Querschnittsaufgabe · Querschnittsaufgaben
- cross-cutting task — /KVAIR-shnits-owf-gah-buh/
- der Forschungsstand
- state of research — /FOR-shoongss-shtant/
- die Fiskalpolitik
- fiscal policy — /fis-KAHL-po-li-teek/
- verharmlosen · verharmlost · hat verharmlost
- to play down / to trivialise — /fair-HARM-loh-zen/
- die Zumutbarkeit
- reasonableness (what can be expected of someone) — /TSOO-moot-bahr-kait/
- die Querschnittstudie · Querschnittstudien
- cross-sectional study — /KVAIR-shnit-shtoo-dyuh/
- die Zäsur · Zäsuren
- caesura / watershed — /tse-ZOOR/
- die Fehlerquote · Fehlerquoten
- error rate — /FAY-ler-kvoh-tuh/
- sich hinziehen · zieht sich hin · hat sich hingezogen
- to drag on — /zihy HIN-tsee-en/
- die Quellenlage
- state of the sources — /KVEL-len-lah-guh/
- das Silodenken
- silo mentality — /ZEE-loh-denk-en/
Questions, answered.
Is this the official Goethe or telc word list for C1?
No. These are the words of Sogda's step C1.2, chosen for CEFR C1. The mock exams test listening, writing and speaking like the real exams, plus vocabulary and grammar, but they're generated from the course, not official Goethe or telc papers.
How many words does Sogda teach for C1?
819 words and 40 grammar topics, across its two steps, C1.1 and C1.2.
What comes after C1.2?
Step C2.1, with 222 more words. Already know some German? A short placement check starts you at the right step.