Czech Maturita German study guide
Czech Maturita German · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Maturitní zkouška z německého jazyka is the German foreign-language component of the Czech maturita, the school-leaving examination taken at the end of upper-secondary education (gymnázium or střední škola). It serves two purposes: it certifies the language level required to graduate and it is accepted by many Czech universities and employers as evidence of communicative competence in German, typically in the A2–B1 range depending on the school's framework curriculum and the level the candidate chooses. The Czech Maturita German study guide has 5 sections and about 2,326 words.
01Poslech s porozuměním - Listening comprehension
Listening opens the didaktický test and checks global and detailed comprehension at B1. You hear short announcements, voicemail messages and service encounters, then longer dialogues and monologues.
455 words, about 2 min02Čtení s porozuměním - Reading comprehension
The reading part of the didaktický test uses several authentic-style German texts: notices and adverts, short articles, interviews, letters. Tasks include multiple choice, matching headings to paragraphs, matching statements to people or texts, and completing gaps with whole sentences.
435 words, about 2 min03Jazyková kompetence – gramatika a lexikum
This part is a set of short texts with gaps, answered by multiple choice or matching. It checks the structures a B1 candidate is expected to control: verb position, tenses, cases and prepositions, adjective endings, connectors, fixed verb–preposition combinations and word formation.
480 words, about 2 min04Písemná produkce - Written production
The písemná práce contains two tasks. The shorter one is a transactional text - an e-mail or message reacting to a situation, an invitation, a short notice.
494 words, about 2 min05Ústní projev – monolog a interakce
The oral exam is a short interview in German, usually about fifteen minutes, in three stages: a warm-up exchange, a monologue of roughly one and a half to two minutes on a topic or picture, and a dialogue with the examiner on another topic. You are expected to speak fluently at B1, structure your turn, give reasons and examples, and - crucially - keep the interaction going by reacting and asking questions.
462 words, about 2 min