Goethe B1 study plan
Goethe B1 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Lesen (Reading) & Hören (Listening)
Skim one B1-level article of about 250 words daily and mark the five sentences that carry the main argument
Build a personal list of 40 frequent B1 connectors and discourse markers (deshalb, trotzdem, obwohl, außerdem) and use each in a written sentence
Listen to a 3-minute everyday dialogue twice: first for gist, then note every number, time and place you hear
Practise the B1 reading task types (multiple choice, matching, true/false) under a 10-minute timer per set
Your checkpoint
A one-page log listing 40 connectors with your own example sentences plus scores for four timed reading sets and three listening gist tasks
Lesen (Reading) & Hören (Listening)
Scan short notices, ads and emails for specific details (price, deadline, condition) without reading every word
Identify the speaker's opinion in three short audio texts and justify it in one written sentence each
Record yourself summarising one listening text in 60 seconds and check it against the transcript
Expand topic vocabulary for work, housing and health to 60 active items with article and plural
Your checkpoint
A vocabulary table of 60 items plus a self-assessment grid rating your accuracy on scanning and opinion-listening tasks
Lesen (Reading) & Hören (Listening)
Complete one full reading mock under exam timing and mark which task type costs you the most time
Complete one full listening mock and transcribe the five sentences you misunderstood
Practise predicting content from headings and first lines before reading
Train note-taking on monologues: capture keyword, number and conclusion in three lines
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock sections with an error analysis table naming cause (vocabulary, speed, task format) for every mistake
Lesen (Reading) & Hören (Listening) & Schreiben (Writing)
Write three informal emails of 80 words answering all four content points in a prompt
Write two formal letters of 80 words using appropriate salutation, request phrases and closing
Self-correct your writing against a checklist of verb position, case and tense consistency
Read your own texts aloud to catch sentences that are grammatically correct but unnatural
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of five corrected texts, each with a first draft, a marked-up revision and a short note on the three errors you fixed
Milestones
Week 4: Score at least 60 percent on one full reading and one full listening mock, and produce five written texts of 80 words each that address every required content point