Goethe-Zertifikat B2
Listening — HÖREN
HÖREN: undefined Parts, ≈ 40 minutes.
You can sit — and resit — one module at a time
Each module is passed on its own at 60 %, and modules may be taken singly or together. A weak module does not cost you the others, and you repeat only the one you need.
What the module consists of
| Parts | undefined |
|---|---|
| Time allowed | ≈ 40 minutes |
| Break | mindestens 15 Minuten zwischen den Modulen |
| Part of your exam time goes on the answer sheet | 5 minutes |
| Official exam information | Goethe-Institut |
Die schriftlichen Module dauern ohne Pausen insgesamt circa 180 Minuten:
Zwischen jedem dieser Module ist eine Pause von mindestens 15 Minuten vorzusehen.
Die Module können einzeln oder in Kombination abgelegt werden.
How it is scored
The exam board does not publish a point total or a pass threshold for this paper on its own, so none is stated here. Where a threshold matters, it is set per exam rather than per paper.
Practise with the official material
The exam board publishes a complete practice set free of charge. It is the only material that matches this format exactly.
Open the official practice test
Prüfungstraining Goethe-Zertifikat B2 · Goethe-Institut · free
What the whole written sitting looks like
The order the exam board recommends. Your exam centre may change it for organisational reasons.
| Order | Modules | Time allowed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LESEN | 65 minutes |
| 2 | HÖREN | ≈ 40 minutes |
| 3 | SCHREIBEN | 75 minutes |
| Total | ≈ 180 minutes |
Part of your exam time goes on the answer sheet
The board counts this inside the exam time, not on top of it. Leaving it to the last minute is how candidates lose answers they had already worked out.
Für das Übertragen ihrer Lösungen planen die Teilnehmenden circa 5 Minuten innerhalb der Prüfungszeit ein.
The same paper at every level
Taken from the exam board’s own subtest tables. Worth a look before you commit to a level: the listening paper is not simply longer as the level rises.
| Level | Parts | Time allowed | Shares its time with |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | undefined | ≈ 20 minutes | — |
| A2 | undefined | ≈ 30 minutes | — |
| B1 | undefined | ≈ 40 minutes | — |
| B2 | undefined | ≈ 40 minutes | — |
| C1 | undefined | ≈ 40 minutes | — |
Every quote on this page is taken verbatim from the exam board’s own description of the format, linked above. The exam tasks themselves are copyrighted and are not reproduced here.