C1 — Advanced
Use German flexibly and effectively for academic and professional purposes.
- Follow lectures and take structured notes
- Write well-organised academic texts in a nominal style
- Present and defend a position in seminars and oral exams
Lessons
Each lesson ends with practice questions on the same topic.
- Lesson 1
Nominal style in academic German
Nominalstil
Turn verbs and clauses into noun phrases — and back again — to read and write academic texts.
35 min4 practice questions - Lesson 2
Extended participle attributes
Erweiterte Partizipialattribute
Long noun phrases with Partizip I and II — common in academic texts and in reading exams.
30 min4 practice questions - Lesson 3
Reported speech with Konjunktiv I
Indirekte Rede
Report what others said or wrote — essential for summaries, news and academic writing.
30 min4 practice questions - Lesson 4
Academic connectors and text structure
Textverknüpfung
Structure an argumentative text (Erörterung) with precise connectors and phrases.
30 min4 practice questions
Practice by skill
30 original questions at C1.
Listening
Original recordings for this level.
- C1
Was macht einen Text wissenschaftlich?
What makes a text academic?
- C1
Kommentar: Brauchen wir eine Anwesenheitspflicht?
Commentary: do we need compulsory attendance?
Writing and speaking
Position beziehen: Anwesenheitspflicht in Seminaren
Position statement and response to a counter-argument
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