In the Speaking module – the oral exam – you speak in three parts, usually in pairs with a partner. Here’s the structure, useful phrases and examples for each part.
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Speaking – the oral exam – is the fourth module of the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 exam. You speak in three parts, usually in a pair with another candidate. The exam lasts around 15 minutes. You can score 25 points in total; to pass you need at least 15.
It tests whether you can communicate in simple everyday situations: ask and answer questions on a topic, talk about yourself and your life, and plan something together with your partner. It’s not about perfect grammar, but about being understood and responding to your partner.
The three parts call for three skills: in Part 1 you ask questions on a topic using keywords and answer your partner’s questions, in Part 2 you talk about yourself and your life on a topic, in Part 3 you plan something together (e.g. a trip) and reach agreement. Fixed phrases help you.
The tasks are simple and close to everyday life. The most common hurdle isn’t grammar but speaking freely and responding to your partner. Very doable with useful phrases.
| Part | Task type | Focus | Tasks | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 – Ask questions | Question and answer | Asking & answering questions | 1 | 8 |
| Part 2 – Talk about yourself | Talking | Talking about yourself | 1 | 8 |
| Part 3 – Plan together | Planning conversation | Negotiating together | 1 | 9 |
There are fixed phrases for each part: asking questions, talking about yourself, making suggestions. Learn a set by heart and you’ll speak more confidently.
Don’t answer with just one word. Speak in whole sentences and give a short reason with “weil”.
The exam is a conversation. Listen to your partner, answer their questions and ask your own.
In Part 1 you get a topic and keywords. Form questions with them and answer your partner’s questions.
In Part 3 you plan together. Make suggestions, respond to them and agree on a solution in the end.
If a word is missing, just say it differently or ask. What matters is that you stay in the conversation.
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Learn a set of phrases for the three parts:
The topics in the oral exam come from everyday life:
Read this guide and look at an example of the oral exam: how do the three parts work?
Practice asking questions on a topic using keywords and answering your partner’s questions.
Practice talking about yourself and your life on a topic – in whole sentences with a reason.
Practice suggestions, responses and agreements. Plan a trip or a party with a partner.
Prepare vocabulary for common topics: family, leisure, shopping, travel.
Run through all three parts with a partner – ask questions, talk, plan.
Have your speaking graded – by a teacher or via a Prepliq mock that scores speaking automatically.
It has three parts: Part 1 (ask and answer questions on a topic), Part 2 (talk about yourself and your life) and Part 3 (plan something together). It lasts around 15 minutes, usually as a paired exam.
Usually in a pair with another candidate. In all parts you speak with your partner.
You get a topic and keywords (cards). With them you ask your partner questions and answer their questions.
You’re graded above all on whether you’re understood, whether you complete the task and respond to your partner. There are 25 points in total; to pass you need at least 15.
Simple everyday topics like person and family, leisure, shopping or travel. In Part 3 you plan something concrete together, e.g. a trip.
Practice asking questions, talking about yourself and planning together – ideally out loud and with a partner. At Prepliq you practice speaking with a mock that scores your answers automatically – because the PDF answer key does not cover speaking.
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