DTZ Coach

For the Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer

Write it. We'll tell you if it's enough.

DTZ Coach corrects your letter and your spoken answers the way an examiner would.

The coach explains in English or your language. Your letter and its corrections stay in German, because that is the language of the exam.

Example

Your task

You have an appointment with your family doctor, Dr. Weber, on Thursday. You cannot make it. Write her a letter.

Required points (Leitpunkte)

  • Say why you are writing.
  • Explain why you cannot come.
  • Suggest a new appointment.
  • Thank her for her understanding.

The learner's answer

Sehr geehrte Frau Dr. Weber,

ich schreibe Ihnen, Mistake: weil ich kann am Donnerstag nicht kommen1. Mein Sohn hat seit gestern hohes Fieber und ich muss bei ihm bleiben. Es tut mir leid, dass ich so kurzfristig absagen muss. Ich möchte gerne Mistake: ein neuer Termin2, am besten nächste Woche Montag oder Dienstag. Mistake: Ich warte Ihre Antwort3 und bedanke mich für Ihr Verständnis.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
O. Bilenko

  1. weil ich kann am Donnerstag nicht kommen weil ich am Donnerstag nicht kommen kann

    After weil, the verb goes to the end.

  2. ein neuer Termin einen neuen Termin

    Termin is the accusative object here: einen neuen Termin.

  3. Ich warte Ihre Antwort Ich warte auf Ihre Antwort

    Warten always needs the preposition auf.

Practise verb position in weil-clauses first. Examiners notice this mistake immediately.

Your result

This letter is at level

A2

For B1: more clauses with weil, dass or wenn, and less repetition of ich.

This is only an example, not real user data.

The four parts

Writing

You write the letter for the exam task, we mark every mistake with a reason.

Speaking

You record your answers, we listen the way an examiner would.

Listening and Reading

You practise in the same format and time limits as the real exam.

Life in Germany

You practise the questions from all 310 that you don't know yet.

Common questions

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