21.3.16

B1 Test

A while back I took the B1 test for German. I woke up at the crack of dawn, hopped on the train, continued studying, and waited for the 2 hour long train journey to be finished. When I arrived I greeted all of the other exchange students with hugs, smiles, and a lot of confused looks from passerbys. We waited togther until 9 o'clock when the test started. It had reading, writing, grammar, hearing, and speaking parts. We were tested on the different tenses, the articles (der, die, das, den, dem, des... they all mean the in English), reading comprehension, and much more. After 3 hours we had finished everything except for the speaking part. I was assigned to the last speaking test, which meant I had 4 hours of waiting. It didn't bother me because I was able to hang out with all of the other exchange students. My favorite thing about them is that you can be yourself without judgment and will always feel welcome. Once my speaking test was finished I headed home, saying goodbye to all of the other exchange students. I will receive my scores in a couple of weeks and hopefully I passed. It would give me a diploma that I could use for everything from college essays, to job applications. Wish me luck!