Comprehensive German communication skills across reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Covers everything from daily greetings to academic discussion and professional communication.
German has the most native speakers in the EU and is official in six countries including Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It spans from basic greetings to everyday conversation, workplace communication, academic discussion, and professional domains. It requires understanding German-specific grammar such as declension (Deklination) and compound nouns (Kompositum), plus the direct communication style of German-speaking cultures. Levels are set by cross-validating CEFR and Goethe-Zertifikat.
You can read and write the 26 letters of the German alphabet along with special characters (umlauts: ae, oe, ue, and Eszett: ss). You recognize numbers and basic words. You can use everyday greetings like "Hallo" and "Danke," and introduce yourself with your name and nationality. You can catch some words when someone speaks very slowly and clearly. (CEFR Pre-A1 to A1, Goethe-Zertifikat A1 level)
What Comes Next
If you've achieved most items in this checklist, you're ready to enter the Goethe A2 stage, where you'll start forming basic sentences and handling everyday survival situations. As the CEFR Companion Volume suggests, this transition begins with repeatedly using basic vocabulary and sentence structures in familiar daily contexts.
6단계(A1~C2) 역량 프레임워크로, 읽기·쓰기·말하기·듣기 4영역의 can-do 서술을 제공하여 Level Guide 레벨 경계 설계의 핵심 근거가 된다.
A1~C2 6단계 공인 독일어 인증으로, CEFR에 정렬된 독일어 고유 자격 체계를 제공하며 독일 대학 입학(C2 Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom) 등 실질적 이정표를 뒷받침한다.
Novice~Distinguished 5단계 숙련도 스케일로, 미국 외국어 교육계의 권위 있는 기준으로서 CEFR과 상호보완적인 레벨 설계 근거를 제공한다.
2020년 발행된 CEFR 확장판으로, 중재(mediation), 온라인 상호작용, 다국어 능력 등 신규 기술어를 추가하고 각 수준의 can-do 서술을 정밀화하여 체크리스트 항목 설계의 학술적 근거를 제공한다.
