telc B1 Schreiben: Email with Four Leitpunkte

Read the recipient and all four Leitpunkte, plan a concrete response to each, then connect those responses into one email. Choose a consistent register and check coverage before polishing grammar. A familiar template cannot supply the missing details of a new task.

The cited standard adult model asks for one email in 30 minutes. Address all four Leitpunkte. The official rubric evaluates Aufgabenbewältigung, Kommunikative Gestaltung and Formale Richtigkeit: task coverage, communicative organisation and formal accuracy. It does not set a mandatory word count. Do not import the three separate Goethe B1 writing tasks or a teacher's suggested length as telc rules.

Read the incoming message as a real request from a particular person. For each point, write a two-part note: the answer and a useful detail. A proposed meeting needs a time or place; a learning goal needs a specific activity. Put related points together, even if their order differs from the task sheet.

• Identify the relationship: a course acquaintance addressed personally can use du; a formal recipient may require Sie.
• Underline four communication goals, not four isolated nouns.
• Plan short paragraphs around related information; no official rule requires one paragraph per Leitpunkt.
• Leave time to check each point against an actual sentence in your reply.

This is a Goethi-created exercise, not an official paper. Elisa, a classmate, wants to study with you and asks when and where you could meet, what you would like to practise and what materials you can bring. Reply to all four questions.

Liebe Elisa, danke für deine Nachricht. Ich finde es gut, dass wir zusammen lernen möchten. Am Mittwoch habe ich ab 17 Uhr Zeit, weil mein Kurs schon am Nachmittag endet. Würde dir dieser Termin passen? Wir könnten uns in der Stadtbibliothek treffen. Dort gibt es einen ruhigen Raum für kleine Gruppen. Ich frage morgen nach, ob wir ihn reservieren können. Besonders gern würde ich mit dir das Schreiben üben, denn bei der Reihenfolge der Wörter bin ich manchmal unsicher. Wir könnten zuerst eine kurze E-Mail schreiben und danach unsere Texte vergleichen. Ich bringe mein Kursbuch und einige Übungen mit. Kannst du bitte dein Heft mit den Beispielsätzen mitbringen? Dann haben wir genug Material für unser erstes Treffen. Schreib mir bitte, ob du am Mittwoch kommen kannst. Liebe Grüße Mara

• Time: Wednesday after 17:00 is a concrete answer. The explanation about the writer's course makes the arrangement understandable.
• Place: the library is named and the reservation is addressed. The writer does not assume an unconfirmed booking already exists.
• Goal: writing and word order are more useful than the vague statement 'I want to improve my German'. Comparing two emails describes a possible activity.
• Materials: the coursebook and exercises answer the question; asking Elisa to bring notes keeps the exchange reciprocal.

The paragraphs group time, place and study plans logically. The final question asks for confirmation rather than adding a fifth unrelated topic. The model illustrates coverage and organisation; it has not been assigned an official examiner score.

• „Würde dir dieser Termin passen?“ checks availability politely while retaining du.
• „Wir könnten uns … treffen“ uses Konjunktiv II for a suggestion; könnten agrees with wir.
• „… weil mein Kurs … endet“ places the finite verb at the end of the weil clause.
• „Dann haben wir genug Material“ puts haben after the opening word dann. It connects the requested notes to a result.

Use a greeting that fits the supplied relationship. After a greeting with a comma, the next line normally starts in lower case unless the first word independently requires a capital. Close a friendly email with a personal formula rather than switching suddenly to business language.

• Vague: „Wir können irgendwann lernen.“ More useful: „Am Mittwoch habe ich ab 17 Uhr Zeit.“ A concrete detail answers the point.
• Wrong order: „weil mein Kurs endet am Nachmittag.“ Correct: „weil mein Kurs am Nachmittag endet.“
• Mixed register: „Liebe Elisa … Können Sie …?“ Keep the personal relationship: „Kannst du …?“
• Incomplete coverage: a long explanation of the location cannot replace the missing materials point.

• Can I point to a clear response to each of the four questions?
• Does each arrangement give the recipient enough information to reply?
• Are du/dein or Sie/Ihr consistent?
• Do reasons and suggestions connect naturally rather than forming a list?
• Have I checked finite verbs, sentence endings and greeting/closing?

Practise once without looking at the model. Compare coverage first, then choose one language pattern to improve. A rewritten sentence is more useful than copying the entire model.