Back February this year, I (finally) got 1st grade of a German language proficiency test organized in Japan 💮 (It’s something between C1 and C2 in CEFR)
Honestly it took long (13 years) as I checked when my first try was. I’ve taken it 8-9 times for those years. I should have studied hard and could have passed it at the first, or at the second try, but had a bad excuse (🤣): my everyday translation work might (indirectly) help improve my command of German? Indeed, it did but was not an ideal approach at all. A scope of the test in question and a scope of my work are totally different. But, the scope of the exam is sort of vast and not officially shared so I wasn’t really motivated to prepare for it.
I’m now preparing (really! 😂) for Goethe Zertifikat C2. This wouldn’t obviously be passed without studying hard, so I’m learning with a few dedicated textbooks for writing, reading, vocab & grammar; and Apps for listening and speaking.
German language is a lifelong learning for me📚💪 (just forget about my lacked motivation for this specific exam
😗).
