{"id":1040,"date":"2025-08-31T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2026-03-15T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T12:21:00","slug":"passed-the-highest-german-proficiency-test-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"Passed the highest German proficiency test in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back February this year, I (finally) got 1st grade of a German language proficiency test organized in Japan \ud83d\udcae (It\u2019s something between C1 and C2 in CEFR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly it took long (13 years) as I checked when my first try was. I\u2019ve 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 (\ud83e\udd23): 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\u2019t really motivated to prepare for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m now preparing (really! \ud83d\ude02) for Goethe Zertifikat C2. This wouldn\u2019t obviously be passed without studying hard, so I\u2019m learning with a few dedicated textbooks for writing, reading, vocab &amp; grammar; and Apps for listening and speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>German language is a lifelong learning for me\ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udcaa (just forget about my lacked motivation for this specific exam<br>\ud83d\ude17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zertifikat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zertifikat.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zertifikat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zertifikat-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zertifikat-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back February this year, I (finally) got 1st grade of a German language proficiency test organized in Japan \ud83d\udcae (It\u2019s something between C1 and C2 in CEFR) Honestly it took long (13 years) as I checked when my first try was. I\u2019ve taken it 8-9 times for those years. I should have studied hard and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2-300x75.png",300,75,true],"large":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false],"emmet-next-team":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2-420x200.png",420,200,true],"emmet-next-portfolio":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2-490x200.png",490,200,true],"emmet-next-post-thumbnail-cropped":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2-684x200.png",684,200,true],"emmet-next-testimonials-avatar":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2-80x80.png",80,80,true],"emmet-next-xlarge":["https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zertifikat_sn_2.png",800,200,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/?author=1"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/en.sprachgetriebe-consulting.de\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Back February this year, I (finally) got 1st grade of a German language proficiency test organized in Japan \ud83d\udcae (It\u2019s something between C1 and C2 in CEFR) Honestly it took long (13 years) as I checked when my first try was. 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