New contract with Nankai University
On July 18, 2008, the Director of the renowned Nankai University’s College of Foreign Languages (CFL) in Tanjin signed a telc license, qualifying the College to offer and conduct telc language examinations.
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54 newly trained telc examiners in China
Altogether, more than 100 teachers are now licensed to conduct telc examinations in China.
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telc Infoseminar about CEF at Beijing International Studies University
From July 14 to 16 2008, telc organized a workshop for its Chinese partners about the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) and the European Language Certificates at Beijing International Studies University (Er Wai).
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telc C1 tests accredited in Hungary
Good news from Hungary: The Hungarian accreditation body, NYAT, has recently accepted telc Deutsch C1 as well as telc Englich C1. NYAT applies high quality standards to language certificates.
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New Photo Gallery online!
In our new telc Photo Gallery you can find pictures of different telc events in Germany and abroad...
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Erste telc Sprachprüfungen in Peking und Tianjin, VR China
telc (The European Language Certificates) – ein Markenname, der bald auch für chinesische Sprachlerner einen klangvollen Namen haben soll!
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telc C1 is here!
telc GmbH has completed the development of its new test, telc C1, for the languages of German and English. For the first time, advanced language learners can now take a telc test at a high level and thus prove their comprehensive language competence. In doing this, we consistently aligned telc C1 to the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF). This means it has a clearly defined capability profile. According to the well known and time...
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Certificate in German for young people: model test, learning goals and test format
The tri-national cooperation partners of the Certificate in German (CG) (ZD, Zertifikat Deutsch), the Goethe Institut, Östereichisches Sprachdiplom [Austrian Language Diploma], Schweizer Direktoren Konferenz [Swiss Conference of Directors], and telc, have offered a version of the CG for young people since April 2005. The “ZD für Jugendliche”, or CG for young people is designed for the target group of young people aged between 12 and 16 who normally attend a regular school....
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telc tests for German and English on the C1 level
In response to several enquiries in the past weeks, TELC would like to inform you about the current state of development for German and English tests in the competence areas of B (= independent language use) and C (= competent language use) according to the Common European Framework of Reference: At the B2 level, for German, the TELC Certificate in German Plus (“Deutsch Plus”) as well as the TELC Professional Certificate in German (“Deutsch für den Beruf”), which has been...
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Free downloads expanded
The list of free downloads on this webpage has been expanded. Now there are a total of 36 learning goals, and model tests for seven languages for a free download. The CDs with the listening comprehension exercises for the model tests can be created online here. They generally cost 12.50 Euros.
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More than 100,000 TELC tests in 2005
In the year 2005, a very special record was set. Since coming into being 37 years ago, the number of the TELC tests taken per year reached 100,000 for the first time. First place went to the language tests with which everything began in 1968: the Certificate in English. Even if it has been revised several times, its philosophy has remained, with its basic characteristics remaining the same throughout the years: communicative, activity-oriented, and relating to skills and...
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