Kinder und Karriere: Goethe B1 Schreiben Example
“Kinder und Karriere” is one of those exam themes that keeps coming back, and for good reason. It touches on family, work, and personal choices — topics examiners love because everyone has an opinion, and that’s exactly what Schreiben Teil 2 wants to see: your opinion, expressed clearly and with the right structure.
In this task, you’re asked to react to someone else’s viewpoint, which means agreeing, disagreeing, or finding middle ground while using the connectors and phrases that hold a B1 argument together. It’s a skill that transfers to dozens of other prompts, not just this one.
Below you’ll find the exact task and a model answer showing how a strong response looks in practice — the kind of structure and language that examiners reward.
Here’s the exercise, followed by a model answer you can study and learn from.
The Task (Teil 2) In the real exam, you read a short forum-style opinion from Sandra and must react to it in writing — agreeing, disagreeing, or nuancing your view, with reasons.
Model Answer (reacting, agreeing with Sandra)
Ich bin derselben Meinung wie Sandra, dass Kinder und Karriere durchaus vereinbar sind, auch wenn es nicht immer leicht ist. Wichtig ist vor allem eine gute Organisation und die Unterstützung des Partners oder der Familie. Flexible Arbeitszeiten und die Möglichkeit, von zu Hause zu arbeiten, helfen dabei sehr. Natürlich muss man manchmal Kompromisse eingehen und kann nicht immer alles perfekt schaffen, aber das gehört meiner Meinung nach zum Leben dazu. Am Ende ist es eine Frage der Prioritäten und der Unterstützung, die man von seinem Umfeld bekommt.
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