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There are topics one wants to speak about openly because they truly change people’s lives. Preparing for DTZ B1 Schreiben is exactly such a topic. If you have lived in Germany for at least a few months, you already know: the exam is not frightening because of the grammar, but because of its unpredictability. People learn the language, attend courses, complete exercises – and then sit down to write the letter, and suddenly it feels as if everything inside fades away.
In recent months, I have taught dozens of repeat courses for students who came to me after unsuccessful attempts. We analysed their letters word for word, searched for weak points, compared them with the exam criteria and official documents. And every time the story was the same: the issue was not that someone “didn’t know what to write”. They did know. But they had no strategy, no inner map that switches on automatically in a stressful situation. And almost each of them said at some point: “I realised that I simply had no system. Until I watched the lesson by Elena Bazalukova.”
This sentence became a marker for me. A marker that the method works.
Let’s start with the fact that the DTZ B1 letter is the most transparent part of the exam. There is no guessing, no “maybe I’ll get lucky”. Only your skills matter: structure, logic, politeness, the ability to explain your situation in clear, natural German. And, interestingly, grammar is not the top priority here. In the official GAST documents, it is stated explicitly: content, structure and completeness are more important than “perfect German”.
So why do so many people fail the Schreiben section?
The answer is simple: most people prepare without a strategy and create chaos in their heads. They memorise words, practise exercises, write dozens of texts – but they don’t learn the most important thing: turning any task into a safe, predictable and logical structure that guides them from the first word to the signature.
And what is surprising: as soon as someone sees this strategy – a real, practical one, confirmed by official documents and teaching experience – the mind seems to relax. Panic disappears. The hand begins to write automatically. And even those who “forget everything due to stress” suddenly produce clear, confident B1-level letters.
This system exists. And I developed it myself – I, Elena Bazalukova, founder of the platform Deutsch-Vorbereitung.com, trained educator, a person with real DTZ exam experience, practical work with GAST, and a deep understanding of how the exam functions from the inside.
And to be honest, this strategy even impresses those who have lived in Germany for many years and write German confidently. Why? Because even strong learners fear one thing: the exam blackout. What works perfectly at home can suddenly turn into silence, emptiness and trembling hands in the exam room. That is why even people with good German purchase this lesson: not for the grammar, but to finally establish a system in their mind that protects them from panic.
In repeat courses, I have seen this dozens of times. Once a person takes three sheets of paper and writes down the beginning, middle and end of the structure – like creating a visual ritual – the structure of the letter imprints itself almost naturally. In the exam, this template acts like an internal navigator: you simply insert the facts from the task, and the letter “builds itself”. It becomes embedded in the mind as reliably as the PIN code of your phone.
Examiners are not looking for literary style or academic phrasing. They are looking for clarity. Comprehensibility. Logical communication. And this lesson teaches exactly that – to write in a way that allows the reader on the other side of the paper to immediately understand your situation, your requests and your questions. It is no coincidence that the official documents emphasise: you can receive B1 even with mistakes, as long as the letter is structured and addresses all points of the task.
And now to what my students especially like. The lesson contains a moment that regularly creates a real “wow effect”. It is the linking phrase – a transition that turns the middle of the letter from a chaotic block of questions into a neat, clear and logical part of the text. After this phrase, even the most anxious students start writing calmly, as if they had been doing it all their lives.
And there is another detail: a small technique to “embed” two topics from the task into one short, grammatically correct sentence – increasing the score in two criteria at once. When students discover this, they often laugh: “Seriously? It’s that simple? Why has no one ever explained this to us?”
Because most courses are built on exercises, not on strategy. And without strategy, writing is always a lottery.
I especially enjoy watching someone’s expression when they write a letter using this system for the first time. First tension, then surprise, and finally a confident smile when they look at their text and understand: “So that’s how it should be.”
And there is no miracle behind this. Only method. Structure. And the result of many months of careful work with my groups, studying official documents, sample letters and real assessment criteria. Everything shown in the lesson is based on these materials – not on guesses or “kitchen advice”.
And most importantly: this strategy is suitable for absolutely everyone:
After watching the lesson, every student says the same thing: “Where were you earlier? Why didn’t I find you sooner?” And every time, I smile.
If you finally want to feel confident in Schreiben, if you want to get rid of panic, if you want to take the exam calmly, without chaos and stress – then this lesson is exactly the system that so many people have been missing.
And I will be truly happy if one day you write me just one sentence after the exam: “Elena, I passed. Now I know for sure – the strategy works.” And such messages I receive regularly.
By clicking the link and watching this Video DTZ B1 Schreiben, you will immediately understand what I meant.
Author: Olena Bazalukova
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