FAQ telc exams

Please note that exam registration is only possible until 1pm on the Thursday 2 weeks prior to your exam. For example, if your exam is on a Friday, then the deadline to register is 15 days before your exam; if your exam is on a Saturday, then the deadline to register is 16 days before your exam.

Last-minute registration up to 36 hours before the examination date is possible as long as there are free spots available. Late registrations are subject to a Late Registration Fee of 30€.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to postpone or cancel an exam once it has been booked. You can find out more about this regulation in our terms and conditions.

Unfortunately, once it has been booked, it is not possible to postpone or cancel an exam, even due to illness. You can find out more about this regulation in our terms and conditions.

Yes, you can indeed! Having your written and oral exam on the same day makes it possible for you to take the exam with us even if you are not from Berlin or if you have to take a day off work for the exam. Please keep the whole day of your exam free, as there might be a long break between your written and oral exams.

The written and oral exam take place on the same day. If you still want to take the exam parts on different day, you will have to register for two different exams. The partial results of the two parts can then be merged (see next point).

Yes, you can! The partial result of an exam is valid for 12 months. The date of issue of the score sheet is the starting date for the 12 months of validity. This means that if your score sheet was issued on 01 September 2021, the result is valid until 31 August 2022. While it is valid, you can have your result recognised by telc and combine it with the result of a later exam. Let’s say you only passed the oral part of your exam – next time you can register just for the written part of the exam then combine the two results and vice versa. Important: In order for your results to be recognised, we will need a copy of the last exam result. If the copy is not submitted, there may be a delay in the crediting of the result.

Yes, the exam is included in the price! You pay the price of the exam and get a free telc Preparation course included! A truly UNBEATABLE OFFER!

About a week before the day of your exam, you will receive an email with all the important information about your exam day, including what time you have to be at the school. Usually, an exam day begins at around 8 a.m. Since there is a break between the written and oral part, you should keep the entire day free. If you have not received the email with your start time up to four days before the exam date, please check your spam folder. If you cannot find an email there either, please contact us at info@speakeasy.berlin and we will be happy to help you.

For the written exam, you must lock your phone away and are forbidden from using it, even during your break (only the C1 and C1 Hochschule exams have a break during the written part). The same goes for your oral exam: as soon as you have checked into the waiting area, you are no longer allowed to use your phone. Please make sure to make any important calls or send any important messages before checking in to the waiting area. The use of electronic aids or any other aids is also strictly prohibited..

There are a few things that you must bring:

• Most importantly - Please bring a valid official photo ID document (your passport or your ID card). We cannot accept a driver’s license, health insurance card, student ID or anything other than an official photo ID document. Without one, we are not allowed to let you take the exam!
• You will need a pencil and preferably also an eraser and sharpener.
• You will also need a deposit for the locker, e.g. a health insurance card or BVG card.
• If you would like a partial result from a previous exam to be recognised, we will need a copy of the last exam result. If the copy is not submitted, there may be a delay in the crediting of the result.
• Last but not least, bring some water in a sealable, transparent water bottle for the exam and something to eat for the break.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to change the time of your oral exam. We will inform you of the time you have to arrive at the waiting area. From this waiting area, you will be taken into the preparation room and then to the exam room. It is not possible to make individual adjustments. Please make sure to keep your exam day free from any other appointments to avoid stress or time pressure.

You will receive an email from us a few days before the exam. Here we will tell you what time you have to be at speakeasy by. On the day of the exam, please first come to the office on the second floor. This is where the ID check takes place and we will tell you in which room your exam is. If you have booked the complete exam, you will take the written exam first and then the oral exam. For the oral exam, we will give you a time by which you have to be in the waiting area. Please leave plenty of time for the oral exam. You will be taken from the waiting area to the preparation room (only for B- and C-Level exams) and from there to the oral exam room.

The correction time for telc exams is up to 5 weeks. You can check the exam status at any time on our website. To do this, simply go to “telc exam” in the menu bar above and then select “exam status”. Once you’ve chosen your exam date and level, you will be able to view the current status and expected arrival date of your result. To go directly to the exam status, open the telc exam status. Please note that unfortunately, speakeasy has no influence on the correction time, and we cannot give you any individual information about your exam. As soon as we receive your results, we will send you an email.

From 01.01.2021, telc will no longer offer the option of express correction for exams throughout Germany. Therefore, the correction process cannot be accelerated. Please understand that speakeasy has no influence on the speed of the correction process.

As soon as we receive the results from telc, we send them to you via email. For certificates issued before 15 February 2026, you can either collect the original from the school yourself or have it sent to you by post.

Please note that there will be no more paper-based telc certificates from 15 February 2026 onwards. You will receive your original certificate only as a PDF file and can print it out yourself if needed.

If you have passed both parts of the exam, there is no expiry date for your results. If you have only passed one of the two parts of the exam, your partial result for either the written part or oral part has no expiry date as such but is only valid for 12 months if you want to have it recognized and combined with the result of a new partial exam. Let’s say you took your exam 01.09.2021 - your partial result is then valid until 31.08.2022 for recognition.