telc C1 Makroaufgabe (Aufgabe 24): How to Pick the Right Title
Last updated: 11 November 2026 · Checked against the official exam documents
Aufgabe 24 is the last item of Leseverstehen in telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule: after the long Teil 3 text you choose which of three headings best reflects the text as a whole. It is a single item, but worth 2 points, and most candidates reach it in the last minutes with a tired head. This guide shows what the heading must cover, the four typical patterns of wrong options and three original practice tasks with short academic texts.
What is Aufgabe 24?
Teil 3 consists of a long academic text and statements 13–23; for each statement you mark richtig, falsch or nicht im Text. In the official Übungstest the text is printed without its title – a placeholder stands where the heading would be. Aufgabe 24 asks exactly about that gap: which of three headings (a, b, c) gives the main message of the text best?
This item tests global comprehension (Globalverstehen): it asks what the text sets out to do, not about details. That is why the reading style that works for the other Teil 3 items does not work here.
| Item | Task | Points | Suggested time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13–23 | richtig / falsch / nicht im Text | 22 | ~30 min |
| 24 (Makroaufgabe) | Überschrift a, b oder c | 2 | ~5 min |
Why candidates lose this point
- Choosing the heading that repeats the most words from the text: word overlap is no sign of the right answer.
- Choosing the heading that fits the opening scene (an anecdote, an observation); the opening is often just a way in.
- Falling for a heading that sums up only one side of the text or a counter-position.
- Skimming the last paragraphs: the author's actual conclusion is often there.
- Guessing because time is up – not keeping 5 minutes at the end of Teil 3.
Method: what the right heading must cover
The right heading carries two things at once: the topic of the text (Thema) and what the author says about it (Aussage). A heading that only names the topic is usually too broad; one that names a single detail is too narrow. The right heading often does not repeat words from the text – it restates the main idea with an image, an idiom or a two-part form (main idea: explanation).
- When you finish items 13–23, note the main idea in one German sentence: „Der Text zeigt, dass …“
- Reread the first and the last paragraph: where does the author start, where do they end up?
- Test each heading with three questions: Does it cover the whole text? Does it match the author's stance? Is there support for it in the text?
- Name the type of every option you eliminate (narrow, detail, broad, contradiction); what remains is the answer.
Four typical wrong options
The examples below belong to a hypothetical text arguing that voice assistants struggle with dialects and should therefore be trained with dialect recordings. The text opens with a misunderstanding in a kitchen.
- One wrong heading often mirrors a statement from 13–23 that was falsch or nicht im Text. If you rejected a statement, reject the heading built on the same idea too.
- The exam gives three options; usually a narrow or detail option and an option with a wrong frame or unsupported claim compete with the right one.
| Type | What it does | Example heading |
|---|---|---|
| Right | Topic + the author's conclusion, whole text | „Grüß Gott“ versteht die Maschine nicht: Warum Sprachassistenten Dialekt lernen müssen |
| Too narrow | The topic of a single paragraph | Wie Sprachassistenten einzelne Wörter erkennen |
| Detail | The opening anecdote or one example | Ein Missverständnis in einer Allgäuer Küche |
| Too broad | The umbrella topic, without the author's point | Künstliche Intelligenz im Alltag |
| Contradicts the author | A claim the text rejects or never makes | Dialekte – ein Problem, das sich von selbst erledigt |
Practice: three Makroaufgaben
These texts are much shorter than an exam Teil 3 text, but the logic is the same: read the text, write the main idea in one sentence, then look at the options. The exam has three options; here some items have four so you can see every wrong type.
Leseverstehen Teil 3 – Aufgabe 24 · Original exercise 1
Lesen Sie den Text. Welche Überschrift gibt die Hauptaussage des ganzen Textes am besten wieder?
Welche Überschrift passt am besten?
Leseverstehen Teil 3 – Aufgabe 24 · Original exercise 2
Lesen Sie den Text. Welche Überschrift gibt die Hauptaussage des ganzen Textes am besten wieder?
Welche Überschrift passt am besten?
Leseverstehen Teil 3 – Aufgabe 24 · Original exercise 3
Lesen Sie den Text. Welche Überschrift gibt die Hauptaussage des ganzen Textes am besten wieder?
Welche Überschrift passt am besten?
Zertifly created these original tasks from the official task formats; they are not past exam questions.
Training Teil 3 and Aufgabe 24 on Zertifly
Zertifly's telc C1 Hochschule Leseverstehen list has 15 sets, and in every set Teil 3 ends with Aufgabe 24, as in the exam. Solve Teil 3 untimed first and justify your heading choice with the four types above; then try the reading part under timed exam conditions in the Simulation tab (Pro). The telc C1 study route on your dashboard fits Lesen into a personal plan with the other modules.
Official sources
The exam rules and figures in this guide were checked against the official sources below.
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Make the heading decision under time pressure
Start with the free first Teil 3 set, then do Leseverstehen under exam conditions in the Simulation tab (Pro). The telc C1 route on your dashboard shows the next step.