Be told this plainly: Vibedu has no German listening recordings yet. Building the player was done; licensing or producing German audio has not been. A listening lesson that pretended otherwise would be the same empty promise this platform has been clearing out elsewhere, so here is the format and where to get real material in the meantime.
The format. A Goethe B1 listening section runs about 40 minutes across four parts: short everyday messages and announcements, a longer conversation, a radio-style discussion, and short statements to match to speakers. Announcements are usually heard once; longer pieces twice. You read the questions during a pause before each part — the same preparation habit that decides an IELTS listening score decides this one.
What to practise with, free and legal.
- Deutsche Welle's learning German section publishes graded news read slowly, with transcripts —
- the transcript is what makes it training rather than exposure.
- Public broadcasters publish podcasts with episode summaries you can use as a comprehension check.
- Any German film with German subtitles: not English subtitles, which switch your listening off.
How to practise, in three passes. First pass, no text: write down what the piece was about in one line. Second pass: answer specific questions — who, where, when, how much. Third pass with the transcript: find every place where what you heard and what is written differ. That third pass is where the learning is, and it is the pass everyone skips.
Twenty minutes done this way beats two hours of German playing in the background.