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Candidates of the DELE-exam

Requirements for registration
Candidates wishing to sit Diplomas in Spanish examinations must meet the following requirements:
1. When registering, they must be able to provide documented proof that they are nationals of a country in which Spanish is not an official language.
2. Nationals of Spanish-speaking countries resident in countries where Spanish is not an official language may apply to register if they fulfill at least two of the following conditions:
- Spanish is not the native language of either of their parents,
- Spanish is not the first language that they learned.,
- Spanish is not the language they use in normal everyday communication,
- They did not receive their primary or secondary education (partially or completely) in Spanish.

Diploma de Español Nivel A1 (Starter level): This qualification attests to sufficient linguistic ability for a very basic range of the most commonly simple expressions used in the Spanish-speaking world and in order to satisfy inmediate needs of a concrete type.
Diploma de Español Nivel A2 (Waystage or Elementary level): This qualification attests to sufficient linguistic ability for understanding a basic range of the commonly simple and immediate relevance of expressions used in the Spanish-speaking world (basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
Diploma de Español Nivel B1 (Inicial / Beginner level): This qualification attests to sufficient linguistic ability for understanding and responding appropriately in most normal day-to-day situations and for expressing desires and needs in a basic way.
Diploma de Español Nivel B2 (Intermedio / Intermediate level): This qualification validates sufficient linguistic ability to get by in average day-to-day situations in normal communication circumstances, which do not require specialized use of the language.
Diploma de español Nivel C1: At this level, users are expected to be able to use the structures of a language with ease and fluency. Users are able to adapt their language use to a variety of social situations, and express opinions and take part in discussiones and arguments in a culturally acceptable way.
Diploma de Español Nivel C2 (Superior / Proficiency level): This qualification accredits the necessary linguistic competence to integrate in situations requiring an advanced use of the language and knowledge of the cultural customs embedded within it.

Examination format of the DELE-exam

DELE-exam level A1
Reading comprehension , 40 minutes
Task 1. The candidate will select the appropriate answer, there are multiple choice questions with four answer choices and the questions are about informative texts.
Task 2. The candidate must recognize names, words or phrases and get the general sense of informational material or instructions. They will also know have to extract specific information from a text, that is very common use.

Writing , 25 minutes
Task The candidate must provide basic personal information after writing, writing sentences and simple sentences about their own identity or the immediate environment and exchange messages written courtesy, simple and basic personal information and so on.

Listening comprehension , 20 minutes
Task Candidates must complete 4 assignments based on general ideas or statements to capture simple, passed slowly and clear articulation. They have to select the right answers.

Speaking, 15 minutes
Task 1 and 2. The candidate must provide basic personal information.
Task 3 and 4. The candidate will conduct various short exchanges with the interviewer, who was cooperative and slow and clearly communicated. The candidate will perform tasks from the corresponding graphic material and following the guidelines and instructions of the interviewer.

DELE-exam level A2
Reading comprehension , 50 minutes
Task 1. The candidate must match texts with simple statements such as rules, instructions or restaurant menus.
Task 2. The candidate must answer by selecting the appropriate response to the multiple-choice questions with three response options to be developed on short texts.
Task 3. The candidate has to write a descriptive or narrative text based on some data that will be provided in the exam.

Writing, 50 minutes
Task 1. Fill in forms with personal information appropriately.
Task 2. Writing a personal letter related on the environment and everyday affairs.
Task 3. Write a descriptive or narrative text based on some data that will be provided in the exam.

Listening comprehension, 25 minutes
Task 1.The candidate must complete  5 assignments based on general ideas set out to capture simple, short radio or telephone conversations transmitted slowly and clear articulation.

Speaking, 15 minutes
Task 1 and 2.The candidate must provide basic information about the practical and everyday life experiences.
Task 3.The candidate will participate in a brief conversation and the task.
Task 4. There will be an informal conversation from a simulated situation.

DELE-Exam Level B1
Reading comprehension, 40 minutes
Task 1. Candidates must answer by selecting the appropriate answer to multiple choice questions on informative texts.
Task 2. Candidates must select information from a text, based on a series of questions.

Writing, 50 minutes
Task Candidates must be able to produce brief, simple texts of a practical nature, such as notes, notices, application forms, etc.

Listening comprehension, 30 minutes
Task Candidates must be able to understand short, simple dialogues and recorded information by choosing the correct answers.

Grammar and Vocabulary, 40 minutes
Task 1. Candidates must match up different sentences with their corresponding situations.
Task 2. Candidates must locate, in several sentences, the words or expressions that are out of context.
Task 3. Candidates must complete a text by selecting the correct options.

Speaking, 10 minutes
Task Candidates must carry on a 10 to 15-minute conversation with the panel.

DELE-exam level B2
Reading comprehesion , 60 minutes
Task Candidates will select the right answer to 12 multiple choice questions, on 4 texts, each of which will be no longer than 450 words..

Writing, 60 minutes
Task Candidates must carry out two tasks: writing a letter and a composition. Each exercise should be between 150 and 200 words long.

Listening comprehension , 30 minutes
Task Candidates will answer 12 multiple choice questions on 4 oral texts (recordings). The recordings will consist of notices, news, conversations or interviews.

Grammar and Vocabulary, 60 minutes
Task 1. Fill in the gaps (20 spaces): candidates must choose the most appropriate option from the three given for each space.
Task 2. They must fill in 40 short dialogues, each with a gap, with the best option.

Speaking, 15 minutes
Task Candidates must carry on a 10 to 15-minute conversation with the panel.

DELE-exam level C1
Reading comprehension , 60 minutes
Task 1. The candidate should understand the general idea and specific data and professional public sphere (700-800 words), and answer by selecting the appropriate response to the multiple-choice questions with three possible answers.
Task 2. The candidate should rebuild the structure and identify relationships between ideas long texts (600-700 words), completing paragraphs contained extensive.
Task 3. The candidate shall identify the content and intent or point of view in news, articles and reports (600-700 words), which deal with professional and academic issues, selecting the appropriate answer to multiple choice questions with three possible answers.
Task 4. The candidate shall locate specific and relevant information in short texts (100-150 words), dealing with issues related to the academic world, linking the input text with short statements.
Task 5. The candidate shall identify appropriate structures and vocabulary in a long text with full linguistic repertoire (400-450 words).

Writing, 80 minutes
Task In the first task, from the information on the contents of a text output with an oral stimulus (lecture, speech or presentation) the candidate must write an argumentative text and / or exhibition of long extension (between 220-250 words) exposing the main ideas in a clear, detailed and well structured.
In the second task, from the information on the contents of the output text with writing prompt (press releases, instructions, summaries of articles of opinion?) To help define and contextualize the text, the candidate must write a formal text long extension (between 200 and 250 words) stating the grounds, the main points, secondary and details in a clear, detailed and well structured.

Listening comprehension , 60 minutes
Task The candidate will have to complete 5 tasks based on understanding the main points and extract specific data from a text, short monologues identify the person speaking, infer their attitude, mindset or intentions and to capture the gist of what is said, removing the concrete and detailed.
The candidate must complete sentences with phrases or words and must answer by selecting the appropriate response to the multiple-choice questions with three possible answers.

Speaking, 20 minutes
Task The candidate must weigh out 3 tasks. In the first, the candidate must make a sustained monologue from a short text. In the second, there will be a formal debate from the view that is expressed in the previous task. In Task 3, the candidate will participate in a formal conversation with the interviewer from graphic or visual stimuli.

DELE-exam level C2
Reading comprehension, 60 minutes
Task 1. The candidtaes must select the correct answer to 9 multiple choice questions on 3 texts, each of which will be no longer than 800 words.
Task 2. The candidates must match up a maximum of 10 series of text fragments.

Writing, 60 minutes
Task 1. Candidates will compose a formal letter on one topic taken from two choices, on a number of given points.
Task 2. Candidates will compose a narrative, descriptive or discursive nature.
Each exercise should be between 150 and 200 words long.

Listening comprehension, 45 minutes
Task 1. Candidates will answer 16 multiple choice questions on 4 oral texts (recordings). The recordings will be conversations between two or more speakers, or comments or reports broadcast in the media.

Grammar and vocabulary, 60 minutes
Task 1. The candidates must fill in the gaps (20 spaces): candidates must choose the most appropriate option from the three given for each space.
Task 2. Multiple Choice Exercise: using one of the given options, candidates must fill in the gaps in 35 sentences.
Task 3.The candidates must find 5 grammatical errors in one or several short texts.

Speaking, 15 minutes
Task Candidates must carry on a 10 to 15-minute conversation with the panel.

The Instituto Cervantes is a member of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE). One of the main aims of this association has been to create a framework of competence levels to facilitate the transnational recognition of language qualifications.

Denomination	Diplomas in Spanish

C2 Mastery	Diploma de Español Nivel C2 (Superior) / Proficiency level)
C1 Effective Proficiency	Diploma de Español Nivel C1

B2 Vantage	Diploma de Español Nivel B2 (Intermedio) / Intermediate level
B1 Threshold	Diploma de Español Nivel B1 (Inicial) / Beginner level

A2 Waystage	Diploma de Español Nivel A2 / Elementary level
A1 Breakthrough	Diploma de Español Nivel A1 / Starter level

Exam A1, exam A2, exam B1, exam B2, exam C1 and exam C2

- Every course is specially designed to pass the examination. It deals with tasks of former exams and additional material worked out by Costa de Valencia.
- Level exam before the examination to assess the spanish knowledge and to give guidance about the possibilities to pass the tests.
- Duration of the course: 14 days, during the three weeks before the exam is, 3 lessons of 45 minutes per day.
- Price: 405 EUR.
- Small groups: min. 3, max. 8 students in one course.
- Academical material: included in the course fee.
- Tutorial sessions gratis: There is a teacher at your disposal who settles your doubts and problems.
- 10% discount: if you enrol in a group of 3 or more persons.
- Additional weeks: If you want to start the preparation earlier, it is possible to enrol for one or two weeks more. The price for one additional week is 145 EUR.

1. The official website of the Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) of the Instituto Cervantes
http://diplomas.cervantes.es
2. Sample examination papers
http://diplomas.cervantes.es/modelo
3.Centres offering preparation courses for the examinations
http://diplomas.cervantes.es/centros_espana
4.Examination centres
http://diplomas.cervantes.es/candidatos/centros_examen.jsp
5 Preperation courses
Costa de Valencia, escuela de español - DELE preparation course
6.Registration form
http://www.dele.fedele.org/costadevalencia

 

 

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