DELE LEVEL A1 PDF Print E-mail

DELE DIPLOMA A1 (LEVEL A1)  This accredits the sufficient linguistic competence to understand and use daily expressions frequently used in any part of the Spanish-speaking world, aimed at satisfying immediate needs; asking and giving basic personal information about yourself and daily life and interacting on a basic level with speakers, whenever they are speaking slowly and clearly and are willing to cooperate. The test consists of:

Exam paper

Duration

Format

Reading comprehension

45 minutes

a. Candidates must be able to understand short, simple, practical and highly contextualised written texts.
b. Candidates must answer by selecting the appropriate answer to multiple-choice questions on informative texts.
c. Candidates must select information from a text, based on a series of questions.

Written expression and interaction

25 minutes

a. Candidates must be able to answer some personal questions.
b. Candidates must be able to write basic sentences about themselves and their environment.

Listening comprehension

20 minutes

a. Candidates must be able to understand short, simple dialogues and direct texts to a satisfactory level. b. Candidates must do 4 exercises based on simple dialogues or recorded information, by choosing the correct answers.

Oral expression and interaction

15 minutes

Candidates are evaluated individually. They must be able to hold on a general conversation about themselves and participate in a role-play with basic questions or answers

 

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