To design your study plan for your Spanish exam, you need to base it on an expert diagnosis of your level of Spanish. This determines the weaknesses you have to work on and then guides your practice. This post explains how that kind of level test is best done, and why you need it.
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Prepping for your OPIc DELE or SIELE Spanish exam, you need to understand how it is scored – what are the examiners looking for, and what are their assessment criteria? This video explains that and more.
Read moreThe DELE / SIELE exams are very different to traditional school or college exams. The examen DELE / SIELE tests your ability to express yourself in Spanish, coherently, fluently, correctly…
Read moreIn 2015 Spain promulgated a law allowing the descendants of the Sephardim who were expelled more than 500 years ago from Iberia (which in Hebrew, is called Sepharad), to apply…
Read moreOVERVIEW: In a previous blogpost, we compared the SIELE and DELE exams of Spanish language competency. We showed you that – as far as status and content goes – they…
Read moreOVERVIEW: The examen DELE and the SIELE are not identical twins, but they share the same parent (the Instituto Cervantes), have the same curriculum, and enjoy the same status. The…
Read moreHow sure do you feel about passing the DELE exam? Are you stronger in your reading comprehension than in listening to and understanding the many different Spanish accents? Are you…
Read moreMastering the CAN DO statements or Functional Language Use requirements encountered in the DELE / SIELE & OPI curricula are fundamental to succes
Read moreThis Blog post’s Objective: The DELE exam (and its online twin the SIELE, as well as the American equivalent the OPIc) is a very different animal to your typical school…
Read moreTHE GOAL OF THIS BLOG-POST: You probably have asked yourself: “How can I do well in the DELE exam written tasks? (or in the equivalent writing tests of the DELE’s…
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