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 moreSpanish exam prep done right isn’t always easy to come by. Especially for English-speakers. And particularly if your idea of what the DELE / SIELE & OPI is all about,…
Read moreThe DELE/SIELE & OPI – very different kind of exams The DELE exam (of Spanish language competency) is very different to the typical school or college foreign language exam. If…
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…
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To best develop your conversational skill in Spanish, you need to adapt your learning to how the human brain acquires language
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Spanish history is part of the DELE exam curriculum because it helps you understand the situational meaning of words and expressions in their cultural and societal context
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