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Learn Spanish: how can we validate our level?

Learning Spanish requires a lot of time and effort, and it is not always easy to keep motivation intact. In order not to discourage you, it is essential that you recapitulate your progress and review your objectives.

In this way, language learning will be divided into several stages. The primary objective is that you do not feel overwhelmed by all that overdose of information that you must assimilate.

To see the way you have traveled and evaluate your progress, you can choose to take a level test. Also, you can include your level certificate in the curriculum and provide added value.

To validate your level of Spanish, you can take different certification tests. According to the bases established by the Common European Framework of Reference for (CEFR), depending on your level, you can choose different DELE exams (Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language).

At what levels do they correspond?

A1: discovery phase. To validate level A1, we must know the most basic words of the language and pronounce them (even with errors), understand basic expressions, follow a simple conversation with a speaker who speaks slowly. – DELE A1.

A2: intermediate level, for average users. When we reach this level, we understand phrases and simple messages; we write short texts, we know essential documents, etc. – DELE A2.

B1: the threshold level. The user can be autonomous in many situations, both in the written and in the oral. You can also be part of a more elaborate conversation, argue your point of view, express an opinion, tell an anecdote, etc. – DELE B1.

B2: the independent user has a good command of the language and can follow long and more technical conversations. His vocabulary is much more extensive and is expressed orally in a fluid and spontaneous way. – DELE B2.

C1: the free level. The student can communicate and talk about complex issues without having to search for the words needed to express themselves. He can read long texts and perceive all their nuances. – DELE C1.

C2: the language is mastered. The user speaks Spanish naturally, spontaneously and with an appreciation for the nuances and subtleties of the word. – DELE C2.

Main applications to learn Spanish

To learn Spanish quickly, you can also opt for interactive resources. Recent days, it is much easier for us to learn a new language thanks to the hundreds of mobile applications that we have at our disposal. Why not take advantage of them?

Easy to use, they offer a global linguistic approach to the language and allow students to practice effectively and fun at any time of the day.

Also, it is also interesting that you have an excellent bilingual and monolingual dictionary on your mobile. Thus, when you do not think of the right word, you can use this application to find it and continue with the conversation if you are in a Spanish-speaking country.

Do you want to learn to speak Spanish? Read the following to get a list of some of the most useful and exciting applications.

Busuu

Busuu is one of the most successful language learning applications. A playful app that will allow you to learn key words and phrases about 150 different topics.

It is a freemium application, with free and paid content. If you dare to invest a little more than € 5 per month for a year, you will have access to all Premium services:

Conversations with natives

Grammar exercises

Vocabulary activities

Official certificates

Advantage?  With the Premium option, you can download the contents and learn without an Internet connection at any time.

Duolingo

Apple named Duolingo the best learning app in 2013. It offers different types of playful exercises to learn Spanish step by step, in thematic blocks, as if it were a real game.

Duolingo maintains one of our maxims: learning a language is based on repetition. With what you will review over and over again the words and expressions to assimilate them completely.