DELE level A2 exams

The DELE level A2 Spanish as a foreign language diploma accredits the holder’s ability to:

  • understand and use common everyday expressions, nearly always related to immediate and familiar areas of experience (information on themselves and family, purchases and places of interest, activities and so on);
  • engage in simple and direct exchange on known or familiar particulars and describe circumstances of their past and surrounds in simple terms;
  • satisfy immediate needs.

The structure of the general DELE level A2 exam (2020 version) is as follows (tests listed in the sequence in which they are administered).

Test and duration Test structure Maximum score
TESTS ADMINISTERED ON THE OFFICIAL DATE OF THE DELE EXAM AT THE TIME ESTABLISHED IN THE TESTING CENTRE NOTICE
Test 1: Reading comprehension

60 minutes

4 exercises

25 items

Exercise 1 (5 items)

Exercise 2 (8 items)

Exercise 3 (6 items)

Exercise 4 (6 items)

25 points
Test 2: Oral comprehension

40 minutes

4 exercises

25 items

Exercise 1 (6 items)

Exercise 2 (6 items)

Exercise 3 (6 items)

Exercise 4 (7 items)

25 points
Test 3: Written expression and interaction

45 minutes

2 exercises

Exercise 1. Written interaction

Exercise 2. Written expression

25 points
TEST THAT MAY BE ADMINISTERED ON THE DAY IMMEDIATELY BEFORE OR AFTER THE OFFICIAL DATE OF THE DELE EXAM, FURTHER TO THE TESTING CENTRE NOTICE
Test 4: Oral expression and interaction

12 minutes

(preparation: 12 minutes)

3 exercises

Exercise 1. Discussion of a subject

Exercise 2: Description of a photograph

Exercise 3: Dialogue in a simulated situation

25 points