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 | |
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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 |