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The Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) are official qualifications certifying the degree of competence and mastery of Spanish, granted by Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Ministry of Education of Spain.

The DELE examination provides for all the different variants of the Spanish language. They are all considered as valid to obtain the diploma.

The DELE examinations have been designed following the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) of the Council of Europe, which ensures a practical way of establishing a standard, international and objective measurement of the level that should be reached at each teaching stage, and in evaluating results.

The University of Salamanca collaborates with Instituto Cervantes in designing exam papers and in grading the tests leading to the Diplomas in Spanish.

The Gran Canaria School of Languages prepares (but not examines) students for every level of this Diploma. Classes are given as private tuition and sample examinations are used to test the student's skills.

There are 6 levels of Diplomas in Spanish according to the e CEFR: 

Diploma in Spanish Level A1.

Diploma in Spanish Level A2.

Diploma in Spanish Level B1 (formerly Beginner).

Diploma in Spanish Level B2 (formerly Intermediate).

Diploma in Spanish Level C1.

Diploma in Spanish Level C2.

The Diploma de Español Level A1

Level-A1 DELE examination (DELE A1) enables students to access the Spanish-speaking world, improves their academic education and provides them with confidence to continue advancing towards the other levels.

This Diploma accredits that students will be able to use elementary language in communication situations involving immediate needs or very common everyday matters.

The Diploma de Español Level A2

This Diploma accredits that students can understand commonly-used everyday phrases and expressions related to areas of experience especially relevant to them (basic information about themselves and their families, shopping, places of interest, occupations, etc.).

The Diploma de Español Level B1 (Inicial)

This Diploma accredits language users' capacity:

To understand the main points of texts spoken and written in standard varieties of Spanish that are not excessively local, provided that they involve well-known topics related to work, studies or everyday life;

To deal with most situations and contexts involving these uses;

To produce simple, coherent texts about well-known topics or issues of personal interest, such as describing experiences, events, wishes, plans, and aspirations, or expressing opinions.

The Diploma de Español Level B2

This Diploma accredits language users' capacity:

To understand the gist of complex spoken and written texts, including those about abstract topics, presented in diverse varieties of Spanish, or of a technical nature, especially if they are about specialized areas of knowledge with which they are familiar;

To interact with all types of speakers, with sufficient fluency and spontaneity, so that communication does not constitute an effort for either interlocutor;

To produce clear and detailed texts about diverse topics, including those involving dialectic analysis, debate or defending a point of view.

The Diploma de Español Level C1

The DELE C1 guarantees that the progress of the student in the language has been a success, and certifies more than an advanced level of Spanish.

This diploma certifies sufficient linguistic competence to:

Understand a wide variety of long, quite demanding texts, as well as recognise implicit meanings in them;

Express themselves fluently and spontaneously, without any obvious effort to find the right words.

Use the language flexibly and effectively for social, academic, and professional purposes;

And be able to produce clear, well-structured, detailed texts on topics having a certain level of complexity, with correct use of mechanisms for organising and articulating a cohesive text.

The Diploma de Español Level C2

DELE C2 is the highest and most advanced of the six learning levels established in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. It certifies the level of Mastery.

The DELE C2 certifies sufficient linguistic competence to perfectly handle any kind of situation, proving a spontaneous capacity of adaptation to any context, with a great deal of semantic and grammatical precision. The language users express themselves fluently, with a high degree of specialization and complexity.