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Spanish Level Placement Test

*Please note that the test results may be fallible, so please compare your results with the course descriptions below to ensure that you are placed in the correct level. 

Beginner Level (A1)

This level is for absolute beginners or for individuals who would like to review the basics of the Spanish language.

What you should know before you enroll: 
  • No prior experience with the language is required. 
What you will learn:
  • Introductions
  • Alphabet​
  • Diminutives
  • Pronunciation
  • Nouns/Gender 
  • Question words
  • Subject Pronouns
  • Hellos & Goodbyes 
  • Countries / Nationalities
  • Definite / Indefinite Articles
  • Regular, present tense verb conjugation

ELEMENTARY LEVEL (A2)

This level is for individuals who have studied Spanish before and are able to conjugate regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs into the present tense and have basic conversations with others. 

What you should know before you enroll: 
  • All bullets identified under A1
What you will learn:
  • Verbs haber, tener, hacer, venir, saber & conocer 
  • Indefinite adjectives and pronouns
  • Spanish to be verbs ser & estar
  • Irregular present tense verbs 
  • Superlatives / Comparatives
  • Present progressive tense
  • Exclamations with ¡Qué!
  • The future with ir + a
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Verb gustar
  • Personal A

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (B1)

This level is for individuals who are comfortable with the present tenses and would like to focus on other indicative tenses. 

What you should know before you enroll: 
  • All bullets identified under A2
What you will learn:
  • Past participle 
  • The pronouns lo & se
  • Relative pronouns & adjectives 
  • Common idiomatic expressions
  • Direct, indirect and double object pronouns 
  • Making commands with the imperative mood
  • Expressing certainty with the indicative mood
  • Verbs that change meaning in the preterit & imperfect
  • The future and conditional tenses to talk about probability
  • How to deal with most situations likely to arise where the language is spoken
  • Irregular and regular past tenses: imperfect, preterit, present perfect, past perfect​

UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (B2)

This level is for individuals who are fairly proficient in the indicative tenses (non-subjunctive) and would like to focus on the subjunctive. 

What you should know before you enroll: 
  • All bullets identified under B1
What you will learn:
  • Por vs para
  • Regular & irregular present subjunctive verb conjugations
  • Past subjunctive tenses: imperfect, present perfect and past perfect
  • How to choose between the subjunctive and conditional tenses
  • How to use the subjunctive tense to create impersonal expressions
  • How to use  the subjunctive tense to make requests & recommendations
  • How to use  the subjunctive tense to express emotions, wishes, wants & desires
  • How to create si clauses with the present, future, conditional and imperfect subjunctive
  • How to understand the main ideas of complex text on concrete and abstract topics
  • How to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity with native speakers quite 
  • How to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain viewpoints 

ADVANCED LEVEL (C1)

This level is for students who have covered both indicative and subjunctive tenses in the past and would like to practice what they have learned in a more culturally focused class setting through the use of Iberoamerican literature, movies and history. 

What you should know before you enroll: 
  • All bullets identified under B2
What you will learn:
  • How to understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize meaning
  • How to express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much thought 
  • How to use language effectively for social, academic and professional purposes
  • How to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects
  • How to speak, read and write in all Spanish tenses

PROFICIENT LEVEL (C2)

This level is for students who have taken the majority of our C1 level courses and are at a near native level. 

What you should know before you enroll: 
  • All bullets identified under C1
What you will learn:
  • How to understand with ease virtually everything heard or read
  • How to summarize information from different spoken and written sources
  • How to reconstruct arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation
  • How to express yourself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely
  • How to differentiate finer shades of meaning, even in the most complex situations