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Discover Your Proficiency with Our Level Tests

Every student at Work-Life Spanish should have a current Level Placement Test on file. The results of this test help us recommend the study plan and courses that best match your current level.

When taking the placement test, DO NOT GUESS ANSWERS. Instead select the NO SÉ option when you are not 100% certain. This leads to more accurate placement results.

To progress from one level to the next, students must pass the Level Exit Exam. Each section of the Level Exit Exam requires a minimum score of 17/20 to advance. Students who have successfully completed every course within their current level with a minimum attendance of 8 out of 10 sessions (makeup sessions count toward attendance) will automatically receive an email when they are eligible to take the Level Exit Exam.

If you do not pass the exit exam, we recommend reinforcing the material through additional coursework or private tutoring before moving to the next level. This ensures that students have a strong foundation for success at the next CEFR level.

Please consider taking a level inferior to the one you tested into or enrolling in Private Tutoring if you are not confident in the skills listed in the bullet points below.

¡Buena suerte!

Beginner Level (A1)

Once you have successfully completed the Spanish for Absolute Beginners course or have covered all of the A1 level subjects through a minimum of 20-hours of Private Tutoring, you can request to take the A1 Level Exit Exam! 
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 into the A1 level: 
  • 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)

Once you have successfully completed the four A2-level courses or have covered all of the A2-level subjects in Private Tutoring sessions,  you can request to take the A2 Level Exit Exam!
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 into the A2 level: 
  • All bullets identified under A1​​

What you will learn:
  • Indefinite adjectives and pronouns (Alguien, nadie, algunos, ningunos, etc.)
  • ​Spanish to be verbs ser & estar
  • Estar + gerund (-ando / -iendo)
  • Irregular present tense verbs
  • Superlatives / Comparatives
  • Exclamations with ¡Qué!
  • Idiomatic expressions
  • The future with ir + a
  • Verbs gustar, doler​
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Personal A

Intermediate Level (B1)

Once you have successfully completed the four B1-level courses or have covered all of the B1-level subjects through a minimum of 60-hours of Private Tutoring and/or Conversational Club Events, you can request to take the B1 Level Exit Exam! 
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)

Once you have successfully completed at least four B2-level courses or have covered all of the B2-level subjects through a minimum of 60-hours of Private Tutoring and/or Conversational Club Events, you can request to take the B2 Level Exit Exam! 
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
  • How to choose between the subjunctive and conditional tenses​
  • Past subjunctive tenses: imperfect, present perfect and past perfect
  • 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 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 
  • How to create si clauses with the present, future, conditional and imperfect subjunctive

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 use language effectively for social, academic and professional purposes​
  • How to express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much thought 
  • How to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects
  • How to speak, read and write in all Spanish tenses