Preparation for the Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE)

This exam is the only one officially recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. It is also widely recognised in the business world.

This is a program of 25 lessons per week with a maximum of 11 students (average seven) per class and lasts from 1 to 11 weeks.The first and second lessons every day focus on grammar.The next two lessons are conversation classes and the last lesson is an exam practice session using past exam papers.

The exam is part oral and part written, therefore the course involves audiovisual comprehension exercises, specialized texts, and compositions which gradually increase in difficulty depending on the level of the exam which the student is preparing for.

The Certificado exam is for intermediate-level students, the Intermedio for those in the advanced level and the Superior only for those with a fluent knowledge of Spanish.

If a student is at beginners level when they arrive, three months should be adequate preparation time for the Certificate exam. If the student is at an intermediate level, they should be able to prepare for the Intermediate exam in the same time frame.The same principle applies for students at advanced level with the Superior exam. At Mester we only prepare students for the Intermedio and Superior Diploma exams.

Exam dates are set by the Spanish Government and typically fall in the second or third weeks of May, August and November.

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