Level A1 – Beginner
Communicative Content
Greet and say goodbye
Describe places
Talk about the weather
Shop in stores
Express likes and interests
Talk about appearance and personality
Talk about habits and frequency
Talk about past experiences
Talk about skills and attitudes
Grammar Content
Present tense (regular and irregular verbs: ser, tener, estar,ir)
Some irregular presents and reflexive verbs
Introduction to the pretérito perfecto (present perfect)
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Participate in very simple conversations
Write short, simple messages (e.g., greeting cards)
Use simple expressions to describe habits, likes, andpreferences
Interact in a basic way if the other person speaks slowlyand clearly
Level A2 – Elementary
Communicative Content
Review habitual actionsNarrate and relate past events
Make comparisons
Talk about and evaluate past experiences
Grammar Content
Review of present tense (regular, irregular, reflexive verbs)
Introduction to pretérito indefinido (simple past)
Estar + gerund (progressive tense)
Pretérito perfecto (present perfect)
Use of pretérito perfecto vs. indefinido
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Describe aspects of my past in simple terms
Talk about immediate personal matters in simple language
Level B1 – Intermediate
Communicative Content
Talk about habits and circumstances in the past
Give instructions
Sequence actions
Take and leave messages over the phone
Talk about future actions and situations
Express wishes, complaints, and needs
Express cause and consequence
Talk about interests and feelings
Describe objects
Make hypotheses and assumptions
Grammar Content
Review pretérito perfecto / indefinido
Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect past)
Affirmative and negative imperative
Contrast between pretérito indefinido and imperfecto
Present subjunctive
Indicative vs. subjunctive in relative clauses
Basic use of future and conditional tenses
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Manage most situations while traveling in aSpanish-speaking country
Understand main ideas in clear standard texts (work, study,leisure)
Explain and justify opinions and plans
Narrate stories, book plots, or films, and describe myreactions
Level B2 – Upper Intermediate
Communicative Content
Talk about news and comment on it
Give opinions and discuss behaviors
Express cause and purpose
Talk about conditions and requirements
Give instructions
Talk about storytelling
Use cohesive devices
Talk about unrealized past events and their consequences
GrammarContent
Review of past tenses
Passive voice
Impersonal constructions with se
Pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo (past subjunctive)
Por and para
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo
Time markers and structures
Text cohesion strategies
Conditional perfect
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo
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Participate in fluent and spontaneous conversations withnative speakers
Explain points of view, showing pros and cons of differentoptions
Take an active role in everyday debates, explaining anddefending my opinions
Understand complex texts on both concrete and abstract
Level C2 – Proficient
Communicative Content
Use stylistic resources to write a tourist brochure
Narrate, describe, and evaluate events
Talk about fictitious events
Discuss values and cultural beliefs
Understand non-verbal language
Narrate historical events in a colloquial way
Understand different speech registers and language levels
Participate in linguistic colloquiums
Tell fantastic stories
Express cause and consequence
Narrate dreams
GrammarContent
Uses of the pronouns lo and se
Types and placement of adjectives
Modal connectors
Past tenses
Express certainty
Pejorative suffixes
Explicit subject pronoun use
Courtesy grammar
Pretérito anterior
Verbs and periphrasis indicating change
Causal connectors
Temporal constructions
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Understand any kind of spoken or written Spanisheffortlessly
Understand all forms of spoken and non-verbal language
Easily reconstruct information and arguments fromvarious sources
Present information and arguments coherently andsuccinctly
Level C1 – Advanced
Communicative Content
Critical thinking
Reflect on the purpose behind news pieces
Understand features of a contract
Express regret
Deliver and prepare speeches
Use stylistic devices to take a stance on a topic
Use literary resources: metaphor, personification, simile
Analyze the causes of conflict
Analyze ads and persuasion techniques
Understand and analyze informative texts
GrammarContent
Figurative verb and expression use
Anglicisms
Expressing purpose
Use of siquiera
Consecutive markers
Expressing hypotheses
Temporal correlation in subordinate clauses
Uses of hasta
Periphrasis for progress and development
Use of por and para
Que + indicative/subjunctive
Resources for expressing quantity and adjectives endingin -ble
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Understand long, unstructured speeches
Understand long and complex texts with appreciation ofstylistic differences
Give detailed descriptions of complex topics including subtopics
Speak fluently and flexibly in social, academic, andprofessional contexts
