Considering a Spanish Language Course?

Use These Guidelines and Take the Test

to Determine Your Level

sponsored by Expanded Learning of Denver

Maybe you took some Spanish in High School?

Maybe you took some Spanish in College?

Or maybe you spent vacation or work time in a Spanish speaking country?

If you find yourself wanting or needing to learn the Spanish Language and don't know the level of your Spanish skills, follow the diagnostic guidelines below to help determine which level would most benefit you.

 Take The Test

1. Have you studied Spanish for more than 2 years?
2. Have you spent more than 2 months living in a Spanish speaking country?
3. Can you communicate with native speakers on a basic level, get your point across and get the gist of what they’re saying?
4. Do you have an understanding of the regular and irregular verbs in the present tense, but feel unsure in the past and future tenses?
5. Do you understand the structure of the language, but just wish you could communicate better?
6. When you receive phone calls can you understand well enough to respond and make yourself understood?
7. Can you read and understand the story below,La Luna y el sol?
8. Do you think you could summarize it in Spanish verbally?
9. Do you speak to people at work in Spanish on a fairly regular basis?
10. If you found you were right in between the two levels, would you prefer to be the “least prepared” in the group and push yourself over taking it from the beginning in order to review and be sure that you had the basics?

If you answered “yes” to over half of these questions, you belong in an Intermediate class. 90% of the course is conducted in Spanish and the emphasis is developing fluency and handling sticky grammatical points. If you answered “yes” to all of the questions you belong in the Advanced class.

If you’re still not sure, you could go over the story once more, write a brief summary in Spanish and send it to Expanded Learning in Denver. Or, you could call Expanded Learning and make an appointment to talk to one of their teachers. By chatting in Spanish for a few minutes you could find out definitely what level would be best for you. Now, the story:

La Luna y El Sol

La luna y el sol vivían por mucho tiempo en la tierra. El sol era ardiente y la luna bastante fría. Y por esta razón los dos no se entendían bien.
Cierto día la luna tomó la decisión de separarse de su compañero el sol. Buscó una soga bien larga y subió al cielo para caminar por allí durante siglos y siglos.Un día el sol se preguntó con curiosidad: -Qué está haciendo la luna en el cielo? Qué cosas maravillosas habrá visto?
Y se decidió a hacer lo mismo que la luna, trepar por una soga al cielo y quedarse allí para siempre.
Pero arriba en el firmamento continuaban enojados.
La luna no quiso caminar con el sol y escogió entonces la noche para sus correrías, dejando el día para el sol.
Pronto la luna se aburrío de caminar sola y sin compañía. Se acordó de una buena amiga, una campesina, con la que siempre se reunía en la tierra. Y una noche la llamó y le dijo:
-Oye, querida amiga, sabes que el firmamento es como la tierra un gran terreno de sembradió. Echa los frejoles que guardas en tu casa como semillas al cielo y vas a ver cómo crecerán.
Y la buena amiga echó los frejoles que tenía en todas direcciones. Pero, qué sorpresa! Antes de nacer y echar raíces, los frejoles se encendieron en la primera noche en el firmamento y continuaron encendiéndose en las demás noches por todos los tiempos.
Los frejoles se habían transformado en estrellas que acompañan desde entonces a la luna en su recorrido por el cielo.
(Anónimo)

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