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| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5385 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 5 29 June 2010 at 12:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Can anyone tell me where in the UK I can sit CEFR examinations in Spanish. Preferably near to Aberdeen in Northern Scotland.
I have also now read about ALTE. Should I go for this rather than CEFR. Is there anywhere that you can see past papers to get an idea of the standards?. Any other info would be welcome. Thanks Jim Edited by Fasulye on 29 June 2010 at 1:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anamsc Triglot Senior Member Andorra Joined 6041 days ago 296 posts - 382 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan Studies: Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Written), French | Message 2 of 5 29 June 2010 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know you can take CEFR exams at the Instituto Cervantes; however, there is unfortunately not Instituto Cervantes in Scotland. There is one in Leeds, in Manchester, and in London, if you want to make the trip.
I don't know anything about ALTE, but I have found a chart of the standards for both CEFR and ALTE that might be useful to you: http://formacion-empresas.ihes.com/eng/levels2.html EDIT: On this website, there is a list of exam sites; it seems that you can take it in Glasgow, which may be a bit closer :/ http://leeds.cervantes.es/en/courses_spanish/students_spanis h/diplomas_information_spanish.htm#11 Edited by anamsc on 29 June 2010 at 5:09pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5385 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 5 29 June 2010 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Many thanks!
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5849 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 4 of 5 29 June 2010 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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ALTE stands for the Association of Language Testers in Europe, and it is pretty much what that says. It is specifically an association of the most recognised external testers -- ie bodies who offer exams that aren't tied to a specific course they offer. As I understand it, all members of the association have agreed to align their exams to the Council of Europe's Common Europe Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The Instituto Cervantes is the testing body recognised by the Spanish ministry of education and science, and is (as you might expect) a member of ALTE.
So there is no such thing as either CEFR exams or ALTE exams per se -- what you are looking for is the Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) by the Instituto Cervantes. There is no Instituto Cervantes in Scotland, as already mentioned, but according to the DELE website (diplomas.cervantes.es), exams can be sat at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, or in the Spanish Consulate in Edinburgh. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5685 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 5 29 June 2010 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | ||
I didn't know what the abbreviation "ALTE" stands for, so thank you for giving this background knowledge, Cainntear. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful |
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