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GIVE A1 SPECIFICATIONS

TEST 1. READING COMPREHENSION

45 min Characteristics of the texts that the student must understand

Ability being assessed Task to be performed by the candidate
25 items candidate

Understand short and simple messages, Read a text and answer five Brief epistolary text: email, postcard, etc.
Homework 1 transmitted through postcards, emails, questions with three response
etc. options, the last one with Personal sphere.
5 items pictures.
Length: 150-175 words.

Understand specific information on Read nine very short texts and Very short texts, with graphic support: notes or

task 2 notes, signs, posters, etc. match six of them with six annotations in agendas, catalogues, announcements,
statements. instructions, posters or signs, notices, etc.

6 items Personal and public sphere.

Extension: 20-30 words each text.

Capture the general sense of informative
material, frequently used instructions
Task 3 and short and simple descriptions, with
graphic support.
6 items
Read nine short advertisements
and match six of them with six
statements from people.
Short texts with graphic support, extracted from instructions,
informative or promotional material: brochures, advertisements,
catalogues, etc.
Public ambit.
Extension: texts of 20-30 words; statements or
sentences of 10-25 words.

Extract specific information contained in Read a text and answer eight items Announcements or short notices extracted or adapted from

Task 4 informative texts or very brief with three response options each. informative or promotional material, posters or signs,
instructions, of very common use. tickets, agendas, etc.
8 items Public ambit.
Length: 175-210 words.
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TEST 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Task to be performed Characteristics of the texts that must

25 min Ability being assessed
25 items
Capture the general idea and specific
data in very short and simple
Homework 1
conversations, at a slow speed, with
5 items clear articulation.
Capture the general idea in very
task 2 short messages, delivered slowly and and match them to five images, out
with clear articulation.
5 items
Understand the general idea and
specific data of brief and simple
Task 3
statements about well-known and
8 items everyday aspects: people, places,
objects...
candidate
Listen to five short dialogues and
answer five questions, each with three
options
answer (images).
Listen to five very short messages
of eight possible.
Listen to eight sentences from the
same text and match eight sentence
beginnings with eight of the eleven
available continuations.
understand the candidate
Very brief conversational exchanges (two or three
turns), between two interlocutors who deal with
issues or areas of immediate need.
Personal sphere.
Extension: 30-40 words each text.
Very brief messages or announcements, transmitted face to face or
through the public address system.
Public ambit.
Extension: 15-30 words each text.
Brief and isolated statements, of an explanatory or
descriptive nature, belonging to the same monologue.
Personal sphere.
Extension: 15-25 words each text.

Understand names, words or Listen to a conversation and Conversation between two interlocutors dealing
Task 4 phrases in a speech delivered at a complete seven short sentences with familiar or everyday topics.
slow speed and with clear with the information from the input Personal sphere.
7 items
articulation. text.
Length: 160-185 words.
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TEST 3. WRITTEN EXPRESSION AND INTERACTION
Ability being assessed
25 min
Provide basic personal data in writing.
To do this, you must write words,
phrases and simple sentences about
your own identity or your immediate
Homework 1
environment.
Exchange written courtesy messages,
simple and basic personal information,
task 2 or related to areas of immediate need.
SPECIFICATIONS
Material given to the
Task to be performed by the candidate
candidate to carry out the task
Complete a form, with short answer Instructions: guidelines for writing the
spaces, in which basic personal text.
information is requested or related to Form format to complete.
areas of immediate need.
Public ambit.
Length: 15-25 words.
Write an epistolary text: postcard, email, Instructions: guidelines for writing the
message or short letter. text.
Personal and public spheres.
Length: 30-40 words.
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TEST 4. ORAL EXPRESSION AND INTERACTION
10 minutes
Ability being assessed
10 min from
preparation
Introduce yourself to the
Homework 1 interlocutor and provide
personal identity data:
1-2 min
name, age, nationality...
provide, through
short and simple statements,
very basic information about
task 2 himself and his immediate
2-3 min environment: daily life,
known people,
belongings, places, academic
activity, etc.
Participate in brief conversations
with a cooperative interlocutor,
Task 3
in relation to information
3-4 min provided in the previous tasks.
Task to be performed by the candidate
Carry out a brief monologue, previously
prepared, about personal identity data.
Personal sphere.
The candidate prepares the task.
Carry out a brief monologue, previously
prepared, on a subject of the immediate
personal environment.
Personal sphere.
The candidate prepares the task.
Participate in a conversation with the
interviewer about the information
provided in the previous tasks.
Personal sphere.
SPECIFICATIONS
Material given to the
candidate to carry out the task
Sheet with instructions to carry out
the task and verbal stimuli,
focused on the identity data that
the candidate must provide.
Sheet with instructions to carry out
the task and verbal stimuli,
focused on different aspects of the
same topic and organized
graphically in the form of options.
Sheet with instructions. In addition,
the interviewer will ask a series of
questions and the candidate will have
to ask the interviewer two questions.