The right level to start

Depending on your age, background, personality and interests, we offer different levels where you can start your learning at Smart Spanish.  Check our different courses out below:

Which level are you in?

Students with an A1 level should be able to:

1. Have a very basic repertoire of words and simple phrases related to personal details and familiar concrete situations. 

2. Have limited control of a few simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns in a memorised repertoire. 

3. Manage very short, isolated, mainly pre-packaged utterances. 

4. Can ask and answer questions about personal details and familiar situations. 

5. Can interact in a simple way but communication is totally dependent on repetition and rephrasing. 

6. Can link words or groups of words with very basic connectors like “and” or “then”. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click here.

Start at level A2 if you have studied the contents from level A1 and can get by in most of those situations. Students with an A2 level should be able to:

1. Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).

2. Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

3. Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

4. Make him/herself understood in short utterances, even though pauses, false starts and reformulation are very evident.

5. Answer questions and respond to simple statements.

6. Indicate when he/she is following but is rarely able to understand enough to keep conversation going of his/her own accord.

7. Link groups of words with simple connectors like “and, “but” and “because”.

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click here.

Students with a B1 level should be able to: 

1. Have enough language to get by, with sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself on topics such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel, and current events. 

2. Initiate, maintain and close simple face-to-face conversation on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. 

3. Repeat back part of what someone has said to confirm mutual understanding. 

4. Link a series of shorter, discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points. 

5. Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. 

6. Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

7. Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.

8. Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click here.

Students with a B2 level should be able to: 

1. Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. 

2. Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. 

3. Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. 

4. Have a sufficient range of language to be able to give clear descriptions, express viewpoints on most general topics, without much con­spicuous searching for words, using some complex sentence forms to do so. 

5. Show a relatively high degree of grammatical control. 

6. Not make errors which cause misunderstanding. 

7. Identify and correct most of his/her mistakes. 

8. Produce discourses with a fairly even tempo (with few noticeably long pauses). 

9. Initiate discourse, take his/her turn when appropriate and end conversation when he / she needs to. 

10. Help the discussion along on familiar ground confirming comprehension, inviting others in, etc. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click here.

Students with a C1 level should be able to: 

1. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. 

2. Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously almost effortlessly. 

3. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. 

4. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text and speech on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices. 

5. Have a good command of a broad range of language allowing him/her to express him/ herself clearly in an appropriate style on a wide range of general, academic, professional or leisure topics without having to restrict what he/she wants to say. 

6. Consistently maintain a high degree of grammatical accuracy (errors are rare, difficult to spot and generally corrected when they do occur). 

7. Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click here.

Students with a C2 level should be able to:

1. Understand any kind of spoken language, whether live or broadcast, even when delivered at fast native speed.

2. Read with ease virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialised articles and literary work.

3. Take part effortlessly in any conversation or discussion and have a good familiarity with idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms.

4. Express him/herself fluently and convey finer shades of meaning precisely.

5. Write complex letters, reports or articles.

6. Write summaries and reviews of professional or literary works.

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, please click here.

a1 - Beginners

Start at level A1 if you have very little or no knowledge of Spanish. Also, if you have taken some lessons previously but would prefer to brush up on the basics. Students with an A1 level should be able to:

1. Have a very basic repertoire of words and simple phrases related to personal details and familiar concrete situations. 

2. Have limited control of a few simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns in a memorised repertoire. 

3. Manage very short, isolated, mainly pre-packaged utterances. 

4. Can ask and answer questions about personal details and familiar situations. 

5. Can interact in a simple way but communication is totally dependent on repetition and rephrasing. 

6. Can link words or groups of words with very basic connectors like “and” or “then”. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click on the box below.

A2 - Elementary

Start at level A2 if you have studied the contents from level A1 and can get by in most of those situations. Students with an A2 level should be able to:

1. Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). 

2. Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. 

3. Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. 

4. Make him/herself understood in short utterances, even though pauses, false starts and reformulation are very evident. 

5. Answer questions and respond to simple statements.

6. Indicate when he/she is following but is rarely able to understand enough to keep conversation going of his/her own accord. 

7. Link groups of words with simple connectors like “and, “but” and “because”.

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click on the box below.

B1 - Intermediate

Start at level B1 if you have studied the contents from level A2 and can get by in most of those situations. Students with a B1 level should be able to: 

1. Have enough language to get by, with sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself on topics such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel, and current events. 

2. Initiate, maintain and close simple face-to-face conversation on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. 

3. Repeat back part of what someone has said to confirm mutual understanding. 

4. Link a series of shorter, discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points. 

5. Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. 

6. Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

7. Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.

8. Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click on the box below.

B2 - Upper-Intermediate

Start at level B2 if you have studied the contents from level B1 and can get by in most of those situations. Students with a B2 level should be able to: 

1. Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. 

2. Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. 

3. Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. 

4. Have a sufficient range of language to be able to give clear descriptions, express viewpoints on most general topics, without much con­spicuous searching for words, using some complex sentence forms to do so. 

5. Show a relatively high degree of grammatical control. 

6. Not make errors which cause misunderstanding. 

7. Identify and correct most of his/her mistakes. 

8. Produce discourses with a fairly even tempo (with few noticeably long pauses). 

9. Initiate discourse, take his/her turn when appropriate and end conversation when he / she needs to. 

10. Help the discussion along on familiar ground confirming comprehension, inviting others in, etc. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click on the box below.

C1 - Advanced

Start at level C1 if you have studied the contents from level B2 and can get by in most of those situations. Students with a C1 level should be able to:

1. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. 

2. Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously almost effortlessly. 

3. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. 

4. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text and speech on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices. 

5. Have a good command of a broad range of language allowing him/her to express him/ herself clearly in an appropriate style on a wide range of general, academic, professional or leisure topics without having to restrict what he/she wants to say. 

6. Consistently maintain a high degree of grammatical accuracy (errors are rare, difficult to spot and generally corrected when they do occur). 

7. Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click on the box below.

C2 - Proficient

Start at level C2 if you have studied the contents from level C1 and can get by in most of those situations. Students with a C2 level should be able to: 

1. Understand any kind of spoken language, whether live or broadcast, even when delivered at fast native speed. 

2. Read with ease virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialised articles and literary work. 

3. Take part effortlessly in any conversation or discussion and have a good familiarity with idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms. 

4. Express him/herself fluently and convey finer shades of meaning precisely. 

5. Write complex letters, reports or articles. 

6. Write summaries and reviews of professional or literary works. 

For more accurate information about the contents of each course, click on the box below.

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