1. Initial Spanish.

Elementary A1. The student will be able to:

• Understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases in order to satisfy simple daily needs.
• Introduce oneself and others, ask and answer questions about where one lives, who one knows and possessions.
• Interact in a simple way, provided the other person speaks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Basic A2. The student will be able to:

• Understand sentences and frequently used expressions relating to areas of most immediate relevance, for example very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography and employment.
• Communicate routine tasks requiring the simple and direct exchange about familiar matters.
• Describe in simple terms aspects of background, environment and matters of immediate need.

2. Intermediate Spanish.

Intermediate B1. The student will be able to:

• Understand the main points relating to familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school and leisure.
• Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
• Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or personal interest.
• Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

3. Advanced Spanish.

Advanced B2. The student will be able to:

• Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in fields of specialisation.
• Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular communication with native speakers quite comfortable without being a strain for either party.
• 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. Superior Spanish

Superior C1. The student will be able to:

• Understand a wide range of demanding, longer text, and recognise implicit meaning.
• Express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
• Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
• Produce clear, well-structured and detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of grammar, organization and method's expressions.

Superior C2. The student will be able to:

• Understand with ease everything one hears or reads.
• Summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
• Express oneself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

Table of equivalences according to the European Frame