SIELE EXAMS

SIELE offers you up to 6 tYpes oF exams adapted to your certification needs. Choose yours and get your Spanish certificate validity for five years!

SIELE GLOBAL

The most comprehensive online exam for certifying your Spanish proficiency.

It is a single multilevel exam that allows you to obtain the SIELE certificate, a document that includes a score from 0 to 1000, the result of the sum of your scores from each of the four tests, and associated with the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Reading Comprehesion

Listening Comprehesion

Written Expression and Interaction

Spoken Expression and Interaction

INDEPENDENT MODALITIES

These are 5 other exam modalities based on a combination of the various tests.

Any of these four independent modalities enable you to obtain the SIELE Report and your obtained scores can be associate with the CEFR levels.

Reading Comprehesion

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Listening Comprehesion

Reading Comprehesion

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Written Expression and Interaction

Listening Comprehesion

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Spoken Expression and Interaction

Spoken Expression and Interaction

Written Expression and Interaction

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Spoken Expression and Interaction

MOOC PARA CANDIDATOS

CANDIDATES' MOOC

Register to access the candidates' MOOC through the tab My page available in the main menu or by creating an user account

Access the candidates' MOOC

The SIELE Tests

The SIELE Exams are comprised of up to 4 specific tests that cover all the areas of knowledge of the spanish language.

Within the exam type that you choose, there will be 4 tests (SIELE Global exam) or the combination of some of these (independent modalities).

Reading Comprehension Test
5 tasks with a total of 38 questions.
Questions based on written texts and comprehension
Maximum time
60 minutes
Immediately and automatically scored
Score:
250 pts.
Listening Comprehension Test
6 tasks with a total of 38 questions.
Questions are in recorded or spoken form.
Maximum time
55 minutes
Immediately and automatically scored
Score:
250 pts.
Written Expression and Interaction Test
2 tasks
Questions involve expressing content in writing.
Maximum time
50 minutes
Manual scoring by SIELE expert linguists.
Score:
250 pts.
Spoken Expression and Interaction Test
5 tasks
Questions based on a text or a speech or recording and answered orally through a recording system.
Maximum time
15 minutes
Manual scoring by SIELE expert linguists.
Score:
250 pts.

ACCREDIT A B1/B2 LEVEL OF SPANISH TO OBTAIN AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE

A large number of Spanish universities ask their students to have an official certificate of Spanish in order to obtain their undergraduate diploma and/or to access a master's/postgraduate program.
The required level differs according to each university, though the most requested levels are B1 and B2.
Below we present the SIELE test score levels, which can also be downloaded from this link.

Simplicity throughout the entire process

Registration, the exam, and notification of results

How to register

1. Choose the exam modality you wish to take (SIELE GLOBAL or any of the independent modalities)

2. Select the country, date and examination centre where you would like to take the exam for the siele spanish certificate.

Exam day

Arrive at the centre 15 minutes before the exam and bring the official identity document you used to reserve the exam.

Also remember your siele.org log in details (email and password).

If you are taking the siele global exam, you will have a 15 minute break period between the listening comprehension and written expression and interaction tests.

Notification of the results

In a maximum period of three weeks, you will be able to download your siele certificate or report, depending on the exam modality you took, from ‘my page'.