SIELE Exam Guide: Format, Score and How to Prepare

What the SIELE is

The SIELE is an online exam that certifies your level of Spanish. It is one exam for all levels: your score places you on a level from A1 to C1. The certificate is valid for five years.

How the exam works

• SIELE Global has four tests: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, written expression and interaction, and spoken expression and interaction.
• Each test is worth up to 250 points, so the total score goes from 0 to 1000.
• The whole exam takes about three hours.
• You get your certificate within three weeks.

Besides SIELE Global, there are shorter versions that combine some of the four tests. Exam centers, dates and prices are on the official site: siele.org.

How this site helps you prepare

• Level test: find out where you stand before you choose a level or a study plan.
• Reading practice: short texts by level with comprehension questions.
• Listening and dictation: train your ear sentence by sentence.
• Verb conjugations: every tense of the most common verbs.

Lessons to review

• The subjunctive
• Connectors for writing and speaking
• Letter and email writing
• Formal register
• Reported speech
• If clauses

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