To kick off our new episodes for 2021, we'll talk about the "official" language levels and how you can apply that to level up your Spanish! Today's episode is a bit long and has a lot of links (which I'll of course include as a list in the show notes!), so be prepared; there's a lot of information out there!

Remember, learning a language is a lifelong journey.
¡Aprovéchalo, Disfrútalo y Compártelo!

SHOW NOTES

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Blog for Episode 44

Intro and Closing Music by Master_Service from Fiverr

Cultural Tip Transition Music edited from song by JuliusH from Pixabay

Resource Links

Episode Content 

• "The CEFR Levels" by the Council of Europe. 
• Also by the Council of Europe: 
• List of "Self-assessment grid - Table 2 (CEFR 3.3) : Common Reference levels" for different languages
• "Assessment Grid - English"
• "Assessment Grid - Spanish"
• "Qualitative aspects of spoken language use - Table 3 (CEFR 3.3): Common Reference levels"
• Links to "Official translations of the CEFR Global Scale"
• "European Language Portfolio - Global scale" in English
• "Global scale - Spanish"
• "Reference Level Descriptions (language by language)"
• "Reference level descriptions (RLDs) developed so far" for multiple languages
• "Plan curricular del Instituto Cervantes" by the Instituto Cervantes 
• "English Profile – what the CEFR means for English" by Cambridge University Press
• Other items by Cambridge University Press: 
• "English Vocabulary Profile Online - American English" 
• "English Grammar Profile Online"
• "English Profile Information Booklet" - Version 1.0 and Version 1.1  
• "Introductory Guide to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for English Language Teachers" 
• "16 Super CEFR Placement Tests That Speak for Themselves" by Michelle Baumgartner for Fluent U
• "Foreign Language Training" by the Foreign Service Institute with the U.S. Department of State
• "The CIA is Wrong: It Doesn’t Take 1,000 Hours to Learn a Language" by Benny Lewis from Fluent In 3 Months
• "Spanish Test" by the Cervantes Escuela Internacional
• "Spanish Placement Test" by Lengalia
• "Online Spanish Level Test" by Oxford House
• "Ding! Level Up: 15 Spanish Level Tests to Take Your Learning to the Next Stage" by Sarah Sharkey and Francisco J. Vare for Fluent U

Cultural Tip

• "David Bisbal, Carrie Underwood - Tears Of Gold (Lyrics/Letra)" uploaded to YouTube by EL GURÚ Lyrics on Dec. 5, 2020