\u00a1Muchas gracias! Not much, really. I did three years of Spanish at secondary school, but that was five or six years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When did you start to become interested in learning Spanish?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve always found Spanish interesting, but I really started to like it at school, as I thought it sounded romantic and soothing. But it wasn\u2019t until I met my boyfriend, who\u2019s now my fianc\u00e9, that I really made an effort to learn the language and then decided to go for the DELE exam. I\u2019m from Norway and he\u2019s from El Salvador, but we want to stay in Spain and build our future here. That\u2019s why I want the certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where did you hear about the DELE exam? What made you decide to register for it?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On my first day at the University, I was told that I needed to get a B1 level of Spanish to continue to study here and I always knew that it was something I had to do. But I forgot about it for a while. Then, when I saw that the dates for the DELE exam were coming up, I considered registering for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had to really think it over, because I could have sat the internal ECIE exam later, when I\u2019d probably have a better level, but in the end I decided to go for the DELE, try and pass, and get it out of the way. That way I wouldn\u2019t have to worry about it any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What did you do to get ready for the exam?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I went to all the Spanish classes with my teacher, Dani. These classes at the University really helped me a lot, because everyone got a lot of materials and opportunities to practise the language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides attending Spanish classes, have you done anything else to help you learn the language?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes. I had to start speaking the language, because speaking is such an important skill. Personally, I\u2019m lucky because I have my fianc\u00e9 to talk to, but it\u2019s very important to try to speak to people you don\u2019t know. That\u2019s how you can start to become more fluent. For example, going to church really helped me because I\u2019ve been able to speak to people from different places, with different accents and dialects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I also think it\u2019s a really good idea to watch Spanish films with the subtitles in Spanish or to listen to music in Spanish. I\u2019ve tried reading too, but I\u2019ve found that more difficult. I haven\u2019t enjoyed that so much. I\u2019d try the other options to improve day by day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What benefits do you think sitting the DELE exam will bring you?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mainly making it easier to get a job. Although I\u2019ve only got a B1 certificate for now, I\u2019m planning on going for the C1 in the future, because I think that that could really help me a lot in Spain, because it\u2019s important to speak the language well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But I also realize that it\u2019s not only important here. I think that it would look good on my CV too and it could be useful for me if I ever go back to live in Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ingrid Taranger is a first-year Nursing student at CEU UCH. She\u2019s from a small island in Norway, but it\u2019s her command of Spanish that has really caught our attention. One reason for that is that she decided to sit the Instituto Cervantes\u2019s Spanish exam, known as DELE B1. All of this left us at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":379,"featured_media":11160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,207,50,52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"category-lengua-espanola-en","9":"category-tips","10":"category-training"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/servicio-idiomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2022\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-05-18-at-11.34.19-AM.jpeg\")
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