Spanish - DELE Exams

The DELE, Diploma de Espa?ol como Lengua Extranjera, issued by the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Spanish Ministry for Education, is the only official and internationally recognised Diploma in Spanish.

DELE preparation courses may be taken in a group class at the accredited DELE examination centres or at any Spanish language school offering preparation courses. In Spain and Chile, there are TANDEM member schools which are either examination centres or which offer specially designed DELE preparation courses.

Examination Centres: Santiago de Chile, Granada (as member of FEDELE)
DELE exam preparation: San Sebastian, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Cadiz
Examination date: Friday 13th November
Registration dates: from 1st September to 16th October, both inclusive.

Italian - CILS Exams

CILS (Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera), the certification of Italian as a foreign language, measures the proficiency a student has reached in the Italian language. This certificate, awarded by the prestigious Universit? per Stranieri di Siena, is legally recognized as an official certification of linguistic communicative competence by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Ministry of Educations.

The Torre di Babele ? TANDEM Rome Italian school is an authorized examination centre for the CILS certificate, and it organizes specially-designed preparatory courses for the CILS exam.

The next CILS preparation course is from 2nd to 30th November 2009.

Italian courses for the CILS Exam may also be taken at other TANDEM member Italian schools: TANDEM Venice - Istituto Venezia, TANDEM Florence - Machiavelli

German - TestDaF Exams

TestDaF is a standardised German test assessing linguistic performance within the context of university life. Thus, the TestDaF is suitable for students who wish to start or continue their university studies in Germany, students who need a proof of their proficiency in German for other purposes, academic staff who want to establish their level of knowledge of the German language prior to a study visit in Germany, and professionals who have to document their proficiency in German.

The next TestDaF examination date is on 10th November. TANDEM Hamburg is an accredited examination centre for TestDaF and it offers two preparation courses, a crash course and an evening course, both including a mock exam.

The TestDaF exam may be prepared at other TANDEM member German schools: TANDEM Frankfurt, TANDEM Bremen, TANDEM Dresden, TANDEM G?ttingen, TANDEM Munich

French - DELF B2 Exams

For students with a B2 level of French who wish to perfect their language skills, Langue Onze ? TANDEM Toulouse offers a DELF B2 preparation course in mini-groups in the afternoon which includes:

- 30-hours course focused on the preparation for the DELF B2 exam (4 lessons per week in the afternoon)
- 4-hours trial test at the end of the course

- Dates: 2nd to 27th November 2009
- Price: 500 ? + 50 ? registration fee