How to study for Spanish DELE exams - Evidence-based revision tips

[@MatthewAlberto]

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[@KS-zb2yq]

Great Video👍👍 here my Question - let’s assume, I intend to learn round about 5000 words - and let’s say I use Anki and read a lot of books or whatever I like to get my fluency - how can I track how many words I really know? How can I know how many words I really learned and weather I reached my 5000 words or not ? How can i track that ? Thanks in advance for your answer 🙏☺️

[@MatthewAlberto]

Hey KH. Thanks for the positive feedback. Well, if you use Anki and you have the top 5000 Words flashcards on that, then Anki comes built in with Stats. Just check the Stats, and you'll be able to track your progress on all of those words. It helps if you organized your deck, and put those 5000 words in a separate deck to all other cards. You can also go to the Browse section and see your progress on each individual word, too.

[@eclecticapoetica]

Are there test exams that you can train yourself on? Active retrieval is also an important and effective learning strategy.

[@MatthewAlberto]

You mean like "mock exams" to prepare for the actual DELE exams or other CEFR-style exams? In terms of Spanish, the SIELE is a good way to practice, as it is more convenient to do and you can target specific skills rather than all of them. Also, you can check out the past papers of exams, and this is what I did for the DELE so I had an idea of what style of questions they were going to ask.