Spanish Faster

At the A1 Spanish level, according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), a Spanish language learner can do the following: 

• Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
• Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
• Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

• Can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogues. 
• Can understand simple information and instructions on the road, in airports, on store guides, on menus and medicines.
• Can understand simple product descriptions if these are expressed in simple language and the contents are predictable.  

• Can write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings.
• Can write a very simple message for a host family or a simple "Thank You" notes. 
• Can fill in forms and personal details, for example entering name, nationality and address in a hotel registration form.
• Can write a simple routine request to a colleague such as "Free for lunch?"

Can recognise familiar words and very basic phrases concerning him/herself, his/her family and his/her immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly. 

• Can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where he/she lives, people he/she knows and his/her possessions, and can also ask questions about these. 
  
• Can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help formulate what he/she is trying to say.
  
• Can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.