Certification of a command of the language allowing the individual to communicate confidently, appropriately and correctly in situations requiring a certain degree of formality.
Catalan Language Certificates
Nivell de suficiència (C1)
Certification of a command of the language allowing the individual to communicate confidently, appropriately and correctly in situations requiring a certain degree of formality.
Sample Exam
Sample Exam
A sample exam is provided in PDF format.
Overall Aim
This exam aims to certify that the examinees have a good command of general language use, in its standard variety, and that they can communicate appropriately and accurately in situations in the social and professional spheres that require the use of formal or moderately formal language.
Exam Structure
There are three sections to this exam: Reading Comprehension and Written Expression, Language use (grammar and vocabulary), and Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression.
EXAM STRUCTURE
SECTION | PERCENTAGE PER SECTION | TIME |
Reading Comprehension and Written Expression | 50% (eliminatory section) | 2h i 15 min |
Language use (grammar and vocabulary) | 20 % | 45 min |
Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression | 30 % | 8 – 10 min (execution) |
Description of the sections
Reading Comprehension and Written Expression
Reading Comprehension and Written Expression
The examinee must be able to understand complex and diverse texts (news articles, opinion pieces, graphics, statistics, diagrams, notes, quotes, social media posts, etc.) and adapt, evaluate, synthesize, and transfer the information into a new type of text, adjusting it to a specific structure, audience, communicative function, and register different from the original texts. They must be able to create a text with a logical and clear structure, with a good paragraph distribution and a clear thread that helps the reader understand the text. In writing, they must demonstrate a good lexical range and strong grammatical accuracy.
The section contains two tasks:
Task 1: synthesis and transformation
Task 2: argumentation
Language use (grammar and vocabulary)
Language use (grammar and vocabulary)
The examinee must demonstrate that:
• They master the most relevant and distinctive aspects of the morphosyntactic rules at the C1 level.
• They have an extensive lexical repertoire.
• They know the different meanings a word can have.
The test consists of four exercises that assess:
Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression
The candidate must be able to understand both formal and informal communications and recognize the intent of the discourse. They must also be able to distinguish between main and secondary ideas and summarize them in their own clear, structured, coherent, and cohesive speech, adjusting the level of formality to the context. Furthermore, they must be capable of arguing a position convincingly, counter-arguing, and managing a dialogue with courtesy to reach an agreement. All of this must be done while maintaining good grammatical accuracy and using a fairly broad, precise, and varied lexical repertoire.
The test consists of two tasks:
Task 1: Oral monologue
Task 2: Dialogue
RESULTS
The examinee receives a pass or fail grade. A passing grade requires an overall 65% minimum grade, with a minimum of 31.5 points in Area 1, which is eliminatory. If this score is not achieved, the grade will be "fail."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following link offers a broad selection of useful bibliographical resources for learning Catalan (complementary methods and materials).
