DELE C1 course and exam simulator
Prepare for DELE C1 in the renewed 2024 format, with timed practice across all four pruebas including the mediation tasks.
DELE C1 (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera) is the advanced Spanish diploma awarded by Instituto Cervantes, and the diploma never expires. The exam was renewed in 2024: mediation is now assessed explicitly across four pruebas that run about four hours twenty minutes in total. The Job Tests Portal Spanish product is paid, independent preparation behind a login: grammar and vocabulary modules, listening with accent variety, writing and speaking prompts with model answers, and a timed exam simulator with ten full-length sets built on the post-2024 task types, mediation included.
Updated 1 October 2026
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📖 About This Course
DELE C1 preparation in the renewed 2024 format, mediation included: C1 grammar and vocabulary modules plus ten timed sets across all four pruebas.
🗂️ DELE C1 exam format
| Section | Duration | What it contains |
|---|---|---|
| Prueba 1: Comprensión de lectura y uso de la lengua | 90 minutes | 5 tasks, 40 items |
| Prueba 2: Comprensión auditiva y uso de la lengua | 50 minutes | 4 tasks, 30 items |
| Prueba 3: Expresión, mediación e interacción escritas | 80 minutes | 2 tasks (with listening input) |
| Prueba 4: Expresión, mediación e interacción orales | 20 min preparation + 20 min exam | 3 tasks (with reading input) |
✨ Key Features
- Six C1-level modules mapped to the four DELE C1 pruebas
- Post-2024 task types, mediation included
- Advanced grammar and thematic academic vocabulary
- Listening across Rioplatense, Andalusian and Caribbean varieties
- Ten full-length timed practice sets with model answers
🎯 What You'll Learn
- Handle reading and listening tasks with language-use items inside the exam time
- Write formal correspondence and academic essays with C1 register control
- Mediate between sources in writing and speech, the task type added in 2024
- Sit all four pruebas under exam conditions and pace yourself
- Know the pass thresholds and how the two groups of pruebas are combined
🔗 Official DELE C1 Resources
Always cross-check formats, dates and fees with the exam body, and use their free official materials alongside this course.
- Official model exams with keys and audio (Instituto Cervantes)
- DELE C1 exam guide, 2014 edition (PDF — predates the 2024 renewal)
- What changed in DELE C1 from 2024 (official)
DELE is a registered trademark of Instituto Cervantes. This independent preparation product is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Instituto Cervantes.
Course Overview
Course Curriculum
Gramática avanzada
C1 grammar for nuance and control: the subjunctive, nominalisation and advanced connectors.
Vocabulario temático
Academic vocabulary across the exam's thematic clusters — environment, economy, bioethics, social issues.
Comprensión de lectura
Reading comprehension and the cohesion logic the paragraph tasks are built on.
Expresión escrita
Formal correspondence and academic essays with register control, plus written mediation.
Comprensión auditiva
Listening across several Spanish varieties, including Rioplatense, Andalusian and Caribbean.
Expresión oral
Oral expression and interaction practice, then the full-length timed practice sets.
Prerequisites
- Solid upper-intermediate Spanish (around B2) — this is C1 exam preparation, not a beginner course
What's Included
Structured Lessons
Step-by-step lessons covering every topic
Practice Exercises
Reinforce every lesson with realistic practice tasks
Progress Tracking
Track your advancement through the course
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a beginner Spanish course?
No. It prepares you for DELE C1, so it assumes solid upper-intermediate Spanish (around B2) and works at C1 level throughout.
Does it cover the 2024 DELE C1 changes?
Yes. The practice sets use the renewed format: mediation tasks appear in both productive pruebas, which preparation books printed before 2024 do not contain.
How many practice exams are included?
Ten full-length practice sets covering all four pruebas, with the same time limits as the exam.
Do I get feedback on writing and speaking?
You compare your work against model answers and the published criteria. Any mark we show is a study estimate — only Instituto Cervantes awards the diploma.
Does the DELE C1 diploma expire?
No. The DELE diplomas have no expiry date, so one pass lasts for life. Institutions can still apply their own recency rules, so check the admissions page of wherever you are applying.
Is the Spanish practice free, and who scores it?
The course and the simulator are paid and need an account. Instituto Cervantes publishes model exams with keys and audio, linked below. Our marks are study estimates; only Instituto Cervantes awards the diploma.
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