VOL. 51, BOOK 1, PART А, 2013, pp. 309 – 321 Full text (Es)
Author: Lucía López Vázquez
Affiliation: University of Vigo
Abstract
Phraseological competence is essential in second language acquisition when students aim at fluency. Furthermore, it is also a part of the culture of which students expect to have a good command. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the exams for the accreditation in Spanish as a Second Language, specifically, those issued by the Instituto Cervantes, in order to observe the typology of the texts used and to evaluate their adjustment to different levels of communicative competence.
Key words: phraseology, exams, accreditation, evaluation
