"Una imagen vale más que mil palabras": el material visual en la evaluación de competencia básica en lenguas extranjeras sobre el ejemplo de los DELE de nivel A1 y A2
"A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words": Visual Aids in the Assessment of Basic Foreign Language Proficiency, Using the Example of the DELE Exams at Levels A1 and A2

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we seek to study the role of visual aids in the assessment of foreign language proficiency, based on the DELE exams administered at levels A1 and A2. To determine this, we will analyze the Exam models provided by the Instituto Cervantes, along with their respective Exam Guides and Exam Specifications, in order to identify and classify the different graphic elements used in the tests from the perspective of their function. We will be particularly interested in those uses that could be interpreted as a kind of reinforcement of the examinee's strategic competence by the authors of the analyzed items. The study will focus on tests aimed at a basic user with limited competence, due to a high degree of dependence of their communicative success on the willingness to cooperate expressed by their interlocutor.

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