National Spanish Exam Specifications for Vocabulary Levels 1, 2, & 3 World Leisure Time Family and Home School and Education Travel and Transportation Meeting personal needs World of Work Level 1 cardinal points (north, south, east, west) simple geographical divisions (continent, country, city) names of 21 Spanish-speaking countries nature and the environment (basic words plants and animals) days of the week months of the year weather telling time simple pastimes and sports simple description basic colors immediate family basic parts of a house basic educational words (test, teacher, to study) basic items found in the classroom simple places in a city basic directions (left, right) greetings and farewells basic expressions of courtesy basic introductions expression of likes and dislikes basic food expressions basic clothing simple parts of the body basic expressions (office, computer, telephone, etc. . .) Level 2 Everything from Level 1 plus: cardinal points expanded (northwest, southeast, etc. . .) names of water (ocean, river, lake) names of land (valley, island) major geographical names (Pacific Ocean, Amazon River) World the seven continents names of major world countries (France, England, Japan, China etc..) nature and the environment (plant and animal kingdoms) days of the week in expressions (next Monday) months of the year in expressions (last January) Leisure Time telling time (expanded) passtimes and sports (expanded) description - temporary states physical and mental description describing colors Family and Home nationalities extended family rooms of the home and basic furniture educational words School and items found in the classroom Education names of basic school subjects buildings in a city methods of transportation Travel and Transportation parts of a city (block, corner, city limits, etc…) directions expressions of courtesy formal introductions food expressions (buying and preparing) Meeting restaurant personal needs clothing (expressing a purpose) shopping visible parts of the body basic professions World of Work basic computer terms Level 3 Everything from Levels 1 and 2 plus: geographical words (equator, hemisphere, latitude) names of world countries (Great Britain, Greece, etc.) World nature and the environment (global problems) the universe (basic astronomy terms) cultural entertainment (movies, theatre, etc.) Leisure Time passtimes and sports (mastered) religions and races Family and Home human life cycle and its ceremonies holidays words associated with language (noun, paragraph, etc.) School and Education words associated with mathematics (plus, divided by, equals) air travel train travel Travel and Transportation car travel hotel invitations (making, accepting, declining) agreement and disagreement expression of an opinion Meeting expressing reasons for likes and dislikes personal needs parts of clothing and types of fabric interior parts of the body basic terms for an office visit to the doctor expressions of work (employment, boss, payments) World of Work professions communication (telephone, computer, post office) people of history (king, governor, discoverer, etc . . .) measures of time (century, B.C.E, epoch, time period) History, Politics, and Social Issues events of history (war, invasion, battle) actions of history (conquer, invade, civilize) basic literary terms (story, play, plot, character) Fine Arts basic musical terms (concert, harmony, melody) basic art terms (painting, drawing, sculpture)