Bulgaria DZI Spanish case studies
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The DZI in Spanish (ДЗИ по испански език) is the Bulgarian state matriculation examination in Spanish, taken by secondary-school students who need a school-leaving grade and, in many cases, a language score for university admission. It is a general-proficiency exam, not a specialist philology test: it assumes the Spanish taught across the Bulgarian secondary curriculum and rewards a broad, functional command of the language rather than literary erudition. The Bulgaria DZI Spanish case studies are 5 cases and about 2,304 words.
1The scholarship letter that must not overstate
A B1-level candidate must write a 120–150 word formal email to a Bulgarian university's international office requesting information about a Spanish-language summer course. She has a draft opening: «Querido señor, me llamo Ivanka y quiero saber cosas de su curso.» She knows the facts: the course runs 4 weeks in July, costs 600 euros, and she needs a certificate for her Erasmus application due 15 March.
480 words, about 2 min2Two candidates, one listening task, opposite profiles
A listening item plays a 90-second announcement at a Bulgarian railway station in Spanish. Two candidates hear it once.
480 words, about 2 min3Choosing between pretérito and imperfecto in a narrative
A B1 candidate writes a 100-word anecdote about a trip to the Black Sea. Her draft contains: «El verano pasado yo iba a Nesebar con mis amigos.
427 words, about 2 min4Literary reading: what the narrator does not say
A B2 class reads a short Spanish story in which an elderly woman prepares two cups of coffee every morning, years after her husband's death. The text never states that she is grieving.
465 words, about 2 min5Oral interaction: repairing a breakdown under time pressure
In a paired oral exam at B1, Candidate M must ask Candidate N about her weekend plans and then report back to the examiner. Thirty seconds in, N speaks quickly about a 'quedada' and M does not know the word.
452 words, about 2 min