ILTS World Language: Spanish (260) Study Guide 2027–2028 | Illinois Spanish Teacher Exam Prep, Writing & Speaking, 200 Questions (PDF)

Prepare for the ILTS World Language: Spanish test (260), the Illinois Licensure Testing System content test for the Spanish world language endorsement. The 13 sections follow the five official subareas: interpretive listening, interpretive reading, language acquisition and instruction, presentational writing and presentational speaking.

What's Inside

• Exam overview: 65 multiple-choice questions plus a written e-mail and a recorded voice mail, the 3 hours 15 minutes of testing time, the subarea weights, the 240 passing score (100-300 scale), the $110 fee and how the listening excerpts are played

• Interpretive listening and reading: main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect, inference, tone, argument and evidence, idioms and literary analysis, with original Spanish transcripts and texts from many countries

• Spoken Spanish: register, regional variation (voseo, vosotros, seseo, yeísmo), classroom language and pronunciation

• Grammar in context: the verb system, the subjunctive, si clauses, pronouns, por and para, accents and punctuation

• Cultures and literatures of the Spanish-speaking world through products, practices and perspectives

• Second-language acquisition theories, the World-Readiness Standards, ACTFL proficiency levels, backward design, instruction, differentiation and assessment

• Presentational writing and speaking: the five performance characteristics, model responses and scoring commentary

• Diagrams and charts (preterite vs imperfect, mood after cuando, stress rules, the ZPD, the ACTFL pyramid and more) and 130 quick-reference tables

• Study schedules, FAQs and test-taking strategies

• 2 practice tests of 100 questions each, 200 questions total, with a complete answer key and an explanation for every question

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in

• Clickable table of contents

• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop or phone

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.

This is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Licensure Testing System or Pearson.