FIDE Prep: Complete Guide to the FIDE Language Test in Switzerland

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Welcome to FIDE Prep, your complete guide to understanding the FIDE language test in Switzerland. This podcast series explains the complete structure of the FIDE exam and helps you understand how each section works, how skills are evaluated, and how marks are calculated. Through this series, we break down every important part of the FIDE test — from the overall exam structure to detailed explanations of the spoken, listening, and written sections. In this series, you will learn: • Overview of FIDE – Understand what the FIDE test is, exam purpose, language levels (A1, A2, B1), exam format, requirements, and the role of FIDE in B permit, C permit, and Swiss naturalisation applications. • Spoken Exam – Learn the structure of the oral exam, speaking tasks, assessment criteria, and how speaking performance is evaluated and scored. • Listening Exam – Understand the listening section structure, types of listening tasks,