Level after completing Learn Spanish 1
Am I supposed to have intermediate level after completing 'Learn Spanish 1' at SpanishDict.com? Seems like I am still on beginner level :(
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Maybe this will help:
Novice (Beginning)
A novice has extremely limited vocabulary and grammar, understands very little of the language when spoken normally, has difficulty making self understood by native speakers, and thus has serious problems in an immersion situation. A novice may be able to order food in a restaurant, buy a train ticket, and find lodging for the night, but only with great difficulty.
Survivor (Intermediate)
A survivor converses using basic vocabulary (time, date, weather, family, clothes); uses the present, past, and future tenses more or less correctly; and is aware of difficult grammar topics (e.g., subjunctive, relative pronouns), but either uses them incorrectly or awkwardly rearranges sentences in order to avoid them. Still needs to tote a dictionary and/or phrase book around, but can survive in an immersion situation: order food, give and receive directions, take a taxi, etc.
Conversationalist (Advanced)
A conversationalist has the ability to converse about fairly abstract ideas, state opinions, read newspapers, understand the language when spoken normally (on TV, radio, film, etc.) with slight-to-moderate difficulty. Still has some trouble with specialized vocabulary and complicated grammar, but can reorganize sentences in order to communicate and figure out the majority of new vocabulary within the context.
Debater (Fluent)
A fluent speaker can participate in extended conversations, understand the language when spoken normally (on TV, radio, film, etc.), figure out meaning of words within context, debate, and use/understand complicated grammatical structures with little or no difficulty. Has good accent and understands dialects with slight-to-moderate difficulty.
I agree with Jack.
Those levels are just "numbers". They don't really matter. Old age doesn't necessarily equate to maturity. Even if you add a number to your age each year, if you don't learn through life's lessons along the way, you won't be getting any wiser. Your language proficiency is not measured by the number of lessons you take but by how well you understand what you learned and how well you communicate with others in Spanish.
I'm halfway through Spanish 2 and I still consider myself a novice.
Best of luck! 
It doesn't matter if you've completed every level available on this site, if you can't use the language you're still a novice, beginner or whatever you want to call it.
I think we should also take into account the different skills involved, listening, reading, speaking. I can understand what i read at a moderate/intermediate level, yet speaking and listening because of my reluctancy to practice speaking, I am absolutely lacking in these specific skill sets. Your speed of progress is in direct relation to the amount of practice you put in. From my own experience and of people who have attained a degree a fluency, there is no one program that will take you all the way. Utilization of all resources from people,books, and programs is a must.
I'm just beginning and personally I think it will take a couple of years (or more) before I reach intermediate level. Children, for example -- arguably best language learners -- take years to reach intermediate level; what more with adults?
So, yeah, take it easy. 
I've finished all four levels and still make too many mistakes to call myself anything other than a beginner... however, by Nikki's chart, I think I might have moved up some... as you see, I'm still posting in English.... ;o)
Belo, there are some previous threads on this if you type in under the search box under "ask a question". I found some really good links for free level tests that way
Gracias por soporte I guess I am a novice. I will follow DoverMob's advise and try writing in Spanish in the forum.. hope I won't make much mistakes, if I do, please correct me )) I will take it easy, but seems like it was easier with English when I was studying it
Survivor - "Here i come!"
I would leave it at beginner until you are at least half why through spanish 2. By then, you should be able to atleast recognize the topic of what someone is taking about.
