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- Make an introduction and use basic greeting and leave-taking expressions.
- Ask how people are and react to news.
- Understand everyday expressions aimed at the satisfaction of simple needs of a concrete type, delivered directly to him/her in clear, slow and repeated speech by a sympathetic speaker.
- Understand questions and instructions addressed carefully and slowly to him/her and follow short, simple directions.
- Ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
- Ask and answer questions about themselves and other people, where they live, people they know, things they have.
- Indicate time by such phrases as next week, last Friday, in November, three o'clock.
- Ask for or pass on personal details in written form
- Write a short simple postcard
- Write numbers and dates, own name, nationality, address, age, date of birth or arrival in the country etc. such as on a hotel registration form.
- Write simple isolated phrases and sentences.
- Write simple phrases and sentences about themselves and imaginary people, where they live and what they do.
- Manage very short, isolated, mainly pre-packaged utterances, with much pausing to search for expressions, to articulate less familiar words, and to repair communication.
- Have a very basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type.
- Have a basic vocabulary repertoire of isolated words and phrases related to particular concrete situations.
- Show only limited control of a few simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns in a learnt repertoire.
- Link words or groups of words with very basic linear connectors like 'and' or 'then'.
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- Establish social contact: greetings and farewells; introductions; giving thanks.
- Understand clear, standard speech on familiar matters directed at him/her, provided he/she can ask for repetition or reformulation from time to time.
- Participate in short conversations in routine contexts on topics of interest.
- Express how he/she feels in simple terms, and express thanks
- Handle very short social exchanges but is rarely able to understand enough to keep conversation going of his/her own accord, though he/she can be made to understand if the speaker will take the trouble.
- Use simple everyday polite forms of greeting and address
- Make and respond to invitations, invitations and apologies.
- Say what he/she likes and dislikes.
- Understand enough to manage simple, routine exchanges without undue effort.
- Deal with practical everyday demands: finding out and passing on straightforward factual information.
- Ask and answer questions about habits and routines.
- Ask and answer questions about pastimes and past activities.
- Give and follow simple directions and instructions e.g. explain how to get somewhere.
- Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information.
- Exchange limited information on familiar and routine operational matters
- Ask and answer questions about what they do at work and in free time
- Ask for and give directions referring to a map or plan.
- Ask for and provide personal information. Can write short, simple formulaic notes relating to matters in areas of immediate need.
- Write very simple personal letters expressing thanks and apology.
- Take a short, simple message provided he/she can ask for repetition and reformulation.
- Write short, simple notes and messages relating to matters in areas of immediate need.
- Write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors like “and", “but” and “because”.
- Write about everyday aspects of his environment e.g. people, places, a job or study experience in linked sentences.
- Write very short, basic descriptions of events, past activities and personal experiences.
- Write a series of simple phrases and sentences about their family, living conditions, educational background, present or most recent job.
- Write short, simple imaginary biographies and simple poems about people.
- Take notes as a list of key points during a straightforward lecture, provided te topic is familiar, and the talk is both formulated in simple language and delivered in clearly articulated standard speech.
- Construct phrases on familiar topics with sufficient ease to handle short exchanges, despite very noticeable hesitation and false starts.
- Have a repertoire of basic language, which enables him/her to deal with everyday situations with predictable content, though he/she will generally have to compromise the message and search for words.
- Produce brief everyday expressions in order to satisfy simple needs of a concrete type: personal details, daily routines, wants and needs, requests for information.
- Use basic sentence patterns and communicate with memorised phrases, groups of a few words and formulae about themselves and other people, what they do, places, possessions etc..
- Have a limited repertoire of short memorised phrases covering predictable survival situations; frequent breakdowns and misunderstandings occur in non-routine situations.
- Have a sufficient vocabulary for the expression of basic communicative needs.
- Have a sufficient vocabulary for coping with simple survival needs.
- Control a narrow repertoire dealing with concrete everyday needs.
- Have sufficient vocabulary to conduct routine, everyday transactions involving familiar situations and topics.
- Use reasonably accurately a repertoire of frequently used "routines" and patterns associated with more predictable situations.
- Use some simple structures correctly, but still systematically makes basic mistakes - for example tends to mix up tenses and forget to mark agreement; nevertheless, it is usually clear what he/she is trying to say.
- Use the most frequently occurring connectors to link simple sentences in order to tell a story or describe something as a simple list of points.
- Link groups of words with simple connectors like "and, "but" and "because".
- Make him/herself understood in short contributions, even though pauses, false starts and reformulation are very evident.
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- Enter unprepared into conversations on familiar topics.
- Follow clearly articulated speech directed at him/her in everyday conversation, though will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases.
- Maintain a conversation or discussion but may sometimes be difficult to follow when trying to say exactly what he/she would like to.
- Express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference.
- Exchange, check and confirm accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within his field with some confidence.
- Describe how to do something, giving detailed instructions.
- Summarise and give his or her opinion about a short story, article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail.
- Find out and pass on straightforward factual information.
- Ask for and follow detailed directions
- Obtain more detailed information.
- Convey information and ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics, check information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.
- Write personal letters and notes asking for or conveying simple information of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be important
- Write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.
- Write straightforward, detailed descriptions on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest.
- Write accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions in simple connected text.
- Write a description of an event, a recent trip - real or imagined.
- Narrate a story.
- Have enough language to get by, with sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself with some hesitation and circumlocutions on topics such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel, and current events, but lexical limitations cause repetition and even difficulty with formulation at times.
- Take notes during a lecture, which are precise enough for his/her own use at a later date, provided the topic is within his/her field of interest and the talk is clear and well structured.
- Take notes as a list of key points during a straightforward lecture, provided the topic is familiar, and the talk is both formulated in simple language and delivered in clearly articulated standard speech.
- Communicate with reasonable accuracy in familiar contexts; generally good control though with noticeable mother tongue influence. Errors occur, but it is clear what he/she is trying to express.
- Use reasonably accurately a repertoire of frequently used "routines" and patterns associated with more predictable situations.
- Show good control of elementary vocabulary but major errors still occur when expressing more complex thoughts or handling unfamiliar topics and situations.
- Express him/herself with relative ease. Despite some problems with formulation resulting in pauses and "cul-de-sacs", he/she is able to keep going effectively without help.
- Keep going comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.
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- Engage in extended conversation on most general topics in a clearly participatory fashion, even in a noisy environment.
- Sustain relationships with native speakers without unintentionally amusing or irritating them or requiring them to behave other than they would with a native speaker.
- Convey degrees of emotion and highlight the personal significance of events and experiences.
- Understand and exchange complex information and advice on the full range of matters related to his/her occupational role.
- Pass on detailed information reliably.
- Give a clear, detailed description of how to carry out a procedure.
- Synthesise and report information and arguments from a number of sources.
- Express news and views effectively in writing, and relate to those of others.
- Write clear, detailed descriptions of real or imaginary events and experiences marking the relationship between ideas in clear connected text, and following established conventions of the genre concerned.
- Write clear, detailed texts on a variety of subjects related to his field of interest, synthesising and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources.
- Write clear, detailed descriptions on a variety of subjects related to his/her field of interest.
- Write a review of a film, book or play.
- Understand a clearly structured lecture on a familiar subject, and can take notes on points which strike him/her as important, even though he/she tends to concentrate on the words themselves and therefore to miss some information.
- Express him/herself clearly and without much sign of having to restrict what he/she wants to say.
- Have a sufficient range of language to be able to give clear descriptions, express viewpoints and develop arguments without much conspicuous searching for words, using some complex sentence forms to do so.
- Have a sufficient range of language to describe unpredictable situations, explain the main points in an idea or problem with reasonable precision and express thoughts on abstract or cultural topics such as music and films.
- Have a good grammatical control. Occasional "slips" or non-systematic errors and minor flaws in sentence structure may still occur, but they are rare and can often be corrected in retrospect.
- Show a relatively high degree of grammatical control. Does not make mistakes which lead to misunderstanding.
- Have a high lexical accuracy (generally), though some confusion and incorrect word choice does occur without hindering communication.
- Communicate spontaneously, often showing remarkable fluency and ease of expression in even longer complex stretches of speech.
- Produce stretches of language with a fairly even tempo; although he/she can be hesitant as he/she searches for patterns and expressions, there are few noticeably long pauses.
- Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without imposing strain on either party.
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