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Common European Framework

A1

I can recognise

familiar words and

very basic phrases

concerning myself,

my family and

immediate concrete

surroundings when

people speak slowly

and clearly.

A2

I can understand

phrases and the

highest frequency

vocabulary related to

areas of most

immediate personal

relevance (eg very

basic personal and

family information,

shopping, local

geography,

employment). I can

catch the main point

in short, clear, simple

messages and

announcements.

I can read very short,

simple texts. I can

find specific,

predictable

information in simple

everyday material

such as

advertisements,

prospectuses, menus

and timetables and I

can understand short

simple personal

letters.

B1

I can understand the

main points of clear

standard speech on

familiar matters

regularly encountered

in work, school,

leisure, etc. I can

understand the main

point of many radio

or TV programmes on

current affairs or

topics of personal or

professional interest

when the delivery is

relatively slow and

clear.

I can understand texts

that consist mainly of

high frequency

everyday or job-

related language. I

can understand the

description of events,

feelings and wishes in

personal letters.

B2

I can understand

extended speech and

lectures and follow

even complex lines of

argument provided

the topic is

reasonably familiar. I

can understand most

TV news and current

affairs programmes. I

can understand the

majority of films in

standard dialect.

C1

I can understand

extended speech even

when it is not clearly

structured and when

relationships are only

implied and not

signalled explicitly. I

can understand

television

programmes and

films without too

much effort.

C2

I have no difficulty

understanding any

kind of spoken

language, whether

live or broadcast,

even when delivered

at fast native speed,

provided I have some

time to get familiar

with the accent.

Listening

Reading

I can understand

familiar names, words

and very simple

sentences, for

example on notices

and posters or in

catalogues.

I can read articles and

reports concerned

with contemporary

problems in which the

writers adopt

particular stances or

viewpoints. I can

understand

contemporary literary

prose.

I can understand long

and complex factual

and literary texts,

appreciating

distinctions of style. I

can understand

specialised articles

and longer technical

instructions even

when they do not

relate to my field.

I can read with ease

virtually all forms of

the written language,

including abstract,

structurally or

linguistically complex

texts such as manuals,

specialised articles

and literary works.

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ence for Languages: Learning, teaching, asse

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ambridge University Press.