Level 1: 

• Ask and answer simple questions, initiate, and respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.

• Recognize concrete information (e.g. places and times) on familiar topics encountered in everyday life, provided it is delivered in slow and clear speech.

 

Level 2:

• Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters to do with work and free time.​

• Understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language.

 

Level 3:

• Convey information and ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics, check information, and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.

• ​Understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. including short narratives.

 

Level 4:

• Initiate, maintain, and close simple face-to-face conversation on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.

• Enter unprepared into conversation of familiar topics, express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life.

 

Level 5:

• Read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively.

• ​Use the language fluently, accurately and effectively on a wide range of general, academic, vocational or leisure topics, marking clearly the relationships between ideas.

 

Level 6:

• Express yourself fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly