- Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.

- Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.

- Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

- Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). - Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

- Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

- Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

- Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

- Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.

- Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

- Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.

- Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

- Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

- Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.

- Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

- Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

- Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing a controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

- Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.

- Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.

- Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.