General Has a repertoire of basic language which enables him / her linguistic range to deal with predictable classroom situations. INTERMEDIATE ([?]B1) Has sufficient language to be able to give clear descriptions and make and support claims on factual topics under study.
General Has a repertoire of basic language which enables him / her linguistic range to deal with predictable classroom situations. INTERMEDIATE ([?]B1) Has sufficient language to be able to give clear descriptions and make and support claims on factual topics under study.
General Has a repertoire of basic language which enables him / her linguistic range to deal with predictable classroom situations. INTERMEDIATE ([?]B1) Has sufficient language to be able to give clear descriptions and make and support claims on factual topics under study.
General Has a repertoire of basic language which enables him/her Has sufficient language to be able to give clear Has sufficient language, including a range of complex
linguistic range to deal with predictable classroom situations. Can give descriptions and make and support claims on factual structures, to be able to give clear detailed descriptions, short descriptions and make simple claims on factual topics under study, using some complex structures to do present claims and develop arguments in most academic topics under study. so. situations. Overall reading Can read extracts from simple coherent texts on familiar Can read coherent introductory texts on factual topics Can read independently in a university context, adapting READING
comprehension topics of a concrete type which consist of mainly high under study and can extract the overall meaning and style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes,
frequency vocabulary. locate relevant details when directed to do so. and using appropriate reference sources. Reading for Can find and understand desired information in short Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired Can scan quickly through long texts, locating relevant orientation coherent texts. information. details. Can preview a short text, using headings, graphics and Can preview a text, using headings, graphics and Can quickly identify the content and relevance of organizational cues. organizational cues. sections/chapters from introductory undergraduate textbooks and articles of general academic interest. Reading for Can recognize main claims of simple coherent texts on Can identify the main claims and conclusions of clearly Can identify information, ideas and claims from information familiar topics under study. signalled argumentative texts. introductory undergraduate textbooks and articles of and argument Can locate clearlysignalled relevant details when directed Can obtain information from clearlysignalled factual texts. general academic interest. to do so. Processing Can pick out and reproduce key words and phrases or Can collate short pieces of information from several Can summarize sections/extracts from undergraduate texts for oral short sentences from a short text in order to demonstrate sources and report the main claim. textbooks and articles of general academic interest, and written understanding. Can make clear notes from short factual texts in order to commenting on and discussing the main ideas. production relay information to another person or check his/her Can make wellorganised notes from introductory comprehension. undergraduate textbooks and articles of general academic interest for use in written work and discussion/ presentations. Overall written Can write simple connected texts with reference to Can write coherent texts with reference to previously read Can write clear, detailed texts on a variety of topics under WRITING
production knowledge from previously read or heard texts, consisting or heard texts, using some complex language. study, and of a length and organisation suitable to their
listening speech, provided it is clearly articulated and the speaker is topics under study, identifying general messages and linguistically complex speech on both concrete and
comprehension sympathetic to the language ability of the listener. specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a abstract topics delivered in standard dialect. Can follow an familiar accent. argument in extended speech, provided the topic is reasonably familiar, and the direction of the talk is sign posted by explicit markers. Listening and Can identify key points during a short straightforward talk Can take notes from a straightforward minilecture under Can understand a clearly structured lecture on a familiar notetaking in under study, provided it is formulated in simple language study, provided points are clearly signalled, the overall topic under study and can take notes which are precise lectures and delivered in clearly articulated standard speech. organisation is given and it is delivered in clearly and wellorganised enough for his/her own use at a later articulated standard speech. date. Listening to Can understand the main claims made in short recordings Can understand the main claims made in coherent, Can understand most spoken discourse in standard dialect spoken dealing with topics under study which are delivered by a expository recordings under study which are delivered in likely to be encountered in a university context such as discourse as a speaker who is sympathetic to the language abilities of the clearly articulated standard speech. talks, presentations and documentaries. non listener. participant Can extract specific information from short recordings when directed to do so. Listening to Can generally understand clear, standard speech in Can follow clearly articulated speech in classroom and Can understand in detail what is said to him/her in spoken classroom and tutorial situations, provided he/she can ask tutorial situations, though will sometimes have to ask for standard spoken language in classroom/tutorial situations. discourse as a for repetition or reformulation when required. repetition of particular words and phrases. participant Overall spoken Can interact with reasonable ease in structured situations Can communicate with some confidence on familiar topics Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that SPEAKING
interaction and and short conversations, provided the other person helps if under study. makes interaction with proficient speakers of English quite
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