English language proficiency according to CEFR

The CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference, is an established framework with level descriptions for the learning, teaching, and assessment of modern foreign languages. The goal of the CEFR is to enable the comparison of language proficiency levels."

The CEFR distinguishes six language competency levels: A1 - A2 - B1 - B2 - C1 - C2.

Skills, according to the CEFR, include listening, reading, writing, speaking (monologues), and having conversations (dialogues).

Subskills include, among others: reading instructions, listening as part of a live audience, creating reports and essays, creative writing, informal conversations, public speaking, and meetings.

Supporting activities encompass learning grammar, spelling, and expanding vocabulary.
 


 


BASIC USER:

 

A1 Beginner Level

You can engage in a simple conversation about very familiar topics.

A2 Survival Level

You can communicate about simple and everyday tasks, and you can engage in very short everyday conversations.


INDEPENDENT USER

 

B1 Threshold Level

You can participate in an unprepared conversation about familiar topics.

B2 Operational Level

You can participate in a discussion within a familiar context
 


PROFICIENT USER:

 

C1 Advanced Level

You can express yourself fluently and spontaneously, and use the language flexibly and effectively in both social and professional contexts.

C2 Native speaker


 

Language proficiency levels according to the CEFR*

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* General description of the skill "conversational proficiency”

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