At B1 level, you are able to understand the central concepts of everyday communication regarding familiar components of work, school, leisure, etc. You can handle basic tasks associated with a visit to a place where the language is spoken. Additionally, you can write straightforward text on topics familiar to you or related to your own interests. You can also relate, explain and provide reasons for experiences, dreams, aspirations or plans which you have.
In conversation, you can take the initiative by posing questions regarding a noteworthy event or situation - conveying reactions, thoughts and attitudes of common subjects. You can sustain discussions focused on customary subjects if the other speaker makes an effort to ensure mutual understanding. Finally, you can comprehend the main points in ordinary conversations addressed to you, though you may have to request explanatory repetition of certain words/signs.
You can showcase volitional sentiments such as surprise, joy, dismay, fascination and apathy. You are able to articulate opinions on abstract themes including music or film. Additionally, you are adept at honing in on the crux of a predicament, in addition to issuing concise constructive critiques about the positions of others. Additionally, you can viably state convictions, endorsing or disputing them in a manner considered tasteful. At last, you can extend an invitation for others to contribute their perspectives on the following course of action.