Level 1 – You have the skills to participate in short, basic day-to-day conversations. You can read and write short texts on familiar subjects. You can engage in basic communication activities such as introducing yourself, delivering brief messages, and exchanging information.
Level 2 – You can participate in simple conversations and read and write necessary texts in day-today social situations. You are also able to engage in communication activities such as asking about certain information and giving answers, asking for approval and making requests, and exchanging messages.
Level 3 – You have the necessary skills to participate in conversations in common social situations. You can read and write texts on social issues related to yourself. You can make recommendations, give advice, understand and respond to brief explanations, and exchange information.
Level 4 – You can carry on conversations concerning familiar social and abstract subject matters and basic tasks at work and read and write texts on social and abstract topics in which you are interested. You can engage in communication activities such as expressing consent and dissent, giving instructions and making reports, and delivering thoughts and intentions.
Level 5 – You can make conversations concerning all aspects of society and your work or study. You are able to read and write texts on social issues and some specialized subject matters. You can engage in communication activities such as making reports on tasks at work, having discussions, delivering information systematically, and exchanging opinions.
Level 6 – You can hold conversations concerning specialized and academic subjects and read and write texts on social, cultural, and academic issues. You are able to engage in communication activities such as persuading, making recommendations, and logically and effectively expressing and exchanging opinions and arguments.