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ALTE level |
Writing |
Reading |
Listening and speaking |
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Level 5 |
CAN write letters about anything and make notes at meetings in good, correct English. |
CAN understand documents, letters and reports, and more complicated things. |
CAN tell people about complicated, difficult things, can understand slang and can answer hard questions. |
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Level 4 |
CAN write letters for work, if someone corrects them after. Can take OK notes in a meeting. Can write an essay which is OK for others to read. |
CAN read quickly enough to do an academic course, to read newspapers and magzines for information or to understand complicated letters. |
CAN talk effectively in meetings and seminars about their work. Can have a fast informal conversation, even about abstract things. |
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Level 3 |
CAN make notes when someone is talking or write a letter, even with some unusual things in it. |
CAN look through texts for the information they need, and understand detailed instructions or advice. |
CAN understand people when they talk about things they know. Can give a talk about things they know well, or have a conversation about quite a lot of things. |
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Level 2 |
CAN write letters or make notes on usual things. |
CAN understand everyday information and newspapers, and the general meaning of unusual information if they know the subject. |
CAN say simply what they think about abstract things or culture. Can give information on things they know about. Can understand instructions or public announcements. |
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Level 1 |
CAN fill in forms and write short simple letters or postcards about simple things. |
CAN understand simple information they know about, for example on products and signs, or in simple textbooks or reports. |
CAN say what they think, or what they need, simply, about things they know well. |
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Breakthrough level |
CAN fill in simple forms, and write notes with times, dates and places. |
CAN understand simple notices, instructions or information. |
CAN understand simple instructions or have a simple conversation about things they know well. |
