Major Focus

CONTEXT

FORM

FUNCTION

Novice Low

Novice Mid

Novice High

I am limited to
topics necessary
for survival such
I use a small
as personal
number of
I can use a limited information, basic
repetitive words. I number of words
objects, a limited
revert to English or and phrases in
number of
I cannot respond. I familiar contexts. I activites,
really don't know
repeat words
preferences and
what is going on. frequently.
immediate needs.
I can use phrases
and memorized
sentences to
provide basic
information and to
I can use words
speak in the
I can use basic
and phrases to
present.
words to provide
provide basic
I am creating
basic infomation. information.
original sentences.

I am almost nonfunctional. I need

alot of prompting in
order to
communicate.

I can be
understood only
COMPREHENSIBILITY
with great effort.

Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid

I can converse
sucessfully in
straightforward
I can communicate situations. I can
sucessfully in
easily handle
straightforward
topics such as self,
situations. I can
family, home,
handle some of the personal
conversations
preferences, and
needed for daily
physical and social
survival in the
needs such as
target language.
shopping or food.

I combine what I
know and what I
hear in short
sentences.

I am creative with
my language and
combine known
phrases to create
sentences and
strings of
sentences.

I use mimimal
words in list form
and repeat myself
frequently.

I struggle to
answer direct
questions and can
ask a few
questions. I
I list and
manage to
sometimes
describe, compare
describe, compare and give opinion
and explain, but it but sometimes it is
is difficult for me. difficult.

I can respond
directly to
questions and am
able to ask
questions. I am
not very good at
talking about
events in the past
nor future.

I can be
understood with
difficulty by
someone
accustomed to a
language learner.

I can mostly be
understood by
someone
accustomed to a
language learner.

I can easily be
understood by
someone
accustomed to a
language learner.

I can be
understood by
someone
accustomed to a
language learner.

Intermediate High

Advanced Low

I can converse
with ease and
confidence when
dealing with
routine tasks and
social situations.

I can handle a
variety of
communicative
tasks. I speak in
formal and
informal situations
about personal
and global issues.

I am able to
communicate in all
time frames using
complete
sentences.
Sometimes, I
speak in
paragraph form.

I am able to
communicate in all
time frames and in
paragraph form.
My narrations and
descriptions are
handled
seperately.

I am able to
describe, compare,
explain, narrate
and ask questions.
I can generally be
understood by
someone
accustomed and
those
unaccustomed to a
language learner.

I am able to
narrate, compare,
explain, narrate
and ask questions.
I can be
understood by
native speakers,
even those
unaccustomed to a
language learner.

COMPRENSION
(Used for
Interpersonal
Tasks)

I can understand
very few isolated
words.

I can understand
I can understand
I can understand
questions and
simple questions
questions and
statements from
I can understand
and statements.
statements.
real-life situations
some statements. I Sometimes I need Sometimes I need which may take
frequently need to to hear things
to hear things
place face-to-face
hear things again. again.
again.
or electronically.

I can understand
the main idea and
most details in
conversations on
familiar topics.

I can understand
and link ideas in
extended
discussions. I can
participate actively
in most informal
and a few formal
conversations.