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B1+ 2 Skills Program
CEFR MAPPING
Location Heading Descriptor Can Do Student comment
READING Overall reading Read straightforward READING
Myths comprehension factual texts on subjects I can read and
related to his / her field and understand a fairly
interest with a satisfactory complex text.
level of comprehension.

READING Reading for Scan quickly through long READING

Myths orientation and complex texts, locating I can scan a fairly
relevant details. complex text to find
required information.

READING Information Find out and pass on WRITING

Myths exchange straightforward factual I can research
information. information online and
report my findings to
others.

READING Overall reading Read straightforward READING

Travelling comprehension factual texts on subjects I can read and
related to his / her field and understand a blog
interest with a satisfactory post.
level of comprehension.

READING Reading for Recognize significant points READING

Travelling information and in straightforward articles I can understand the
argument on familiar subjects. main points of a blog
post.

READING Identifying cues Can extrapolate the READING

Travelling and inferring meaning of occasional
(spoken and unknown words from
written) the context and deduce
sentence meaning
provided the topic
discussed is familiar.
I can work out the
meaning of new
expressions and
use this to help me
understand sentence
meaning.

READING Goal-orientated Make his / her opinions and WRITING

Travelling cooperation reactions understood as
regards possible solutions
or the question of what
to do next, giving brief
reasons and explanations.
I can express my
opinion about ideas
presented in a text, and
justify them.

READING Identifying cues Identify unfamiliar words READING

History and inferring from the context on topics I can understand new
(spoken and related to his / her field and words from context.
written) interests.
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READING Overall reading Read straightforward READING
History comprehension factual texts on subjects I can read an article
related to field and interest and apply headings
with satisfactory level of to paragraphs to
comprehension. summarize their
content.

READING Reading for Scan longer texts in READING

History orientation order to locate desired I can scan an article
information, and gather to find specific
information from different information.
parts of a text, or from
different texts in order to
fulfil a specific task.

READING Overall reading Read straightforward READING

Personalities comprehension factual texts on subjects I can follow the main
related to his / her field and points of an extract
interest with a satisfactory from a business book.
level of comprehension.

READING Reading for Find and understand READING

Personalities orientation relevant information in I can identify specific
everyday material, such as information in a text
letters, brochures, and short about character and
official documents. personality.

READING Overall written Write personal online posts WRITING

Personalities interaction asking for or conveying I can exchange
simple information of information and
immediate relevance, comment on online
getting across the point he posts.
/ she feels to be important.

READING Creative writing Write straightforward, WRITING

Personalities detailed descriptions on a I can write an online
range of familiar subjects post describing the
within his / her field of personalities of people
interest. in my social groups.

READING Overall reading Read straightforward READING

Anonymous? comprehension factual texts on subjects I can read a text and
related to his / her field and match descriptions to
interests with satisfactory images.
level of comprehension.

READING Identifying cues Identify unfamiliar words READING

Anonymous? and inferring from the context on topics I can understand new
related to his / her field and words from context.
interests.

READING Reading for Scan longer texts in READING

Anonymous? orientation order to locate desired
information, and gather
information from different
parts of a text, or from
different texts in order to
fulfil a specific task.
I can scan a text to
find the relevant
information
to complete a
comprehension task.

READING Information Summarize a short story, READING

Swapping exchange article, talk, discussion, I can read an extract
interview, or documentary from an article
and answer further and choose the
questions of detail. best sentence to
summarizeit.
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READING Reading for Recognize significant READING
Swapping information and points in straightforward I can read an article
argument newspaper articles on and answer questions
familiar subjects. based on its content.

READING Overall reading Read straightforward READING

Swapping comprehension factual texts on subjects I can read an article
related to field and interest and apply headings
with satisfactory level of to paragraphs to
comprehension. summarize their
content.

LISTENING Overall listening Can understand LISTENING

Green solutions comprehension straightforward factual I can understand
information about common the main points of
everyday or job related a broadcast about a
topics, identifying both familiar topic.
general messages and
specific details, provided
speech is clearly articulated
in a generally familiar
accent.

LISTENING Listening to Can understand the LISTENING

Green solutions radio audio and information content of the
recordings majority of recorded or
broadcast audio material
on topics of personal
interest delivered in clear
standard speech.
I can understand
specific information
content of a broadcast
about the environment.

LISTENING Creative writing Can summarize, report, WRITING

Green solutions and give his / her opinion I can summarize
about accumulated factual my ideas on how
information on familiar environmental
routine and non-routine solutions could be
matters within his / her field used where I live.
with some confidence.

LISTENING Listening as a Can follow in outline LISTENING

Introverts and member of a live straightforward short talks I can follow a lecture
extroverts audience on familiar topics provided or talk about a familiar
these are delivered in topic.
clearly articulated standard
speech.

LISTENING Listening to Can understand the LISTENING

Introverts and radio audio and information content of the I can extract specific
extroverts recordings majority of recorded or information from
broadcast audio material a lecture about
on topics of personal personality.
interest delivered in clear
standard speech.

LISTENING Overall written Can convey information WRITING

Introverts and interaction and ideas on abstract as I can write a paragraph
extroverts well as concrete topics, summarizing an
check information, and ask interview.
about or explain problems
with reasonable precision.
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LISTENING Listening to Can understand the
Polyglots radio audio and information content of the
recordings majority of recorded or
broadcast audio material
on topics of personal
interest delivered in clear
standard speech.
LISTENING Overall listening Can understand
Polyglots comprehension straightforward factual
information about common
everyday or job related
topics, identifying both
general messages and
specific details, provided
speech is clearly articulated
in a generally familiar
accent.
LISTENING Overall reading Can read straightforward
Polyglots comprehension factual texts on subjects
related to his / her field and
interest with a satisfactory
level of comprehension.
LISTENING Listening to Can understand the
Animals radio audio and information content of the
recordings majority of recorded or
broadcast audio material
on topics of personal
interest delivered in clear
standard speech.
LISTENING Understanding Can generally follow the
Animals interaction main points of extended
between native discussion around him
speakers / her, provided speech
is clearly articulated in
standard dialect.
LISTENING Reflect Can reflect and
Animals conceptually engage with
ideas presented in an audio
recording.
LISTENING Listening as a Can follow the essentials
Decisions member of a live of lectures, talks and
audience reports, and other forms
of academic / professional
presentation which are
propositionally and
linguistically complex.
LISTENING Overall listening Can understand
Decisions comprehension straightforward factual
information about common
everyday or job related
topics, identifying both
general messages and
specific details, provided
speech is clearly articulated
in a generally familiar
accent.
Can Do Student comment
LISTENING
I can follow
clear speech in a
conversation about a
familiar topic during a
radio programme.
LISTENING
I can identify specific
information content in
a conversation about
language learning.
READING
I can understand and
answer a quiz on a
familiar topic.
LISTENING
I can follow clear
speech in a radio
programme.
LISTENING
I can understand
specific information in
a conversation about
animal behaviour.
LISTENING
I can understand and
think about the ideas in
the audio recording.
LISTENING
I can identify the order
of the main points in a
business presentation.
LISTENING
I can extract specific
information in an
extended monologue.
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LISTENING Creative writing Can write accounts of
Decisions experiences, describing
feelings and reactions in
simple connected text.
LISTENING Overall listening Can understand the main
What it takes comprehension ideas of propositionally
and linguistically complex
speech on both concrete
and abstract topics
delivered in a standard
dialect, including technical
discussions in his / her field
of specialization.
LISTENING Listening to Can understand the
What it takes radio audio and information content of the
recordings majority of recorded or
broadcast audio material
on topics of personal
interest delivered in clear
standard speech.
LISTENING Overall written Can write straightforward
What it takes production connected texts on a range
of familiar subjects within
his / her field of interest, by
linking a series of shorter
discrete elements into a
linear sequence.
SPEAKING Overall spoken Can reasonably fluently
News production sustain a straightforward
description of one of a
variety of subjects within
his / her field of interest,
presenting it as a linear
sequence of points.
SPEAKING Listening to Can understand the main
News audio media and points of radio news
recordings bulletins and simpler
recorded material about
familiar subjects delivered
relatively slowly and clearly.
SPEAKING Coherence Can use a limited number
News of cohesive devices to link
his / her utterances into
clear, coherent discourse,
though there may be
some jumpiness in a long
contribution.
SPEAKING Grammatical Uses reasonably accurately
News accuracy a repertoire of frequently
used routines and
patterns associated with
more predictable situations.
SPEAKING Spoken fluency Can express him / herself
News with relative ease. Despite
some problems with
formulation resulting in
pauses and cul-de-sacs, he
/ she is able to keep going
effectively without help.
Can Do Student comment
WRITING
I can describe how I
make decisions.
LISTENING
I can understand
people talking about
jobs and requirements
that may be unfamiliar.
LISTENING
I can guess the
meaning of occasional
unknown words from
context.
WRITING
I can write about the
skills and experience
needed for a job.
SPEAKING
I can describe a
sequence of events in
the past.
LISTENING
I can listen to people
talking about recent
news events and
understand the main
points.
SPEAKING
I can use linking words
and phrases to connect
ideas when telling a
piece of news.
WRITING
I can use a range
of present, present
perfect, and past
tenses accurately.
SPEAKING
I can speak reasonably
fluently on a topic
without help.
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SPEAKING Planning Can work out how to
Presentations communicate the main
point(s) he / she wants to
get across, exploiting any
resources available and
limiting the message to
what he / she can recall or
find the means to express.
SPEAKING Addressing Can give a prepared
Presentations audiences straightforward
presentation on a familiar
topic within his / her field
which is clear enough to be
followed without difficulty
most of the time, and in
which the main points are
explained with reasonable
precision.
SPEAKING Overall listening Can understand the main
Presentations comprehension points of clear standard
speech on familiar matters
regularly encountered in
work, school, leisure etc,
including short narratives.
SPEAKING Vocabulary range Has a sufficient vocabulary
Presentations to express him / herself
with some circumlocutions
on most topics pertinent
to his everyday life such
as family, hobbies and
interests, work, travel, and
current events.
SPEAKING Informal Can express belief,
Complaining discussion opinion, agreement and
disagreement politely.
SPEAKING Sustained Can briefly give reasons and
Complaining monologue: explanations for opinions,
Putting a case plans, and actions.
SPEAKING Overall listening Can understand standard
Complaining comprehension spoken language, live or
broadcast, on both familiar
and unfamiliar topics
normally encountered in
personal, social, academic,
or vocational life. Only
extreme background noise,
inadequate discourse
structure and / or idiomatic
usage influence the ability
to understand.
SPEAKING Sociolinguistic Is aware of the salient
Complaining appropriateness politeness conventions and
acts appropriately.
Can Do Student comment
SPEAKING
I can prepare for a
presentation, preparing
the language and
structures I will use.
SPEAKING
I can give a short
presentation about a
familiar topic.
LISTENING
I can listen to a
presentation and put
the main parts in order.
SPEAKING
I can use a range of
vocabulary to speak
for two minutes on a
familiar topic.
SPEAKING
I can discuss my
views about an
environmental issue.
SPEAKING
I can use appropriate
language to make
a complaint, giving
explanations for my
opinions.
LISTENING
I can understand native
speakers when they
make a complaint
about something.
LISTENING
I can recognize the
difference between
polite and impolite
complaints.
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SPEAKING Propositional Can explain the main points
Complaining precision in an idea or problem with
reasonable precision.
SPEAKING Information Can synthesize and report
Graphs exchange information and arguments
from a number of sources.
SPEAKING Addressing Can give a prepared
Graphs audiences straightforward
presentation on a familiar
topic within his / her field
which is clear enough to be
followed without difficulty
most of the time, and in
which the main points are
explained with reasonable
precision.
SPEAKING Overall spoken Can reasonably fluently
Graphs production sustain a straightforward
description of one of a
variety of subjects within
his / her field of interest,
presenting it as a linear
sequence of points.
SPEAKING Overall listening Can understand
Decisions comprehension straightforward factual
information about common
everyday or job-related
topics, identifying both
general messages and
specific details, provided
speech is clearly articulated
in a generally familiar
accent.
SPEAKING Sustained Can reasonably fluently
Decisions monologue: relate a straightforward
Describing narrative or description as
experience a linear sequence of points.
Can give detailed accounts
of experiences, describing
feelings and reactions.
SPEAKING Grammatical Uses reasonably accurately
Decisions control a repertoire of frequently
used routines and
patterns associated with
more predictable situations.
SPEAKING Sustained Can describe events, real or
Changes monologue: imagined.
Describing
experience
SPEAKING Listening to Can understand
Changes audio media and informational content of
recordings majority of recorded or
broadcast audio material
on topics of personal
interest delivered in clear
standard speech.
Can Do Student comment
SPEAKING
I can make a complaint
about my town or city.
SPEAKING
I can gather
information and use it
to prepare a short talk.
SPEAKING
I can give a short
presentation about
graphical information.
SPEAKING
I can describe
information about
trends and changes in
data.
LISTENING
I can use information
given by speakers to
identify details.
SPEAKING
I can describe a
decision I have made
and its consequences.
SPEAKING
I can use a range of
tenses to describe a
decision I made and its
effect.
SPEAKING
I can talk about my
future plans.
LISTENING
I can listen to
interviews and follow
the main points of
what is being said.
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SPEAKING Sustained Can describe dreams, SPEAKING
Changes monologue: hopes, and ambitions. I can talk about how
Describing I would like my life to
experience change in the future.

SPEAKING Informal Can give or seek personal SPEAKING

Changes discussion views and opinions in I can ask people about
discussing topics of their future plans.
interest.

WRITING Creative writing Can write straightforward, WRITING

Friends detailed descriptions on a I can describe my
variety of subjects related friends physical
to his / her field of interest. characteristics and
personality.

WRITING Reports and Can summarize, report, WRITING

Friends essays and give his / her opinion
about accumulated factual
information on familiar
routine and non-routine
matters within his / her field
with some confidence.
I can write about
what I think a
friends important
characteristics are.

WRITING Overall reading Can read straightforward READING

Friends comprehension factual texts on subjects I can understand
related to his / her field and a description of a
interest with a satisfactory persons physical
level of comprehension. characteristics and
personality.

WRITING Reports and Can write an essay or WRITING

Privacy essays report which develops an I can write a for and
argument, giving reasons against essay.
in support of or against a
particular point of view and
explaining the advantages
and disadvantages of
various options.

WRITING Overall written Can write personal WRITING

Privacy interaction letters and notes asking I can answer an online
for or conveying simple survey.
information of immediate
relevance, getting across
the point he / she feels to
be important.

WRITING Orthographic Can produce continuous WRITING

Privacy control writing which is generally I can identify spelling
intelligible throughout. mistakes in a text.
Spelling, punctuation, and
layout are accurate enough
to be followed most of the
time.

WRITING Creative writing Can write straightforward, WRITING

Home detailed descriptions on a I can describe a house
variety of subjects related and its neighbourhood.
to his / her field of interest.
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WRITING Reports and Can summarize, report, WRITING
Home essays and give his / her opinion I can recommend
about accumulated factual activities and places to
information on familiar visit.
routine and non-routine
matters within his / her field
with some confidence.

WRITING General linguistic Has sufficient language READING

Home range to describe unpredictable I can identify some
situations, explain the common collocations.
main points in an idea or
problem with reasonable
precision and express
thoughts on abstract or
cultural topics such as
music and films.

WRITING Creative writing Can write accounts of WRITING

Personal stories experiences, describing I can write a blog post
feelings and reactions in about something
simple connected text. personal that
happened to me.

WRITING Orthographic Can produce continuous WRITING

Personal stories control writing which is generally I can improve the
intelligible throughout. quality of my writing
through editing.

WRITING Reading for Can scan longer texts in READING

Personal stories orientation order to locate desired I can identify different
information, and gather elements of a personal
information from different story.
parts of a text, or from
different texts in order to
fulfil the specific task.

WRITING Reports and Can synthesize information WRITING

Music essays and arguments from a I can write a complaint
number of sources. letter based on notes.

WRITING Orthographic Can produce intelligible WRITING

Music control continuous writing which I can use formal
follows standard layout and language in writing.
paragraphing conventions.

WRITING Orthographic Can produce continuous WRITING

Music control writing which is generally I can improve my text
intelligible throughout. after I have finished
writing.

WRITING Reports and Can write short, simple WRITING

World essays essays on topics of interest. I can write a text about
my country.

WRITING Creative writing Can write straightforward, WRITING

World detailed descriptions on a I can write about
range of familiar subjects cultural traditions in
within his / her field of my country.
interest.
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WRITING Reports and Can synthesize information WRITING
World essays and arguments from a I can research key facts
number of sources. about a country online.

WRITING Reading for Can scan longer texts in READING

World orientation order to locate specific I can identify the main
information, and gather topics of an article.
information from different
parts of a text, or from
different texts in order to
fulfil a specific task.