Fluency Vocab Listening Grammar Reading Writing

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1 eginner not say anything in English. n/a do not any English. n/a n/a n/a eginner L1 & L1/2 give one-word answers to very questions. Familiar with hello, yes/no, I/you, numbers, etc. do not any questions in English. n/a n/a n/a eginner form incomplete replies to personal questions, i.e. name, married, children, job. have a few nouns, pronouns, and is/have. simple questions. have an awareness of be and have. n/a n/a

2 Elementary are starting to link pronouns and verbs together to make simple sentences. have enough active vocab to give personal info. are comfortable with familiar questions but panic at the unfamiliar, eg pasts. Various tenses used randomly but meaning unclear. an very write sentences themselves. Elementary Elementary L2 & 2/3 more confident and attempting to form simple sentences. say things themselves with reasonable confidence and fluency. adding some detail to personal information with adjectives & attempts at prepositions. using a wider variety of verbs, nouns & adjectives with some correct prepositions. starting to recognize and respond to past forms. past forms and are beginning to be comfortable guessing gist from context. increasingly use present simple and continuous forms, but meaning often incorrect. etter use of present simple and continuous. Occasional incorrect use of the simple past. summarize the gist of a text. effectively summarize the gist of an appropriate text. are starting to include and / but / or to link sentences together. write a paragraph themselves.

3 Pre- L3 able to answer familiar questions themselves with ease. onfident use of known vocab. More knowledge of concrete nouns & verbs than Ele level easily questions themselves. Using present simple and continuous tenses though with errors. ttempts at simple past. confident at summarizing texts graded to their level. Deeper ing of detail. Narrative paragraphs attempted lack accuracy & awareness of discourse features. Pre- Pre- L3/4 L4 starting to participate in on topics other their personal details. managing but freeze when unable to find the correct words. Students have enough vocabulary to talk themselves, their work, hobbies, jobs and holidays. starting to use passive guess meaning from context. starting to guess meaning of unfamiliar words from context. using passive gist of listenings far above their fluency level. Wider range of simple past verbs. Meaning usually clear despite some errors of form. More accurate use of simple past. Present perfect form attempted with incorrect usage. detail of downgraded texts & start to guess the meaning of unfamiliar vocab. able to use passive gist of texts far above their productive capacity. ccuracy of vocab and grammar improving. Wider range of tenses and vocab attempted. produce a fairly accurate narrative text using a range of grammar and vocab.

4 Fluency hindered by lack of vocab & strategies needed to make up for this. have enough communicate their meaning on most topics. using passive detail of more difficult Fairly accurate use of simple present & past tenses eginning to use perfects are starting to gist of simple are beginning to have the write a wide simple L4/5 & L5 an hold a reasonable conversation ttempting strategies to compensate for vocab gaps. frustrated by a lack of more sophisticated vocabulary. confident at ing both gist and detail of nearnative level Form of perfect and conditionals correct but often used wrongly. gist of simple have the write a wide an talk very fluently on familiar topics and have attempt less familiar subjects. starting to get confident in taking risks when incorporating new vocab into their able to well unless the meaning of key new vocabulary is not clear from context. getting a better ing of the meaning of perfects and gist and some detail of simple successfully write a wide types of simple

5 Upper Upper Upper L5/6 & L6 participate in on most topics though with some hesitation. have gained the join in on most topics. carry on a good conversation relating to their work, interests & current affairs. now absorbing new vocab and activating passive knowledge with greater ease. aware that they lack the idiomatic language needed to make them sound more natural. have a fairly large vocabulary and are beginning to use idiomatic expressions. the gist of some carefully chosen ungraded the gist of a wider range of ungraded the gist and some detail of many ungraded Presents & pasts quite accurate. Perfects futures & conditionals accurate in form but not meaning. More assured use of perfects & Some evidence of avoiding certain structures. now grasping nuances of perfects, futures and successfully read texts when they are familiar with the topic. beginning to successfully read texts with unfamiliar topics. confidentially read any general text they are presented with. employ different styles and registers of English when writing different text types. have the write several different text types. confidently write texts of several genres using different styles and registers of English.

6 dvanced dvanced dvanced L7 & L8 speak extremely well but may lack confidence in their ability. speak fluently and confidently but may feel rusty or need work on pronunciation. speak with near native fluency. Pronunciation work may be needed on intonation & sentence stress. have a broad vocab base. Idiomatic expressions used but do not always sound natural. aware of gaps in their vocab and a need to improve their use of idiomatic feel they lack specific vocab. This is often functional & social rather than specialist vocab. most Some problems with specialist subjects & accents. most speech if accents are not too strong. ny lack of ing due only to accent or the use of idiomatic expressions. Good grasp of grammar. Errors are usually in meaning not form though some fossilized errors may still be evident. Generally error-free, though the structures used could be increased. Error-free language, though some structures may be being favoured over others. read texts of many genres with ease but need to improve their reading speed. read texts of all genres at a reasonable speed. read both specialist and general texts of all genres with ease and for pleasure. generally write accurately but may need help with appropriate register and editing skills. able to write in various registers with great accuracy. write extremely accurately but may need work on written conventions and aspects of style.

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