-   Basic comprehension & production in some simple everyday situations. (e.g. meeting, cafes, shops, work)

-   Familiar with some key word groups such as food, clothes, colors, numbers, time, everyday activities.

-   Familiar with key verbs and present tense conjugations, and basic question forms

-    Vocabulary - 250 words

-    Key cultural characteristics recognized

This group is together only after minimum 20 hours Beginner instruction

-   Adequate communication in simple everyday situations

-   Wider vocabulary knowledge and familiar with more set phrases.

-    Vocab - 500 words

-   Beginning to write simple coherent sentences with correct syntax.

-   Able to refer to past and possibly future events

-   Key cultural characteristics incorporated into learning

75 - 90

-   Some communicative fluency developed with more natural and faster responses.

-   Recognizes some different tenses and conjugations and can produce them more readily.

-   Other structures (e.g. comparatives) familiarized.

-   More competent range of vocab and phrases. - 1000 words

-   Able to read simple but authentic texts and produce a greater range of written language

  75 - 90

-   Confidence beginning to develop and learner able to cope adequately in a variety of situations

-   Comprehension of natural speech developed so mainly appropriate and some fluent responses are made.

-   Writing & Reading becoming easier and more coherent

-    Vocab - 1400 words

-   Cultural knowledge begins to assimilate into learning

75 - 90

-   Increased confidence – better natural comprehension

-   Able to respond in a variety of ways and keep up with a conversation quite fluently.

-   Errors exist but do not overly impede communication

-   Writing becoming easily readable and accurate.

-    Vocab - 1750 words

75 - 90

-   Able to recognize and produce accurately a range of tense and aspect, also a variety of structures such as conditionals and comparatives.

-   More subtle variations in expression and idiom are understood and can be produced.

-    Vocab - 2200 words

-   Reading and writing quite competent in a range of uses.

-   Cultural awareness is part of all skills

75 - 90

-   Can easily comprehend natural spoken and written communications

-   Able to use a wide range of language including idiom and complex structure effectively in a variety of contexts.

-   Able to produce good, practically error- free writing thru a range of styles.

-    Vocab - 2600 words

-   Cultural integrity almost complete.

-   By the end of this level, students should be approaching native speaker competence in oral communication, and close to full cultural competency.

-   Written work (if a key course component) should be error free and competent in a range of styles

-    Vocab – 3000+ words