CEFRL
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
abbreviated in English as CEFRL, is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe and, increasingly, in other countries.
At the completion of the A1 level, you will be able to:
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Talk about your daily routine and your family in detail
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Express your feelings
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Ask everyday questions (pourquoi, quand, qui etc.).
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Order in a restaurant and shop in stores
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Give date and time and understand a schedule
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Use negation ne ... pas
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Use the recent past and the close future
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Conjugate irregular verbs: avoir, être, aller, prendre, faire.
A1
Beginners
At the completion of level B2, you will be able to:
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Understand complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in your field of specialization
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Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers possible without strain for either party.
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Produce clear, detailed opinions on a wide range of subjects
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Use the passive voice, and more complex structures
B2
Independent
At the completion of the A2 level, you will be able to:
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Organize a trip abroad and deal with administrative procedures
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Express a view point and defend it
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Talk about your professional experience
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Use the imparfait and passé composé to talk about past events
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Use the future tense and the imperative
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Refine the use of pronouns: relatives, possessives, comparatives and demonstratives
A2
Elementary
At the completion of the level C1, you will be able to:
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Understand a wide range of demanding, longer clauses, and recognize implicit meaning
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Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much searching for expressions.
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Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes
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Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
C1
Advanced
At the completion of the B1 level, you will be able to:
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Understand the main points of conversation regularly encountered in work and leisure
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Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and give explanations for opinions
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Understand newspaper headlines and the press, relate an event in a narrative style
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Participate in a debate by jumping in and responding.
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Use the conditional tense, and present participle
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Start using the subjunctive tense
B1
Intermediate
At this level, you will be able to:
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Understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.
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Summarize information from different spoken and written sources
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Reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation
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Express yourself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.
C2
Proficient