Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment

Partially relevant: on everyday or 
school-related topics. 
B1 
B1 
Can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar 
matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure etc., including 
short narratives. 
Relevant. 
I can understand a short narrative well enough to be able to guess what may happen next. [86.2007-ARM/6-10]
I can understand information about my daily routine, identifying both the general meaning and the details, 
provided the speech is clear and in standard dialect. [86.2007-ARM/6-10] 
I can understand the majority of a role-play, e.g. a drama for a school presentation. [94.2008-AUS/6-10]
I can understand explanations and pieces of information about subjects that interest me. [2012.R007-TUR/6-12] 
UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATION BETWEEN OTHER 
SPEAKERS 
UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATION BETWEEN OTHER SPEAKERS 
B1+ 
B1+ 
Can follow much of everyday conversation and discussion, provided it 
takes place in standard speech and is clearly articulated in a familiar 
accent. 
Relevant. 
B1 
B1 
Can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around 
him/her, provided speech is clearly articulated in standard speech. 
Relevant. 
I can understand what teachers or schoolmates say when they are talking. [116.2010-POR/6-10] 
I can distinguish when people are talking about the present, the past, the future. [116.2010-POR/6-10] 
I can easily understand my teachers and my friends. [11.2001-IE/PRI] 
I can understand the other pupils in my class. [11.2001-IE/PRI] 
I can understand talk about food or clothes. [11.2001-IE/PRI] 
I can understand the main idea of a conversation when people speak in my presence, provided they speak 
slowly and in standard dialect. [86.2007-ARM/6-10] 
I can basically follow conversations about my family and friends on the whole, e.g. how they are and what they 
have experienced. [94.2008-AUS/6-10] 
I can basically understand what my classmates are saying about things I know, e.g. their reports about school 
experiences. [94.2008-AUS/6-10] 
I can understand the main points of conversations and reports about nature topics which I am interested in, e.g. 
a TV report about African animals. [94.2008-AUS/6-10] 

---

Page