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

Partially relevant: e.g. on topics 
related to school subjects, 
interests, etc.
B1 
Can ask why someone thinks something, or how they think something 
would work. 

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Levels B1 / B1+ 
CEFR Descriptor (2017 Extended Set) 
Relevance for adaptation to 
ages 7-10 
Accredited / registered ELP can-do statements 
ages 7-10 
FACILITATING PLURICULTURAL SPACE 
B1+ 
Can support communication across cultures by initiating conversation, 
showing interest and empathy by asking and answering simple 
questions, and expressing agreement and understanding. 
Partially relevant: could work 
towards this with age appropriate 
tasks. 
Can act in a supportive manner in intercultural encounters, 
recognising the feelings and different world views of other members of 
the group. 
Partially relevant: could work 
towards this with age appropriate 
tasks, at the higher end of the age 
group. 
B1 
Can support an intercultural exchange using a limited repertoire to 
introduce people from different cultural backgrounds and to ask and 
answer questions, showing awareness that some questions may be 
perceived differently in the cultures concerned. 
Partially relevant: could work 
towards this with age appropriate 
tasks and if he/she has necessary 
background knowledge. 
Can help to develop a shared communication culture, by exchanging 
information in a simple way about values and attitudes to language 
and culture. 
Partially relevant: could work 
towards this with age appropriate 
topics such as school subjects, 
interests, etc. 
ACTING AS INTERMEDIARY IN INFORMAL SITUATIONS (with 
friends and colleagues) 
B1+ 
Can communicate in (Language B) the main sense of what is said in 
(Language A) on subjects within his/her fields of interest, conveying 
straightforward factual information and explicit cultural references, 
provided that he/she can prepare beforehand and that the speakers 
articulate clearly in everyday language.