Requirements

Competence in language areas	Graphics and orthography
Can write short words (with some deviation from spelling norms), familiar by sound form; can copy out short sentences on everyday topics.
Phonetic side of speech	Can pronounce all sounds and use transcription signs; stressing, following rules of intonation in various communicative types of sentences within the framework of the communicative settings based on the content of speech. Despite the accent, pronunciation should be comprehensible (though the interlocutors may have to ask for repetition of certain words or phrases).