Requirements

Competence in language areas	Graphics and orthography
Can create comprehensible coherent texts; possess significant accurate orthography, punctuation and text organisation.
Phonetic side of speech	Have significant clear pronunciation (though occasionally foreign accent can be felt, incorrect pronunciation of certain words is acceptable).
Lexical side of speech	B1 Know main meanings, peculiarities of word formation, phenomena of polysemy, synonymy, antonomy, homonymy and collocations of specialized/professionally-oriented communicative lexis, most popular specialized/professionally oriented discourses within the framework of communicative settings; have a good range of vocabulary for communicating on everyday topics (however difficulties can occur in choosing the appropriate word, repetitions, sometimes difficult to formulate ideas). В1+ Can with the help of available vocabulary range describe spontaneously untypical situation and explain a problem or an issue clearly, express own ideas on abstract topics (e.g. related to culture, science, cinema etc.).