Requirements

Discourse competence
Ability to recognize and interpret peculiarities of authentic professionally oriented discourses by their genre specificities within the framework of communicative settings based on the content of speech. .
Strategic competence			В1 Can decide how to construct the speech logically, coherently and persuasively, setting goals and achieving them based on all available resources within routine, speciliased/professionally-oriented communicative settings based on the content of speech and can work out how to communicate the main point(s) he/she wants to get across, exploiting any resources available; can intervene in a discussion on a familiar topic, using a suitable phrase to get the floor; can use a simple word meaning something similar to the concept he/she wants to convey and invites correction; can foreignise a mother tongue word and ask for confirmation; can ask for confirmation that a form used is correct; can start again using a different tactic when communication breaks down ; can offer others saying how to act; can explain own point of view; understand what others are saying and can repeat what is said to check understanding. В1+ Can use main set of language means and strategies for the sake of sustaining a conversation or a discussion; can summarise results of a discussion and thus concentrate on certain topic; understand what is said, though occasionally have to repeat or explain something if delivery is lengthy and rapid; can correct mix-ups with tenses or expressions that lead to misunderstandings provided the interlocutor indicates there is a problem; can define the features of something concrete for which he/she can’t remember the word; can convey meaning by qualifying a word meaning something similar (e.g. a truck for people = bus); can rehearse and try out new combinations and expressions, inviting feedback; can briefly comment on point of view of the interlocutors; can explain why something causes difficulty, discuss what to do further, compare and contrast options with each other.