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Students enter the beginning level with little or no ability to read
or write in English. Low beginners are unable to function in a situation
requiring spoken English. Students at high beginning level function in
a limited way speaking English in situations related to their immediate
needs.
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Students are able to comprehend a range of
high-frequency words used in context. Students understand a limited number
of very simple learned phrases. spoken slowly with frequent repetitions. |
Students can communicate survival needs using
very simple learned phrases and sentences. Students ask and respond to
simple questions and have some control over basic grammar. |
Students can handle only very routine entry-
level jobs that do not require oral communication and in which all tasks
can be easily demonstrated. Students at high- beginning level can use
only the most basic oral communication skills on a non-technical level. |
Students are able to attain limited meaning
from print materials with successive rereading and checking. |
Students are able to copy isolated words
and phrases and generate short sentences based on previously leamed material |
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Students who enter the low-intermediate level
function satisfactorily in the use of English in basic survival situations
related to their needs. At the high-intermediate level students can use
English to function independently in most familiar situations. |
Students comprehend conversations containing
some unfamiliar vocabulary. Students understand simple learned phrases
easily and some new phrases containing familiar vocabulary. |
Students have some ability to participate
in face-to-face conversations on topics beyond their survival needs.
They clarify meaning by asking questions or simply rewording. Students
have some control of basic grammar. |
Students can function independently in their
jobs, handling job training and work situations that involve oral communication
skills on both a nontechnical and technical level. Written directions
and materials may need to be simplified or clarified orally. |
Students can read simplified material on
familiar subjects and have limited success when attempting to read some
authentic materials. |
Students can generate simple sequential paragraphs
related to survival skills, personal topics, and non-personal topics
with some errors. |
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Students enter the advanced level with the
ability to use English to function effectively in familar and unfamiliar
social situations and familiar work situations. High level advanced students
use English to meet most routine social and work-related demands with
confidence. though not without instances of hesitation.
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Students can comprehend abstract topics presented
in familiar contexts. They can also understand
descriptive and narrative form.
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Students are able to participate in casual
and extended conversation. They communicate on the phone on familiar
subjects, clarify general meaning, and control of basic grammar is evident. |
Students can meet most work demands with
, confidence. They can : also function effectively' in work situations
that I require interaction with the public. They can . follow written
C instructions in technical work manuals. |
Students can read authentic materials on
abstract topics in familiar contexts as well as descriptions and narrations
of factual material. |
Students can write descriptions. short essays,
summaries. letters. and can complete complex forms or applications. Students
can use basic self-correction techniques. |