Can participate in telephonic conversation with a known audience.
Can explain to a teacher when and where they are experiencing difficulty
Can sustain a conversational exchange with a peer in the classroom with the topic is familiar, through there may be some difficulty in understanding and being understood from time to time.
Can express opinions on familiar subjects and ask for others opinions
Can ask questions about mathematical or lab procedures.
Can contribute own understandings of science experiments
Can ask questions to learn more.
Level B1.1
Listening
Can understand clear audio announcements (e.g. traffic reports, weather forecasts).
Can follow the main idea of audio text if the topic is familiar and the text can be replayed
Can understand the main points of even a relatively long discussion if it concerns a familiar topic and if the people involved use Standard English and do not speak too quickly.
Can understand the most important information in news broadcasts (television, radio, internet) when visuals supports the message and if speech is not too rapid.
Can understand some colloquial expressions related to the classroom.
Can understand teacher explanations of experiments, processes, etc. when delivered slowly, supported by textbook illustrations and given an opportunity for clarification.
Can understand instructions, delivered clearly, and at a slow pace.
Can follow small group discussion between two or more native speakers, if that conversation is unhurried and if the student is familiar with the topic under discussion.
Level B1.1
Reading
Can identify and understand the important information in simple clearly drafted print materials such as school handouts, brochures, or newspapers provided there are a limited number of abbreviations.
Can examine a web site and determine its purpose.
Can pick out important information on the labels of food packages and medicine (e.g. expiration date, directions for use, and instructions for preparation).
Can understand clear, simple instructions with some visual support (e.g. science experiment procedures, school handbook, fire evacuation measures).
Can understand straightforward letters and messages
Can understand factual text and simple reports on familiar topics (e.g. movie review, interviews, meeting agendas etc.).
Can understand text of various lengths as longer as the words used are familiar and/or concern area of student interest.
Can distinguish between factual and fictional text.
Can recognize words, names, and numbers previously learned when heard in a short. Simple recording delivered at a slow pace.
Can read charts and graphs with some understanding.
Can read textbook explanations and examples with aid of word list and /or dictionary support.
Can understand many subject specific words when encountered in text (e.g. cell, multicultural, life cycle, etc.).
Can use key words diagrams, and illustrations to support reading comprehension.
Level B1.1
Spoken Production
Can briefly explain and justify points of few assumptions and plan.
Can describe personal goals and intensions.
Can verbally indicate willingness to participate in activities.
Can describe what is occurring in a film or book and indicate their personal opinion about it.
Can retell a simple story read/heard in class.
Offer an opinion of a short story, play, essay, or poem examined in class.
Level B1.1
Writing
Can describe everyday places. Objects or events (e.g. the mall , a guest presentation at school, a field trip) using complete sentences that are connected to each other.
Can describe an event using simple. Coherent, and well-written sentences.
Can write a report on an important personal experience (e.g. moving to a new home, getting a drivers licence, joining a sports team).
Can spell and show basic punctuations accurately enough to be followed most of the time.
Can express what has been learned, how it has been leaned, and learning goals for the future.
Can summarize simple text dealing with familiar subjects.
Can work through examples from a science or mathematics textbook.
Can talk about vacation and past experiences using basic expressions.
Can use a writing frame to write short, simple descriptions or explanations
Level B1.2
Spoken Interaction
Can indicate that something is causing a problem and also explain why
Can initiate a conversation and help to keep it going.
Can participate in relatively lengthy conversations with peers on subjects of common interest provided others make an effort as well
Can repeat a summary of a conversation to another person.
Can actively participate in group work, expressing opinions and making suggestions.
Can ask questions about mathematical or scientific procedures.
Can ask about language forms. Vocabulary choices, and structures
Can ask questions about text to extract further meaning.
Level B1.2
Listening
Can understand the main point and the important details of audio recording provided standard language is used and the topic is one of interest.
Can understand the main points in a relatively long conversation that is overheard.
Can understand detailed oral instructions.
Can comprehend classroom talk between two or more native speakers. Only occasionally needing to request clarification.
Can understand clear and organized classroom talks and presentations provided there is some prior knowledge of the topic.
Can understand the main points of stories and other text read aloud in the classroom.
Level B1.2
Reading
Can scan through straightforward printed text (e.g. magazines, brochures, information on the internet) and identify the topic as well as whether the information contained might be of interest/application.
Can satisfactorily read and understand straightforward, factual text on subjects related to personal interests and/or subjects being studied.
Can read and understand topical articles and reports in which the authors are presenting and defending a particular point of view.
Can read textbook explanations and examples with the support of a word list and/or dictionary.
Can understand most subject specific words
Can understand most words in narrative and expository text and extract the key ideas from those texts.
Can read and follow directions for experiments and procedures
Can distinguish between different text purposes ( to inform, to entertain, to argue a point, etc.).
Can read short media reports on familiar sports and events.
Level B1.2
Spoken Production
Can clearly explain how something is used (e.g. how to run a computer program, how to use art tools, how to maintain the class garden, etc.).
Can answer simple questions using individual words, expressions, or short sentences.
Can make announcements using simple words and phrasing (e.g. indicate the rest of the class what is being served in the cafeteria at noon).
Can clearly express feelings and explain the reasons for them.
Can express an opinion on different topics associated with everyday life and common issues (e.g. give a short talk on the value of staying in school).
Can express the size and name the colour of familiar objects. Can also ask others about these qualities.
Can talk in some detail about similarities and differences between their current residence and their place of origin.
Can present an argument clearly enough to be understood most of the time.
Can add to classroom conversations regarding the topic being studied in class.
Can provide detailed, practical instruction to explain a process with which they are familiar (e.g. how to look after a pet, how to bake a cake, how to repair a bicycle, etc.). can respond to questions regarding these procedures.
Can offer an opinion about a piece of literature studied in class including personal reaction to it.
Can talk about solutions to math or science problems using everyday language..
Level B1.2
Writing
Can list the advantages and disadvantages of things which are of personal concern (e.g. rules of conduct at school or at home, purchasing an item, future goals).
Can reply in writing to an advertisement and ask for more information.
Can describe objects of interest (e.g. a digital game, a fashion trend, or a particular sport), explaining the advantages and disadvantages involved.
Can draft a text on topical subjects of interest and highlight what is particularly important.
Can take notes (or make other types of representations) when listening.
Can present, in simple sentences, an opinion on controversial issues provided there is knowledge of specific vocabulary related to the issue under examination.
Can understand the most important information in a straightforward talk provided something is already know about the subject and that the talk is accompanied by pictures or drawings.
Can write a short description of a number of possible topics (e.g. a region, a product, a character , or an event).
Can writer brief description of an experiment or procedure.
Can recognize numbers and shapes when heard as well as some mathematical terms.
Can write about reactions to class work and experiments in a leering journal
Can write a short summary of a piece of literature, expository text, or audio visual production.
Can write short descriptive, narrative, or expository text.