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Reference Levels in the Ecuadorian Educational System

Curriculum Overall Objectives

To ensure high-school graduates reach a minimum B18 language proficiency level

according to the CEFR, and

To build up learners‟ communicative language competence9 in its linguistic,

sociolinguistic, and pragmatic components through the development of the four

language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.