Page 4 - Element 1

With regard to the language skills, high-school graduates at the B1 level will be

able to:

Listening:

• understand the main points of clear, standard speech on familiar matters regularly

encountered in informal situations at school, work, leisure, etc.; and

• understand the main point of many radio or television programs on topics of personal
or professional interest when the delivery is clear.

Reading:

• understand texts that consist mainly of high-frequency, everyday language; and

• understand the description of events, feelings, and wishes in personal letters.

Speaking:

• deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language

is spoken (i.e. basic social language).;

• enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, or
pertinent to everyday life;

• connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, dreams,

hopes, and ambitions;

• give brief reasons and explanations for opinions and plans; and

• describe their reactions to the plot of a book or film; and

• narrate a story.

Writing:

• write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest; and

• write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.