Comprehensive English communication proficiency spanning reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Covers everything from daily conversation to professional-level discourse.
English is the most widely used language for international communication. It spans from basic greetings to everyday conversation, workplace communication, academic discussion, and literary expression. Beyond grammar and vocabulary, it requires choosing context-appropriate expressions, understanding cultural nuances, and communicating across diverse situations. Levels are set by cross-validating CEFR, IELTS, and ACTFL, with four-skill integration (reading, writing, speaking, listening) as the core growth axis. Early stages develop skills in isolation (L1-L3); intermediate levels connect them (L4); advanced levels unify all four as one communication competency (L5-L7).
You can read and write all 26 letters of the English alphabet and recognize numbers and basic words. You can use common greeting expressions such as "Hello" and "Thank you," and can introduce yourself with your name and nationality. You can catch some words when someone speaks very slowly and clearly. (Approximately CEFR Pre-A1 to A1, IELTS Band 1-2)
What Comes Next
If you've checked off most of this list, you're ready for the CEFR A1~A2 stage, building basic sentences and handling everyday survival situations in English. Asher(1969)'s Total Physical Response (TPR) theory suggests repeatedly listening to English sentences while physically performing the corresponding actions (e.g., "Stand up" → actually standing up) accelerates the internalization of early vocabulary and sentence structures.
A six-level (A1-C2) competency framework providing can-do descriptors across reading, writing, speaking, and listening, serving as the core basis for defining level boundaries. Mapping: Pre-A1~A1→L1, A1~A2→L2, A2~B1→L3, B1~B2→L4, B2~C1→L5, C1~C2→L6, C2+→L7.
A nine-band scale (Band 1-9) that quantifies English proficiency, with specific ability descriptors per band providing objective measurement criteria and evidence for checklist items. Mapping: Band 1~2→L1, Band 2~3→L2, Band 3.5~4.5→L3, Band 5~6→L4, Band 6.5~7.5→L5, Band 8~8.5→L6, Band 9→L7.
A Novice-to-Distinguished five-level proficiency scale (with three lower levels subdivided), serving as an authoritative standard from the American foreign language education community complementing CEFR. Mapping: Novice→L1~L2, Intermediate→L3, Advanced→L4~L5, Superior→L6, Distinguished→L7.
Published in 2020, this expanded CEFR volume adds new descriptors for mediation, online interaction, and plurilingual competence, refining can-do statements from Pre-A1 to C2 to provide academic evidence for checklist item design. Mapping: Pre-A1→L1, A1~A2→L2, B1→L3, B2→L4~L5, C1→L5~L6, C2→L6~L7.
