On completion of this programme:

Starter

A student finishing the Starter level can:

• Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases.
• Introduce him/herself and others.
• Ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
• Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Elementary

A student finishing the Elementary level can:

• Understand sentences and common expressions related to basic personal and family information and shopping, directions and employment.
• Communicate in routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar matters.
• Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background and immediate environment.

Pre-Intermediate

A student finishing the Pre-Intermediate level can:

• Understand the main points of clear and standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
• Deal with most routine situations likely to arise in an English speaking environment.
• Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
• Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Intermediate

A student finishing the Intermediate level can:

• Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including discussions in his/her field of specialisation.
• Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with English speakers quite possible.
• Produce clear, detailed text on a range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue.

Upper Intermediate

A student finishing the Upper-Intermediate level can:

• Understand a wide range of longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.
• Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
• Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices

Advanced

A student finishing the Advanced level can:

• Summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
• Express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.