Language Skills Self Assessment Form
Please honestly evaluate your language abilities in your target or non-native language. If you are applying to interpret for multiple target languages,
please submit one form for each target language. For each of the skills listed, circle the best description of your present abilities.
Name: _____________________________________
Date: ___________________
Language: _______________________________________
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European language levels - Self Assessment Grid
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A1
I can understand familiar words
and very basic phrases
concerning myself, my family
and immediate concrete
surroundings when people
speak slowly and clearly.
A2
B1
I can understand phrases and
I can understand the main
the highest frequency
points of clear standard speech
vocabulary related to areas of
on familiar matters regularly
most immediate personal
encountered in work, school,
relevance (e.g. very basic
leisure, etc. I can understand
personal and family information, the main point of many radio or
shopping, local area,
TV programmes on current
employment). I can catch the
affairs or topics of personal or
main point in short, clear,
professional interest when the
simple messages and
delivery is relatively slow and
announcements.
clear.
I can understand familiar
I can read very short, simple
I can understand texts that
names, words and very simple texts. I can find specific,
consist mainly of high frequency
sentences, for example on
predictable information in
everyday or job-related
notices and posters or in
simple everyday material such language. I can understand the
catalogues.
as advertisements,
description of events, feelings
prospectuses, menus and
and wishes in personal letters.
timetables and I can understand
short simple personal letters.
I can interact in a simple way
I can communicate in simple
I can deal with most situations
provided the other person is
and routine tasks requiring a
likely to arise whilst travelling in
prepared to repeat or rephrase simple and direct exchange of
an area where the language is
things at a slower rate of speech information on familiar topics
spoken. I can enter unprepared
and help me formulate what I'm and activities. I can handle very into conversation on topics that
trying to say. I can ask and
short social exchanges, even
are familiar, of personal interest
answer simple questions in
though I can't usually
or pertinent to everyday life
areas of immediate need or on understand enough to keep the (e.g. family, hobbies, work,
very familiar topics.
conversation going myself.
travel and current events).
B2
I can understand extended
speech and lectures and follow
even complex lines of argument
provided the topic is reasonably
familiar. I can understand most
TV news and current affairs
programmes. I can understand
the majority of films in standard
dialect.
I can read articles and reports
concerned with contemporary
problems in which the writers
adopt particular attitudes or
viewpoints. I can understand
contemporary literary prose.
C1
I can understand extended
speech even when it is not
clearly structured and when
relationships are only implied
and not signalled explicitly. I
can understand television
programmes and films without
too much effort.
C2
I have no difficulty in
understanding any kind of
spoken language, whether live
or broadcast, even when
delivered at fast native speed,
provided. I have some time to
get familiar with the accent.
I can understand long and
I can read with ease virtually all
complex factual and literary
forms of the written language,
texts, appreciating distinctions including abstract, structurally
of style. I can understand
or linguistically complex texts
specialised articles and longer
such as manuals, specialised
technical instructions, even
articles and literary works.
when they do not relate to my
field.
I can interact with a degree of I can express myself fluently
I can take part effortlessly in
fluency and spontaneity that
and spontaneously without
any conversation or discussion
makes regular interaction with much obvious searching for
and have a good familiarity with
native speakers quite possible. I expressions. I can use language idiomatic expressions and
can take an active part in
flexibly and effectively for social colloquialisms. I can express
discussion in familiar contexts, and professional purposes. I can myself fluently and convey finer
accounting for and sustaining
formulate ideas and opinions
shades of meaning precisely. If I
my views.
with precision and relate my
do have a problem I can
contribution skilfully to those of backtrack and restructure
other speakers.
around the difficulty so smoothly
that other people are hardly
aware of it.
I can use simple phrases and
I can use a series of phrases
I can connect phrases in a
I can present clear, detailed
I can present clear, detailed
I can present a clear, smoothlysentences to describe where I and sentences to describe in
simple way in order to describe descriptions on a wide range of descriptions of complex subjects flowing description or argument
live and people I know.
simple terms my family and
experiences and events, my
subjects related to my field of
integrating sub-themes,
in a style appropriate to the
other people, living conditions, dreams, hopes and ambitions. I interest. I can explain a
developing particular points and context and with an effective
my educational background and can briefly give reasons and
viewpoint on a topical issue
rounding off with an appropriate logical structure which helps the
my present or most recent job. explanations for opinions and
giving the advantages and
conclusion.
recipient to notice and
plans. I can narrate a story or disadvantages of various
remember significant points.
relate the plot of a book or film options.
and describe my reactions.
I can write a short, simple
I can write short, simple notes I can write simple connected
I can write clear, detailed text I can express myself in clear,
I can write clear, smoothlypostcard, for example sending and messages. I can write a
text on topics which are familiar on a wide range of subjects
well-structured text, expressing flowing text in an appropriate
holiday greetings. I can fill in
very simple personal letter, for or of personal interest. I can
related to my interests. I can
points of view at some length. I style. I can write complex
forms with personal details, for example thanking someone for write personal letters describing write an essay or report,
can write about complex
letters, reports or articles which
example entering my name,
something.
experiences and impressions.
passing on information or giving subjects in a letter, an essay or present a case with an effective
nationality and address on a
reasons in support of or against a report, underlining what I
logical structure which helps the
hotel registration form.
a particular point of view. I can consider to be the salient
recipient to notice and
write letters highlighting the
issues. I can select a style
remember significant points. I
personal significance of events appropriate to the reader in
can write summaries and
and experiences.
mind.
reviews of professional or
literary works.