LEVEL	EXPERT LEVEL 6
PRONUNCIATION	Pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation, though possibly influenced by the first language or regional variation, almost never interfere with understanding.
STRUCTURE	Both basic and complex grammatical structures and sentence patterns are consistently well controlled.
VOCABULARY	Vocabulary range and accuarcy are sufficient to communicate effectively on a wide variety of familiar and unfamiliar topics. Vocabulary is idimatic, nuaneed, and sensitive to register.
FLUENCY	Able to speak at length with a natural, effortless flow. Varies speech flow for stylistic effect, e.g.to emphasize a point. Uses appropriate discourse markers and connectors spontancously.
COMPREHENSION	Comprehension is consistently accurate in nearly all contexts and included comprehension of linguistic and cultural subtletics.
INTERACTIONS	Interacts with ease in nearly all situcations. Is sensitive to verbal and non-verbal cues, and responds to them appropriately.

LEVEL	EXTENDED LEVEL 5
PRONUNCIATION	Pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation, though influenced by the first language or regional variation, rarely interfere with understanding.
STRUCTURE	Basic grammatical structures and sentence patterns are consistently well controlled, Complex structures are attempted but with errors which sometimes interfere with meaning.
VOCABULARY	Vocabulary range and accuracy are sufficient to communicate effecively on common, concrete,and work related topics. Paraphrasers consisitently and successfully.
FLUENCY	Able to speak at length with relatice ease on familiar topics, but may not vary speech flow as a stylistic device.Can make use of appropriat discourse markers or connectors
COMPREHENSION	Comprehension is accurate on common, concretem and work related topics and mostly accurate when the speaker is conforonted with al linguistic or situational complication or anunexpeted tour of events. Is able to comprehend a range of speech varieties(dialict and/or accent)or registers.
INTERACTIONS	Responses areimmediate, appropriate, and informative. Manages the speaker/listener relationship effectively.

LEVEL	OPERATIONAL LEVEL 4
PRONUNCIATION	Pronunclation, stress, rhythm, and intonation are influenced by the first language or regional variation but only sometimes interfere with understanding
STRUCTURE	Basic grammatical structures and sentence patterns are used creaticely and are usually well contrlled, Errors may occur, particularly in unusual or unexpected circumstances, but rarely interfere with meaning.
VOCABULARY	Vocabulary range and accuracy are usually sufficient to communicate effectively on common, concreatem and work related topucs, Can often paraphrase successfully when lacking vocabulary in unusual or unexpected circumstances.
FLUENCY	Produces stretches of language at an appropriate temp. There may be occasional loss of fluency on transition form rehearsed or formulate speech to spontaneous interaction, but this does not prevent effective communication. Can make limite use of discourse markers or connetors Fillers are not distracting.
COMPREHENSION	Comprehension is mostly accurate on common, concrete, and work related topics when the accent or variety used is sufficiently intelligible for an international communuity of users. When the speaker is confronted with a linguistic or situational complication or an unexpected turn of events, comprehension may be slower or require clarification strategles.
INTERACTIONS	Responses are usually immediate, appropriate and informatice. Initiates and mainitains exchages even when dealing with anunexpected turn of events. Deals adequately with apparent misunderstandings by cheking confirming or clariflying.

LEVEL	PRE-OPERATIONAL LEVEL 3
PRONUNCIATION	Pronuciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation are influenced by the first language or regional variation and frequently interfere with inderstanding.
STRUCTURE	Basic urammiatical structures and sentence patterns associated with predictable situations are not always well controlled.Errors frequently interfere with meaning.
VOCABULARY	Vocabulary range and accuacy are often sufficient to communicate on coomn, concreate, or work related topucs but range is limited and the word choice often inappropriate. Is often unable to paraphrase successfylly when lacking vocabulary.
FLUENCY	Produces stretches of language, but phrasing and pausing are often inappropriate. Hesitations or slowness in language processing may prevent effective communication.Fillers are sometimes distracting.
COMPREHENSION	Comprehension is often accurate on common, concreate, and work related topucs when the accent or variety used is sufficiently intelligible for aninternational communuty of users. May fail to understand a linguistic or situational complication or an unexpected turn of events.
INTERACTIONS	Responses are sometimes immediate appropriate, and informative. Can initiate and maintain exchanges with reasonalbe ease on familiar topics and predictable situations. Generally inadequate when dealing with an unexpected turn of events.

LEVEL	ELEMENTARY LEVEL 2
PRONUNCIATION	Prounciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation are heavily influenced by the first language or regional variateion and usually onterfere with understanding.
STRUCTURE	Shows only limited control of a few simple memorized grammatical structures and sentence patterns.
VOCABULARY	Limited vocabulary range consisting only of isolated words and memorized phrases.
FLUENCY	Can producse very short, isolated, memorized utterances with frequent pausing and a distracting use of fillers to search for expressions and to articulateless familiar words.
COMPREHENSION	Comprehension is limited to isolated, memorized phrases when they are carefylly and slowly articulated.
INTERACTIONS	Response times is slow, and often inappropriate. Interaction is limited to simple routhine exchanges.

LEVEL	PRE-ELEMENTARY LEVEL 1
PRONUNCIATION	Performs at a level below the Elementary level.
STRUCTURE	Performs at a level below the Elementary level.
VOCABULARY	Performs at a level below the Elementary level.
FLUENCY	Performs at a level below the Elementary level.
COMPREHENSION	Performs at a level below the Elementary level.
INTERACTIONS	Performs at a level below the Elementary level.