Global Scale in English Learning

1. The Global Scale of
English and the CEFR
GSE CEFR
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A2
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B1
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B2
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C1
C2
20: Can recognise
numbers up to 10
Coming soon Coming soon 21: Can write a short,
simple postcard
39: Can understand
simple headlines
relating to common
events
38: can recognise
phrases and content
words related to basic
personal and family
information
37: Can ask and talk
about very basic
symptoms and
ailments e.g. flu
39: Can write very
simple person emails/
letters expressing
thanks and apology
44: Can understand
the main info from
simple diagrams,
e.g. graphs, bar charts
45: can generally follow
rapid or extended
speech, but may require
repetition or
clarification
50: Can make a
complaint
47: Can write personal
letters describing
experiences, feeling
and events in some
detail
54: Can distinguish
between fact and
opinion in relation
to common topics
53: Can take messages
and communicate
enquiries and
problems in detail
55: Can develop an
argument well enough
to be followed without
difficulty most of the
time
53: Can write a basic
letter of complaint
requesting action
65: Can understand
the author’s purpose
and intended audience
61: Can understand
most radio pro-grammes
and identify
the speaker’s mood
and tone
59: Can correct
mistakes if they‘ve
led to misunder-standings
62: Can write a formal
letter/email of invitation
with appropriate register
and conventions
72: Can distinguish
between fact and
opinion in complex
formal contexts
74: Can follow an
animated conversation
between two native
speakers
72: Can carry an
effective, fluent inter-view,
spontaneously
following up on
interesting replies
70: Can write a
structured letter of
complaint
82: Can critically
evaluate the
effectiveness of an
academic text
77: Can recognise
digressions and asides
in a longer lecture
80: Can propose and
defend resolution to
conflict in a complex
negotiation
84: Can write an effective
and correctly formatted
research paper
31 Can understand
short written notices,
signs and instructions
with visual support
30: Can note down a
phone number from
a recorded message
30: Can handle simple
numbers, quantities
cost and time
30: Can write short,
simple notes, emails
and posting to friends
22: Can recognise the
letters of the alphabet
in order
25: Can understand
simple directions from
X to Y by foot or public
transport
29: Can ask for food or
drink in a limited way
22: Can write the
letters of the alphabet
in upper and lower
case
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