Your English Level

Matching a number to your English is not necessarily helpful. However, such a number may be useful if you rely on authorities, external to yourself, to judge you and your English. Knowing exactly how to correct what you are doing wrong and how to build well upon a solid base is really what is critica when it comes to improving your English. . Having said this, I found this on Preply and thought it was a nice explanation of what A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2 mean. Now of course, even if someone is a fluent native speaker it does not mean that he or she necessarily reverts to grunts, gestures and one word sentences.

And, to be clear, a man or woman can be understood , even if that man or woman doesn't have the correct vocabulary, the correct word order, or the correct pronunciation or intonation. You want to be easily understood so your audience does not need to simply read body language, emotion and those telepathic vibrations that you are emitting!

The information below was taken from https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale on December 26, 2022.

PROFICIENT USER aka Advanced

C2

• Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.

• Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.

• Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

C1

• Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.

• Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

• Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

INDEPENDENT USER aka Intermediate

B2

• Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.

• Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

• Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

B1

• Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

• Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

• Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.

• Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

BASIC USER

A2

• Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).

• Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

• Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

A1

• Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.

• Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.

• Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.