| Can take part in meetings and successfully conduct negotiations with native speakers. |
Can understand without great effort complicated talks and discussions with people who have strong local accents and use colloquial language. |
Can easily understand complicated texts relating to their line of work. |
Can write complicated speeches, reports, instructions and documentation in a sophisticated style. |
Anyone at C2 level is virtually on the same level as a native speaker. This is the target for, for example, board members of international companies or lawyers who have to write contracts in a foreign language. |
| Can converse confidently and accurately in familiar situations. Is able to perform well in most language related business situations. |
Is able to understand most talks and presentations in the foreign language and feels at ease in most job related contexts. |
Can understand texts – also difficult or very technical ones – with only occasional reference to a dictionary. |
Is able to write all types of reports, emails, instructions etc., only now and again making typical mistakes or stylistic errors. |
C1 is an appropriate goal for management who not only need to communicate in a foreign language but also have to represent their company. This level is also suitable for the sorts of demanding tasks a personal assistant has to perform. |
| Can present and give talks with prior preparation, as well as being able to discuss the majority of topics encountered at work, albeit using a limited range of vocabulary and relatively simple structures. |
Can understand explanations of job related issues and get the major points of radio news. |
Is able to understand the most important content of newspaper articles without a dictionary, as well as normal texts such as emails, letters and reports. |
Can write letters, emails, reports, minutes and job applications with a little effort and relatively few mistakes. |
B2 is the level which most language learners strive to achieve. Almost all skilled personnel – from engineers and accountants to software developers – can adequately do their jobs when at this level. |
| Can talk about current and previous projects, as well as being able to explain their own job responsibilities and tasks. |
Can understand announcements at airports and train stations. Can get by in most job situations, albeit with quite a lot of effort. |
Can understand simple letters and emails and get the gist of simple newspaper articles. |
Is able to correct standard letters, fill in forms and write simple mails. |
B1 is a suitable goal in most cases for, for example, clerical assistants, office workers, secretaries and receptionists. |
| Can make themselves understood in basic situations, albeit in a simple and faltering way. |
Is able to understand simple job instructions and take simple telephone messages. |
Can pick out pieces of information from simple letters and instructions. |
Is able to fill out very simple forms and express themselves in simple, easy, individual sentences but can't string together a series of connected sentences. |
A2 is only suitable as a goal in very rare cases. Employees who do not currently need the foreign language can, for example as an incentive, be offered a course to bring them up to this level. |
| Can only speak very simple sentences which have been learnt by heart. |
Can get by in simple situations such as shopping, asking for prices and paying, and can understand very simple questions. |
Can mostly only understand individual words and can get information from menus, timetables etc.. |
Can only write a few words and is not able to write spontaneous sentences. |
A1 can't of course be a goal. |
