by Aggie Chapman Mistakes are an inherent part of learning, and though nobody likes making them, they can really help us learn, so long as we go about them the right way. What does that …
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5 Reasons to Get a Language Certificate
by Aggie Chapman I don’t need to say it, but I will – it’s virtually impossible not to know at least one foreign language these days. We need it in different spheres of our lives …
How to Get to the Next Language Level?
by Aggie Chapman The first thing to remember is that if we take a level test, it shows us the beginning of the level we are at, rather than the level we’ve completed. It matters …
A Simple Guide to the CEFR – C2 aka Mastery
by Aggie Chapman Let’s deal with the elephant in the room first. Contrary to the common belief, C2 does not mean the equivalent to the native speaker level. At least, this is the official stance of …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – C1 aka EOP (Effective Operational Proficiency)
by Aggie Chapman I usually tell my students that C in the level name stands for “comfort”. Come to think of it, this level is the moment when we are happy to function in an …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – B2 aka Vantage
by Aggie Chapman How do we know that we are at the B2 level? Well, two things may give us a hint: we are able to say pretty much what we want to say, and …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – B1 aka Threshold
by Aggie Chapman B1 is quite an interesting level. In a nutshell it could be summed up as the moment when we’re starting to be able to say more or less what we want to. …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – A2 aka Waystage
by Aggie Chapman Not dissimilar to the previous level, A2 is still characterised by a large degree of repetition of the limited range of vocabulary and grammar, but contrary to the A1 level, there is …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – A1 aka Breakthrough
by Aggie Chapman In the next few posts I’ll try to decipher the mystery of the CEFR levels and briefly outline what each of them means for us, learners. Knowing what we should be able …
CEFR demystified – all you need to know about language level classification system
by Aggie Chapman Learning a foreign language, as any other goal that we set, should be measurable. At the beginning, everything is new and exciting and the sheer fact that we are learning is enough …