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Can ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.","rsFoundations":{"online":"All online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Written Interaction 1","descriptor":"Can ask for or pass on personal details.","rsFoundations":{"online":"All online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":"In all Workbook and K-2 Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","supplemental":"In many Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}}]},{"name":"Mediation","level3":[{"name":"Overall Mediation 1","descriptor":"Can use simple words/signs and non-verbal signals to show interest in an idea. Can convey simple, predictable information of immediate interest given in short, simple signs and notices, posters and programmes.","rsFoundations":{"online":"In all online Course lessons, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","teachers":"In all Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":"In all Workbook and K-2 Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","supplemental":"In many Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}}]}]},{"name":"Common European Framework of Reference A2","level2":[{"name":"Reception","level3":[{"name":"Overall Oral Comprehension 1","descriptor":"Can understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type, provided people articulate clearly and slowly. 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Can manage simple, routine exchanges without undue effort; can ask and answer questions and exchange ideas and information on familiar topics in predictable everyday situations. (A2+)","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Oral Interaction 2","descriptor":"Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters to do with work and free time. Can handle very short social exchanges but is rarely able to understand enough to keep conversation going on their own accord.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Written Interaction 1","descriptor":"Can compose short, simple formulaic notes relating to matters in areas of immediate need.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":"In most Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","supplemental":"In most Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}}]},{"name":"Mediation","level3":[{"name":"Overall Mediation 1","descriptor":"Can play a supportive role in interaction, provided other participants speak/sign slowly and that one or more of the participants helps them to contribute and to express their suggestions. Can convey relevant information contained in clearly structured, short, simple, informational texts, provided the texts concern concrete, familiar subjects and are formulated in simple everyday language. (A2+)","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":"In most Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","supplemental":"In most Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}},{"name":"Overall Mediation 2","descriptor":"Can use simple words/signs to ask someone to explain something. Can recognise when difficulties occur and indicate in simple language the apparent nature of a problem. Can convey the main point(s) involved in short, simple conversations or texts on everyday subjects of immediate interest, provided these are expressed clearly in simple language.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In all Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":"Most Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","supplemental":"In many Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}}]}]},{"name":"Common European Framework of Reference B1","level2":[{"name":"Reception","level3":[{"name":"Overall Oral Comprehension 1","descriptor":"Can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided people articulate clearly in a generally familiar variety. 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Can exchange, check and confirm information, deal with less routine situations and explain why something is a problem. Can express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music, etc. (B1+)","rsFoundations":{"online":"Many online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Oral Interaction 2","descriptor":"Can exploit a wide range of simple language to deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling. 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Can convey the main points made in long texts expressed in uncomplicated language on topics of personal interest, provided they can check the meaning of certain expressions. (B1+)","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In most Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":"In some Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}},{"name":"Overall Mediation 2","descriptor":"Can introduce people from different backgrounds, showing awareness that some questions may be perceived differently, and invite other people to contribute their expertise and experience as well as their views. Can convey information given in clear, well-structured informational texts on subjects that are familiar or of personal or current interest, although lexical limitations cause difficulty with formulation at times.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In all Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":"Many Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","supplemental":"In many Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}}]}]},{"name":"Common European Framework of Reference B2","level2":[{"name":"Reception","level3":[{"name":"Overall Oral Comprehension 1","descriptor":"Can understand standard language or a familiar variety, live or broadcast, on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life. Only extreme [auditory/visual] background noise, inadequate discourse structure and/or idiomatic usage influence the ability to understand. 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Has a broad active reading vocabulary, but may experience some difficulty with low-frequency idioms.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Some online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In some Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":"In many Stories and Supplemental Reading activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard."}}]},{"name":"Production","level3":[{"name":"Overall Oral Production 1","descriptor":"Can give clear, systematically developed descriptions and presentations, with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail. 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Can communicate spontaneously with good grammatical control without much sign of having to restrict what they want to say, adopting a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances. (B2+)","rsFoundations":{"online":"Some online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In many Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Oral Interaction 2","descriptor":"Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction, and sustained relationships with users of the target language, quite possible without imposing strain on either party. Can highlight the personal significance of events and experiences, and account for and sustain views clearly by providing relevant explanations and arguments.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Some online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In many Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Written Interaction 1","descriptor":"Can express news and views effectively in writing, and relate to those of others.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Some online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In many Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}}]},{"name":"Mediation","level3":[{"name":"Overall Mediation 1","descriptor":"Can establish a supportive environment for sharing ideas and facilitate discussion of delicate issues, showing appreciation of different perspectives, encouraging people to explore issues and adjusting sensitively the way they express things. Can build on others’ ideas, making suggestions for ways forward. Can convey the main content of well-structured but long and propositionally complex texts on subjects within their fields of professional, academic and personal interest, clarifying the opinions and purposes of speakers/signers. (B2+)","rsFoundations":{"online":"Some online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In some Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}},{"name":"Overall Mediation 2","descriptor":"Can work collaboratively with people from different backgrounds, creating a positive atmosphere by providing support, asking questions to identify common goals, comparing options for how to achieve them and explaining suggestions for what to do next. Can further develop others’ ideas, pose questions that invite reactions from different perspectives and propose a solution or next steps. Can convey detailed information and arguments reliably, e.g. the significant point(s) contained in complex but well-structured texts within their fields of professional, academic and personal interest.","rsFoundations":{"online":"Many online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.","teachers":"In some Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.","workbook":null,"supplemental":null}}]}]}]