LEVEL 1Objects & Sound
Concrete everyday nouns, 48 phonetic symbols, vowel-centred pronunciation and phonics.
Listening 50%Speaking 50%Reading 0%Writing 0%
LEVEL 2Phrases Around Objects
Articles, qualities, quantity, action, location and ownership grow into useful phrases.
Listening 45%Speaking 40%Reading 15%Writing 0%
LEVEL 3Everyday Information
Short scene-based listening, products and services, fixed sentence patterns and imitation.
Listening 40%Speaking 35%Reading 25%Writing 0%
LEVEL 4Interaction & Instructions
Everyday interaction, clarification, simple messages, instructions and institutional information.
Listening 35%Speaking 30%Reading 25%Writing 10%
LEVEL 5Institutions & Grammar Map
Service language, longer texts and the complete grammar framework as an analytical tool.
Listening 30%Speaking 25%Reading 25%Writing 20%
LEVEL 6Public & Workplace Language
Public input, institutional output, processes, regulations and controlled sentence expansion.
Listening 30%Speaking 25%Reading 25%Writing 20%
LEVEL 7Education & Collaboration
Discussion, training, task coordination, sentence connection and longer general texts.
Listening 30%Speaking 20%Reading 30%Writing 20%
LEVEL 8Knowledge & Academic Entry
Introductory academic input, paragraph building, information compression and image description.
Listening 30%Speaking 20%Reading 30%Writing 20%
LEVEL 9Argument & Evaluation
Evidence, comparison, evaluation, extended viewpoints and coherent longer writing.
Listening 25%Speaking 15%Reading 30%Writing 30%
LEVEL 10Analysis & Reporting
Complex lectures, argument structures, synthesis, reporting and entry into specialist learning.
Listening 25%Speaking 15%Reading 30%Writing 30%
The percentages indicate the provisional distribution of course time and learning tasks—not the value of each ability. They may be adjusted by approximately ±5% as the curriculum is developed.