There are 7 levels of English proficiency
Level 1—Beginning/Preproduction
A student shall be classified level 1 if the student does not understand or speak English with the exception of a few isolated words or expressions.
A student shall be classified level 1 if the student does not understand or speak English with the exception of a few isolated words or expressions.
Level 2—Beginning/Production
A student shall be classified level 2 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational and academic English with hesitancy and difficulty.
(b) The student understands parts of lessons and simple directions.
(c) The student is at a pre-emergent or emergent level of reading and writing in English, significantly below grade level.
A student shall be classified level 2 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational and academic English with hesitancy and difficulty.
(b) The student understands parts of lessons and simple directions.
(c) The student is at a pre-emergent or emergent level of reading and writing in English, significantly below grade level.
Level 3—Intermediate
A student shall be classified level 3 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational and academic English with decreasing hesitancy and difficulty.
(b) The student is post-emergent, developing reading comprehension and writing skills in English.
(c) The student's English literacy skills allow the student to demonstrate academic knowledge in content areas with assistance.
A student shall be classified level 3 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational and academic English with decreasing hesitancy and difficulty.
(b) The student is post-emergent, developing reading comprehension and writing skills in English.
(c) The student's English literacy skills allow the student to demonstrate academic knowledge in content areas with assistance.
Level 4—Advanced Intermediate
A student shall be classified level 4 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational English without apparent difficulty, but understands and speaks academic English with some hesitancy.
(b) The student continues to acquire reading and writing skills in content areas needed to achieve grade level expectations with assistance.
A student shall be classified level 4 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational English without apparent difficulty, but understands and speaks academic English with some hesitancy.
(b) The student continues to acquire reading and writing skills in content areas needed to achieve grade level expectations with assistance.
Level 5—Advanced
A student shall be classified level 5 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational and academic English well.
(b) The student is near proficient in reading, writing, and content area skills needed to meet grade level expectations.
(c) The student requires occasional support.
A student shall be classified level 5 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student understands and speaks conversational and academic English well.
(b) The student is near proficient in reading, writing, and content area skills needed to meet grade level expectations.
(c) The student requires occasional support.
Level 6—Formerly Limited-English Proficient/Now Fully-English Proficient:
A student shall be classified level 6 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student was formerly limited-English proficient and is now fully English proficient.
(b) The student reads, writes, speaks and comprehends English within academic classroom settings.
A student shall be classified level 6 if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The student was formerly limited-English proficient and is now fully English proficient.
(b) The student reads, writes, speaks and comprehends English within academic classroom settings.
Level 7—Fully-English Proficient/Never Limited-English Proficient:
(a) native speaker
(a) native speaker
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From my own assessment cause I still didn't take any English proficiency exam yet. I think I'm standing between Intermediate stage and Advanced Intermediate, cause I understand conversational English, speak with apparent difficulty thou I can understand most of English materials that I read.
I'm doing my best to get to level 6. I'm studying grammar and pronunciation using online resources. For pronunciation the best site to go to is YOUTUBE.COM. You can't just read how to pronounce words. You need to see how to maneuver your mouth properly, the mouth and tongue position.
