Why is it important?
When language is completely unknown to us and we start from the beginning, such a check is of course not necessary. But often, people have some knowledge because they have studied long ago, worked with carriers of the given language or lived in the respective country where it is spoken. Especially when it comes to English, which is an integral part of each of us' daily lives, our self-assessment can be quite blurry from the time-consuming feeling of closeness to language. And it can play a bad joke on us if we want to increase our knowledge, but we are not properly assessing our current level. Because it would be equally useless to overestimate or underestimate ourselves in terms of language and record a course based on just our idea of how much we know. Either way, the course will be insufficiently effective. If you record a level higher than what you need, you will have to learn parallel material from the lower level and it will be difficult to do adequately. If you join a group that has more knowledge, you risk just getting bored, not having the incentive to follow the learning process and quit.Common European Language Framework
It was designed to achieve the comparableness of foreign language competences in a scale valid throughout Europe. Its existence facilitates cooperation between the educational institutions of the countries of the European Union and recognition of relevant language certificates. It evaluates 4 basic skills in language learning: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Within these 4 components determines 6 levels of language competence. The systems of which the Language School . . . . are fully adapted to it. Our certificates match the levels it sets. And here's more about the skills and knowledge that match each level.Levels of foreign language knowledge
- Beginners
- A1 - You understand simple words and sentences. You can talk with simple expressions of familiar themes, for example - describe where you live or people you know.
- Basic knowledge
- A2 - You understand the most commonly used words and expressions from everyday life - bit, family, work. You communicate in everyday situations on familiar topics that require familiar expressional means and short exchange of information. You can write short texts, for example personal correspondence.
- Advanced
- B1 - You can understand the essential information when using a clear book language - for example news, articles with different topics. You can talk without prior training and react in most of the emerging family-related week situations, work, travel, hobby, topical topics. You can describe experiences, plans and goals and draw up text on topics that interest you.
- B2 - You understand relatively long oral and written exhibitions /stats, lectures/ even with complex argumentation on the familiar topic. You communicate relatively lightly and casually and can participate in discussions in the areas of your interest. You can make clear and detailed descriptions of a topic in writing.
- C1 - You understand long speeches, even when they are not clearly structured and specialized texts, by even sensing stylistic nuances. You speak without difficulty and accurately and rightly express your thoughts. You can draw up well-structured texts such as essays and reports.
- Professional
- C2 - understand and use free speech in direct communication in different environments - daily, professional. You have no problem with the different pronunciation and quick speech of the speakers. You use free conversational and idiomatic expressions to express all the nuances of your thought. Read and understand any, even abstract and specialized scientific texts and you can make up and summarize texts with similar content. You can freely participate in any discussions without having difficulty finding the right means of expression.