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    3.1.1.

    Reception activities
    3.1.1.1. Oral comprehension
    The expression “oral comprehension” covers comprehension in live, face-to-face communication and its remote and/
    or recorded equivalent. It thus includes visuo-gestural and audio-vocal modalities. The aspects of oral comprehension
    included here under reception are di erent kinds of one-way comprehension, excluding “Understanding an
    interlocutor” (as a participant in interaction), which is included under interaction. The approach is strongly in uenced
    by the metaphor of concentric circles as one moves out from a role as participant in an interaction towards a one-
    way role of an overhearer or bystander, to being a member of a live audience, to being a member of an audience
    at a distance – via media. Scales are provided for “Understanding conversation between other people” (as an
    overhearer) and for “Understanding as a member of a live audience”. To these scales particular media are added, with
    “Understanding announcements and instructions”, and “Understanding audio (or signed) media and recordings.”
    There is also a separate scale for “Watching TV, lm and video” included under audio-visual comprehension.

    Overall oral comprehension

    Overall oral comprehension


    Can understand with ease virtually any kind of language, whether live or broadcast, delivered at fast
    C2 natural speed.
    Can understand enough to follow extended discourse on abstract and complex topics beyond their
    own eld, though they may need to con rm occasional details, especially if the variety is unfamiliar.
    C1 Can recognise a wide range of idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms, appreciating register shifts.
    Can follow extended discourse even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only
    implied and not signalled explicitly.
    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 in uence
    the ability to understand.
    B2 Can understand the main ideas of propositionally and linguistically complex discourse on both concrete
    and abstract topics delivered in standard language or a familiar variety, including technical discussions
    in their eld of specialisation.
    Can follow extended discourse and complex lines of argument, provided the topic is reasonably
    familiar, and the direction of the argument is signposted by explicit markers.
    Can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics,
    identifying both general messages and speci c details, provided people articulate clearly in a generally
    B1 familiar variety.
    Can understand the main points made in clear standard language or a familiar variety on familiar
    matters regularly encountered at work, school, leisure, etc., including short narratives.
    Can understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type, provided people articulate clearly
    and slowly.
    A2 Can understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. very basic
    personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment), provided people articulate
    clearly and slowly.
    Can follow language which is very slow and carefully articulated, with long pauses for them to
    assimilate meaning.
    A1
    Can recognise concrete information (e.g. places and times) on familiar topics encountered in everyday
    life, provided it is delivered slowly and clearly.
    Can understand short, very simple questions and statements, provided they are delivered slowly and
    clearly and accompanied by visuals or manual gestures to support understanding and repeated if
    necessary.
    Pre-A1 Can recognise everyday, familiar words/signs, provided they are delivered clearly and slowly in a clearly
    de ned, familiar everyday context.
    Can recognise numbers, prices, dates and days of the week, provided they are delivered slowly and
    clearly in a de ned, familiar everyday context.

    Page 48 3 CEFR – Companion volume

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