| Levels |
Listening |
Speaking |
Reading |
Writing |
After
level 4 |
Can understand the general meaning of conversation on a wide range of topics
Can perform all of the below with a greater degree of ease...
|
Can keep up or start a conversation on a fairly wide range of topics using the appropriate language register in most social occasions
(misunderstandings rarely occur)
|
Can understand general meaning of most short documents with various degrees
of ease :
short newspaper articles, extracts from novels, comics, etc. |
Can perform all of the below with a greater degree of ease and accuracy |
After
level 3 |
Can follow long conversation on a wide range of topics if simple language is used
Can understand (with some difficulties) : headlines of news on radio or TV, TV advertisements, short sequences of movies, etc. |
Can keep up or start a conversation on a fairly wide range of topics using a simple language
(misunderstandings occasionally occur) |
Can read and understand with ease dialogues on familiar topics
Can read (slowly) and understand short written documents on various topics : advertisements, menus, job descriptions, short stories, etc. |
Can write (slowly) long sentences under dictations
Can write (slowly) short messages on limited topics |
After
level 2 |
Can understand the general meaning of limited social conversations using simple language
Can understand simple exchanges in personal life |
Can produce confidently simple language adequate
for expressing your basic needs
Can participate in limited social conversation
(misunderstandings occur less frequently) |
Can read (slowly) and understand dialogues on familiar topics
Can read (but not necessarily understand) most Thai words correctly |
Can write (slowly) very simple sentence
Can write under dictations many words accurately (with some hesitations) |
After
level 1 |
Can understand adequately for immediate survival needs : directions, prices, etc.
Can comprehend simple questions in social situations
Can understand simple exchanges in personal life with a person used to speaking with non mother-tongue speakers
|
Can participate in simple and short conversation on familiar topics
Can produce simple if hesitant language adequate for elementary functions with patient listeners : introductions, directions, requesting information, ordering food, etc.
(misunderstandings are common when speaking with Thai people not used to speak with non-native speaker) |
Very limited
(all rules for reading and writing Thai haven’t been introduced yet)
Can read and write odd words |
