Online Pre-intermediate
Online Pre Intermediate speakers are able to converse with ease and confidence when dealing with most routine tasks and social situations of the Intermediate level. They are able to handle successfully many uncomplicated tasks and social situations requiring an exchange of basic information related to work, school, recreation, particular interests and areas of competence, though hesitation and errors may be evident. Pre Intermediate speakers handle the tasks pertaining to the Intermediate level, but they are unable to sustain performance at that level over a variety of topics. With some consistency, speakers at the Pre Intermediate level narrate and describe in major time frames using connected discourse of paragraph length. However, their performance of these Pre Intermediate tasks will exhibit one or more features of breakdown, such as the failure to maintain the narration or description semantically or syntactically in the appropriate major time frame, the disintegration of connected discourse, the misuse of cohesive devises, a reduction in breadth and appropriateness of vocabulary, the failure to successfully circumlocute, or a significant amount of hesitation. Pre Intermediate speakers can generally be understood by native speakers unaccustomed to dealing with non-natives, although the dominant language is still evident (e.g. use of code-switching, false cognates, literal translations, etc.), and gaps in communication may occur.
