Summary of STANAG 6001 Levels
Level o
No practical proficiency. Perhaps some memorized words or phrases.
Level 1 Survival
Listening Can understand familiar phrases and short simple sentences about everyday personal and survival needs.
Speaking Can maintain simple face-to-face communication in typical everyday situations.
everyday survival or workplace situations.
Writing Can write lists, short notes, and phone messages to meet immediate personal needs. Can complete forms.
Level 2 Functional
Listening Can follow conversations and talks about everyday topics, including personal news, well-known current events and routine job-related topics and topics in his/her professional field.
Speaking Can communicate in everyday social and routine workplace situations
Reading Can read simple, straightforward, factual texts on familiar topics.
Writing Can write with some precision simple personal correspondence and routine workplace correspondence and related documents including brief reports.
Level 3 Professional
Listening Can understand conversations, briefings and telephone calls about complex topics, including economics, science, technology and his/her own professional field
Speaking Can participate effectively in most formal & informal conversations, including meetings. Can deliver briefings.
Reading Read with almost complete comprehension a variety of authentic written material on general and professional subjects, including unfamiliar subject matter.
Writing Can write effective formal and informal correspondence and other documents on practical, social and professional topics and special fields and competence.
Level 4 Expert
Listening Can understand all forms/styles of speech used for professional purposes including on unfamiliar topics. Can recognize nuances of meaning and irony and humor.
Speaking Can use the language with great precision, accuracy, and fluency for all professional purposes.
Reading Can read all styles and forms of the written language used for professional purposes, including texts from unfamiliar general and professional-specialist areas.
Writing Can write the language precisely and accurately and can draft all levels of prose pertinent to professional needs.
Level 5 Highly-articulate native
Educated native or completely bilingual
Reference:
STANAG 6001 Familiarization & Testing Seminar MTCP LTTC Ottawa 2011
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