Functions or Global Tasks
What are functions of a novice speaker?
Communicate minimally with formulaic and rote utterances and produce words, phrases, and lists.
A novice speaker can speak in within what context/content?
Most common informal settings/ most aspects of daily life
How accurate/comprehensible is a novice speaker?
May be difficult to understand, even for speakers accustomed to dealing with non-native speakers.
What type of text is novice?
Individual words, phrases, and lists.
What are functions of an intermediate speaker?
Create with language, ask and answer simple questions, and handle a simple situation or transaction.
An intermediate speaker can speak within what context/content?
Some informal settings and a limited number of transactional situations/ Predictable, familiar topics related to daily activities and personal environment.
How accurate/comprehensible is an intermediate speaker?
Can be understood with some repetition by speakers accustomed to dealing with non-native speakers.
What type of text is intermediate?
Discrete sentences and strings of sentences.
What are functions of an advanced speaker?
Narrate and describe in all major time frames and deal effectively with an unanticipated complication in a routine situation or transaction.
An advanced speaker can speak within what context/content?
Most informal and some formal settings/ Topics of personal and general current interest.
How accurate/ comprehensible is an advanced speaker?
Can be understood without difficulty by speakers unaccustomed to dealing with non-native speakers.
What type of text is advanced?
Oral paragraphs/ connected discourse
What are functions of a superior speaker?
Discuss familiar and unfamiliar topics concrete and abstractly, support opinions, hypothesize.
A superior speaker can speak within what context/ content?
How accurate/comprehensible is a superior speaker?
No pattern of error in basic structures. Errors virtually never interfere with communication or distract the interlocutor from the message.
What type of text is superior?
Extended discourse