Test takers who receive a score at the INTERMEDIATE level, as you did, typically understand academic texts in English that require a wide range of reading abilities, although their understanding of certain parts of the texts is limited.
Test takers who receive a score at the INTERMEDIATE level typically
have a good command of common academic vocabulary but still have some difficulty with high-level vocabulary;
have a very good understanding of grammatical structure;
can understand and connect information, make appropriate inferences, and synthesize information in a range of texts but have more difficulty when the vocabulary is high level and the text is conceptually dense;
can recognize the expository organization of a text and the role that specific information serves within a larger text but have some difficulty when these are not explicit or easy to infer from the text; and
can abstract major ideas from a text but have more difficulty doing so when the text is conceptually dense.
Listening Skills
Level
Your Performance
Listening
Low(0-13)
Test takers who receive a score at the LOW level, as you did, typically understand the main idea and some important details of conversations. However, test takers at the low level may have difficulty understanding lectures and conversations in English that involve abstract or complex ideas and recognizing the relationship between those ideas. Test takers at this level also may not understand sections of lectures and conversations that contain difficult vocabulary or complex grammatical structures.
Test takers at the LOW level typically can
understand main ideas when they are stated explicitly or marked as important but may have difficulty understanding main ideas if they are not stated explicitly;
understand important details when they are stated explicitly or marked as important but may have difficulty understanding details if they are not repeated or clearly marked as important, or if they are conveyed over several exchanges among different speakers;
understand ways that speakers use language to emphasize a point or to indicate agreement or disagreement, but generally only when the information is related to a central theme or is clearly marked as important; and
make connections between the key ideas in a conversation, particularly if the ideas are related to a central theme or are repeated.
Speaking Skills
Level
Your Performance
Speaking about familiar topics
Limited(1.5 - 2.0)
Your responses indicate some difficulty speaking in English about everyday experiences and opinions. Listeners sometimes have trouble understanding you because of noticeable problems with pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. While you are able to respond partially to the questions, you are not able to fully develop your ideas, possibly due to limited vocabulary and grammar.
Speaking about campus situations
Limited(1.5 - 2.0)
Your responses indicate that you have some difficulty speaking in English about information from conversations, newspaper articles, university publications, and so on. While you are able to talk about some of the key information from these sources, limited grammar and vocabulary may prevent you from fully expressing your ideas. Problems with pronunciation make it difficult for listeners to understand you at times.
Speaking about academic course content
Limited(1.5 - 2.0)
In your responses, you are able to use English to talk about the basic ideas from academic reading or lecture materials, but, in general, you include few relevant or accurate details. It is sometimes difficult for listeners to understand your responses because of problems with grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Overall, you are able to respond in a general way to the questions, but the amount of information in your responses is limited and the expression of ideas is often vague and unclear.
Writing Skills
Level
Your Performance
Writing based on reading and listening
Limited(1.0 - 2.0)
Your response was judged as limited due to
failure to understand the lecture or reading passage;
deficiencies in relating the lecture to the reading passage; and/or
many grammatical errors and/or very unclear expressions and sentence structures.
Writing based on knowledge and experience
Fair(2.5 - 3.5)
You expressed ideas with reasons, examples, and details, but your response indicated weaknesses such as
you may not provide enough specific support and development for your main points;
your ideas may be difficult to follow because of how you organize your essay or because of the language you use to connect your ideas; and/or
grammatical mistakes or vague/incorrect uses of words may make the writing difficult to understand.
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