Language Proficiency Levels
Single statements and questions
Ideas within words, phrases, and chunks of language Simple
grammatical construction
Forms and patterns of common everyday speech and academic
language
General domain-specific words and academic vocabulary
Everyday speech and familiar expressions
Single words used to represent ideas Words,
phrases, and chunks of language Simple
grammatical construction
Phrasal patterns associated with common speech and academic
language
General domain-specific words and academic vocabulary
Everyday speech and familiar expressions
Multiple related simple sentences An
idea with details
Compound grammatical constructions
Repetitive phrasal and sentence patterns across domains
General and some domain-specific content words and
expressions
Everyday speech and academic vocabulary across
domains
Phrases and short sentences Emerging
expression of ideas
Formulaic grammatical structure and variable use of conventions
Repetitive phrasal and sentence patterns across domains
General domain-related words and expressions
Everyday speech and academic vocabulary across
domains
Discourse with a series of extended sentences Related
ideas
Compound, and some complex, grammatical constructions
Sentence patterns across domains
Specific domain-related content words and expressions
Domain-related content words and expressions with common
phrases and idioms
Short and some expanded sentences with increasing complexity
Expanded expression of one idea and evolving expression
of multiple related ideas
Repetitive grammatical structure with occasional variation
and emerging use of conventions
Sentence patterns across domains
Specific domain-related content words and expressions
Domain-related content words and expressions
Connected discourse with a variety of sentences Expanded
related ideas
A variety of complex grammatical constructions
Sentence patterns characteristic of particular domains or texts
Specific and some technical domain-related language
Domain-specific content words, expressions with multiple
meanings, and common phrases and idioms
Short, expanded, and some complex sentences Organized
expression of ideas with emerging cohesion
A variety of grammatical structures and generally consistent use
of conventions
Sentence patterns characteristic of particular domains or texts
Specific and some technical domain-related language
Domain-specific content words, expressions with multiple
meanings, and common phrases and idioms
Rich, descriptive discourse with complex sentences Cohesive,
organized related ideas
Compound, complex grammatical constructions
A broad range of sentence patterns characteristic of particular
domains and text types
Technical and abstract domain-related language
Domain-related content words and expressions with shades of
meaning
Multiple complex sentences
Cohesive, organized, and coherent expression of ideas
A variety of grammatical constructions matched to purpose and
consistent use of conventions
A broad range of sentence patterns characteristic of particular
domains and text types
Technical and abstract domain-related language
Content words and expressions with precise, domain- specific
meaning