NRS Descriptor Segment
GSE Learning Objective
GSE Level
CEFR Level
Individuals ready to exit this level are able to recognize and produce rhyming words blend and segment onsets and rhymes, isolate and pronounce initial, medial, and final sounds, add or substitute individual sounds, and blend and segment single syllable words. They are able to decode two-syllable words following basic patterns. They can recognize common high frequency words by sight, read simple decodable texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression. They can determine the meaning of words and phrases in texts with clear and explicit context, determine main ideas, retell key details, ask and answer questions about key details in simple texts.
Can identify individual sounds within simple words.
25
A1 (22-29)
Can identify the initial sound in simple words.
14
Below A1 (10-21)
Can combine single letter sounds to read simple words.
18
Below A1 (10-21)
Can identify the individual vowel and consonant sounds in simple words, if supported by pictures.
21
Below A1 (10-21)
Can identify very common food and drink on a menu.
14
Below A1 (10-21)
Can recognise familiar names, words and very basic phrases on simple notices.
15
Below A1 (10-21)
Can understand basic phrases in short, simple texts.
27
A1 (22-29)
Can understand familiar phrases in a simple text.
29
A1 (22-29)
Can guess the meaning of a word from an accompanying picture.
23
A1 (22-29)
Can understand basic sentences describing everyday objects (e.g. colour, size), given visual support.
23
A1 (22-29)
Can understand simple descriptions of places.
27
A1 (22-29)
Can follow basic instructions for making something simple.
28
A1 (22-29)
Can understand short, simple messages about when and where to meet.
28
A1 (22-29)
Can understand familiar phrases in a simple text.
29
A1 (22-29)
Can understand simple phrases related to familiar, everyday activities.
29
A1 (22-29)
Can follow simple instructions to carry out a straightforward task.
29
A1 (22-29)
Can understand basic factual statements relating to pictures or simple texts.
29
A1 (22-29)
Alignment of the National Reporting System for Adult Education Standards to the Global Scale of English | 11
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