NRS Descriptor Segment
GSE Learning Objective
GSE Level
CEFR Level
They can use the illustrations in the text(s), whether print or digital, to describe its key ideas (e.g., maps, charts, photographs, cartoons) and use text features, both print and digital, to locate key facts or information.
Can understand a simple travel itinerary, including places, dates, and times.
24
A1 (22-29)
Can understand a simple timesheet.
25
A1 (22-29)
Can understand short, simple descriptions of objects, people and animals, given visual support.
25
A1 (22-29)
Can follow short, simple written directions (e.g. to go from X to Y).
26
A1 (22-29)
Can understand short written notices, signs and instructions with visual support.
27
A1 (22-29)
Can identify key information in short, simple factual texts from the headings and pictures. Can recognise the use of simple linking words e.g. 'and', 'so', or 'but' to connect ideas in a short phrase or sentence. Can identify basic similarities and differences in the facts between two short simple texts on the same familiar topic, if supported by pictures and questions. Can recognise the use of 'because' to signal the relationship between an action and a reason or explanation.
35
A2 (30-35)
When listening to text above their current independent reading level, they are able to identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text, describe the connections between ideas within a text and examine the basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
34
A2 (30-35)
37
A2+ (36-42)
38
A2+ (36-42)
Writing Individuals ready to exit the Beginning Literacy Level are able to write basic sight words and familiar words and phrases as they compose simple sentences or phrases. This includes writing simple informative texts in which they supply some facts about a topic and narratives that include some details regarding what happened. They use simple transition and temporal words to signal event order (e.g., so, and, because, when, next, finally). With support, they are able to gather and use information from provided sources, both print and digital, to answer a simple research question.
12 | Alignment of the National Reporting System for Adult Education Standards to the Global Scale of English
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