NRS Descriptor Segment
GSE Skill
GSE Learning Objective
GSE Level
CEFR Level
Individuals are able to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple- meaning words in level-appropriate complex texts, including academic words, by applying their knowledge of roots and affixes, as well as sentence- level context.
Reading Can guess the meaning of a new word from knowledge of part of it (e.g. children/ child, your/you, going/go). Can guess the meaning of a few unknown words in a story from the context, if guided by questions or prompts.
40
A2+ (36-42)
43
B1 (43-50)
Can guess the meaning of unknown words by linking them to words they already know.
44
B1 (43-50)
Can derive the probable meaning of simple unknown words from short, familiar contexts.
46
B1 (43-50)
Can guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from prefixes and suffixes.
52
B1+ (51-58)
Listening Can derive the probable meaning of simple, unknown words from short, familiar contexts.
41
A2+ (36-42)
They are able to distinguish literal from non-literal meaning of words, and shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, wondered, suspected). They are able to demonstrate understanding of and use general academic words that signal spatial and temporal relationships.
Grammar
Can soften orders and requests using 'think', 'imagine', 'wonder', etc.
57
B1+ (51-58)'
Can use a range of common adverbs of frequency.
33
A2 (30-35)
Can use the correct preposition ('on' or 'at') with various common time expressions.
33
A2 (30-35)
Can use a range of common adverbs of movement and direction.
35
A2 (30-35)
Can use a range of common time markers for the past, present and future.
35
A2 (30-35)
Alignment of the National Reporting System for Adult Education Standards to the Global Scale of English | 31
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