Everyone who is interested in learning a foreign language knows that there are levels of proficiency in foreign languages. They go by different names, for example: beginner, intermediate, advanced, professional. Or, in English interpretation: Elementary, Beginner, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and so on. The levels can also be named by letters: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. Questions immediately arise: are we talking about the same levels or different ones? How can I determine my level of a foreign language and what does it affect? ​​Levels, the same, numbering 6, but with different names, were introduced for all European languages ​​when they are studied as foreign languages, including Russian. This was done with the aim of facilitating a person’s employment and finding mechanisms for his adaptation to a new country, including training. When people are recruited into a group to teach a foreign language or when a teacher selects teaching aids for you, you always need to rely on something, and the “level” has become such a support. In general, levels A are considered sub-threshold, levels C are considered professional. Accordingly, level B is considered as a certain threshold, after crossing which you can safely declare that you speak a certain language, and you can already count that this language will not “disappear” anywhere. Please note that all CLP programs bring training to at least B1, that is, the threshold is overcome. Determining the level affects several aspects of foreign language proficiency, namely: listening (listening comprehension), reading, speaking in two modes - dialogue and monologue, writing . You can read in detail in this table. Testing foreign language levels always focuses on some specific aspect of language proficiency that is easier to measure, or which is more important for the tester. The vast majority of tests to determine the level of a foreign language focus on grammar. Grammar in these tests is tested through written language skills, that is, reading and writing. Because the vast majority of methods, although they differ in names, teach grammar on the basis of a certain vocabulary. Since the method of the Center for Linguistic Psychology is aimed, on the contrary, at developing speaking skills in foreign languages, we also made corresponding tests (for English language) that will allow you to evaluate your understanding and pronunciation skills in English. After reading the description of the levels in the table, you will see that in practice it may not be so easy to determine your actual level. Your reading level, for example, may be completely different from your listening comprehension or speaking quality. For example, if your grammatical level is Professional (Advanced, C2), but you cannot yet communicate freely on everyday topics, then the actual level of your speaking skills is almost no different from the level of a person who has not studied this language at all. In other words, the level knowledge of a foreign language is an average value, which does not always indicate the actual state of affairs. Therefore, when a person comes and says: “My level is pre-intermediate, what can you offer me?” — we ask counter questions aimed at clarifying the real state of speech skills. These questions are implemented in the interactive assistant for choosing a training program, which is located in your personal account on the website http://clp.ru. We hope that with its help you will be able to decide which training program you should choose. If you still have questions or not everything is obvious, we are always happy to talk with you and help you find the best solution for you.