English Ability Level Chart
What's your English ability level?
This English ability chart is an easy way to check if your English ability level is right to make the most out of Next Level English. For a more detailed listening, reading, speaking, and writing abilities chart, click here (in English), or here (for German).
Is your level right for Simply Better English?
Next Level English is optimized for the a 3-7 English ability level on the chart below. The absolute level sweet spot is level 4, 5, or 6. If you are level 7 you will go through the course faster. And it you are at level 3 it will take you longer to master everything in the course.
Level | Is it right for me? | Description | CEFR level * |
|---|---|---|---|
9 | No: your level is too high for the course | I speak and understand English fluently. | C2 |
8 | No: your level is too high for the course | I speak and understand very well but sometimes have problems with unfamiliar situations and vocabulary. | C1 |
7 | Yes: you will love the course. And it will be easier for you than at lower ability levels. | I speak and understand well but still make mistakes and sometimes people do not understand me clearly | B2 |
6 | Yes: you will love the course. | I can communicate without much difficulty but still make quite a lot of mistakes and misunderstand sometimes. | B2 |
5 | Yes: you will love the course. | I can speak and understand reasonably well and can use basic tenses but have problems with more complex grammar and vocabulary. | B1 |
4 | Yes: you will love the course. | I can make simple sentences and can understand the main points of a conversation but need much more vocabulary. | B1 |
3 | I can communicate simply and understand only in very familiar situations and with difficulty. | A2 | |
2 | No: Next Level English will be too difficult for you. | I can say and understand a few things in English. | A1 |
1 | No: Next Level English will be too difficult for you. | I do not speak any English. | A0 |