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If you pass the Lower Intermediate B1 course, it means you will:

Be able to express yourself on familiar topics such as family, hobbies and jobs.

Have enough vocabulary to communicate in everyday familiar situations.

Be able to initiate and maintain a simple face-to-face conversation on the topics that interest you, such as life, hobbies or jobs.

Understand texts which contain everyday or job-related language and write simple texts on familiar topics.

Understand the main points of simple "standard" speech on familiar matters and subjects.

Have sufficient knowledge of the language to describe common  situations, and be able to present the main points of an idea and  describe events in a simple manner.

Be able to understand general texts which express ideas in a  straightforward way and write personal letters which describe events,  desires and feelings.

Have the ability to formulate long pieces of continuous  writing with details and factual information, or a description of simple  events.

Be able to understand longer stretches of speech and more complex messages in a familiar context.

You are not fluent yet, but you will dare to talk to strangers in social settings or at work.

A wide range of language to select from in order to express yourself.

A good command of idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms.

The ability to use the language effectively for social purposes and adjust the register accordingly.

The ability to express yourself orally in a clear, fluent and well-structured manner.

An understanding of long and complex factual and literary texts.

The ability to note differences in style.

No problems writing about complex subjects in a clearly  organised, coherent way, and understanding the majority of spoken  language in virtually all contexts.

You are now extremely confident when speaking and writing. You don't really think about how to say things – you just say them.

Thoroughly understand virtually everything you read or hear,  including abstract, complex texts such as manuals, specialized articles and literary works.

Summarize information from a variety of sources, and reconstruct arguments and accounts coherently and with ease.

Express yourself spontaneously with great speed and  precision, differentiating finer shades of proficient meaning, even in  complex situations.

Backtrack and restructure around difficulties so smoothly that other people are hardly aware of it.

Manage discussions smoothly and with ease, in a style that  is appropriate to the context and with an effective and logical  structure.

Interact with ease and skill, picking up and using  non-verbal cues apparently effortlessly, and to  contribute to joint discourse with fully natural turn taking,  referencing and allusion making.