able to write short sentences or individual paragraphs on familiar topics but the main idea is loosely defined or developed with occasional irrelevance, redundancy, or inconsistency; the sentences are occasionally incoherent and not unified; able to convey message but frequently inadequate, commit frequent mechanical errors and there is overall lack of proper sentence structure, and use inappropriate or vague expressions
Grammar
able to understand simple classroom commands, short statements and questions; able to understand speech spoken clearly, face-to-face or from a good-quality recording with no background noise or interference, but need a lot of help such as repetition, gesture, pictures and object of the topic
Read/Voc
able to create sentences using present and past tenses but most of the times choppy; able to use simple conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and articles with a number of errors in communicating with others; able to remember subject and verb agreement; mistakes are frequently made
Writing
has no reading skills in the language or has nominal skills, such as the ability to read and write name or simple isolated words; may be diminutive or no comprehension of how print corresponds to spoken language; may need visual indication; can’t distinguish even a single and simple word or alphabet; have the difficulty in familiarizing parts of speech
Speaking
able to give short, simple responses and able to describe people, places and objects containing familiar vocabulary; able to provide personal information on simple words; able to properly articulate on vowel and consonant sounds
