Italian language levels

The Council of Europe (Il Consiglio d’Europa) has developed a set of common standards in language learning, understandable across countries and institutions.

“The scheme proposed in the “Common European Framework of Reference: Learning, Teaching, Assessment” adopts a “Hypertext” branching principle, starting from an initial division into three broad levels:

Basic User: A1 and A2

Independent User: B1 and B2

Proficient User: C1 and C2

Such a simple “Global Scale” makes it easier to communicate the system to non-specialist users and will also provide teachers and curriculum planners with orientation points. [read more]“

Livelli di conoscenza	Università per stranieri di Siena: CILS	Università per stranieri di Perugia: CELI	Common European Framework
Principianti (contatto)	CILS A1	CELI impatto	A1
Elementare (sopravvivenza)	CILS A2	CELI1	A2
Pre-intermedio (soglia)	CILS1	CELI2	B1
Intermedio (progresso)	CILS2	CELI3	B2
Avanzato1  (efficacia)	CILS3	CELI4	C1
Avanzato2 (padronanza)	CILS4	CELI5	C2