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A STANAG, or STANdardisation AGreement, is an international military
standard created by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) for
regulating equipment, procedures, tactics, training and just about everything
that affects how armed forces from different countries work together on
operations and exercises.
STANAG 6001 is a language proficiency scale designed to allow comparisons
of language ability in different countries. The scale consists of a set
of descriptors with proficiency skills broken down into six levels, coded
1 through 6. They are defined as follows:
- Level 0 No practical proficiency
- Level 1 Elementary
- Level 2 Fair (Limited working)
- Level 3 Good (Minimum professional)
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- Level 4 Very good (Full professional)
- Level 5 Excellent (Native/Bilingual)
- Language proficiency is recorded with a profile of 4 digits
indicating the specific skills in the following order: Listening,
Speaking, Reading, Writing
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For example, a person with the level SLP 3232 has level 3 in Listening,
level 2 in Speaking, level 3 in Reading and level 2 in Writing. This number
of four digits is preceded by the code letters SLP which is to indicate
that the profile shown is the Standardized Language Profile.
There is no one official exam for the STANAG 6001 levels and countries
which use the scale produce their own tests and are responsible validating
their tests in terms of the STANAG 6001 levels.
The original version of STANAG 6001 was created in 1976 and this document
was modified in 2003.
A full copy of STANAG 6001 can be downloaded from the following website.
http://www.dlielc.org/bilc
Summary of STANAG 6001 levels
| Level 1 |
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| Listening |
Can understand common familiar phrases and short simple sentences
about everyday personal and survival needs. |
| Speaking |
Can maintain simple face-to-face communication in typical everyday
situations. |
| Reading |
Can read very simple connected written material directly related
to everyday survival or workplace situations. |
| Writing |
Can write lists, short notes, phone messages to meet immediate personal
needs. Can complete forms. |
| Level 2 |
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| Listening |
Can follow conversations and talks about everyday topics, including
personal news, well-known current events and routine job-related topics
and topics in his/her professional field. |
| Speaking |
Can communicate in everyday social and routine workplace situations. |
| Reading |
Can read simple, straightforward, factual texts on familiar topics. |
| Writing |
Can write with some precision simple personal correspondence and
routine workplace correspondence and related documents, including
brief reports. |
| Level 3 |
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| Listening |
Can understand conversations, briefings and telephone calls about
complex topics, including economics, science, technology and his/her
own professional field. |
| Speaking |
Can participate effectively in most formal & informal conversations,
including meetings. Can deliver briefings. |
| Reading |
Read with almost complete comprehension a variety of authentic written
material on general and professional subjects, including unfamiliar
subject matter. |
| Writing |
Can write effective formal and informal correspondence and other
documents on practical, social and professional topics and special
fields of competence. |
| Level 4 |
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| Listening |
Can understand all forms/styles of speech used for professional
purposes including on unfamiliar topics. Can recognise nuances of
meaning and irony and humour. |
| Speaking |
Can use the language with great precision, accuracy, and fluency
for all professional purposes. |
| Reading |
Can read all styles and forms of the written language used for professional
purposes, including texts from unfamiliar general and professional-specialist
areas. |
| Writing |
Can write the language precisely and accurately and can draft all
levels of prose pertinent to professional needs. |
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