1501
Key 88
Can express his/her thoughts on a problem
Basic
1502
Key 89
Asks speakers to repeat what they have said if it wasn?t clear to him/her
Basic
1503
When talking to someone, he/she tries to maintain eye contact
Basic
1504
Uses gestures as a way to try and get his/her meaning across
Basic
1505
Can get his/her point across
Basic
1506
Asks questions as a way to be involved in conversations
BI
1507
Uses body language to help reinforce what he/she wants to say
BI
1508
Communicates to other people that he/she is receptive to their ideas
BI
1509
Achieves good interactions with others by making his/her own communications clear
BI
1510
Can identify when two people are trying to say the same thing but in different ways
BI
1511
When there is a problem with communication, he/she quite often finds ways around it (e.g., by using gestures, re-explaining, simplifying, etc.)
BI
1512
Uses his/her hands to illustrate what he/she is trying to say
BI
1513
Key 90
Asks questions that show his/her understanding of other people?s positions
Intermediate
1514
Key 91
Can adopt different ways of expressing politeness in another language
Intermediate
1515
Can persuade and negotiate with other people
Intermediate
1516
Makes sure that his/her own messages are understood in the way that they are meant
Intermediate
1517
Can identify when a person is listening to him/her but not hearing what he/she is saying
Intermediate
1518
When ambiguous communications occur, he/she can clarify or otherwise deal with them satisfactorily
Intermediate
1519
Can adjust and modify his/her own linguistic and communicative behaviour to use the communicative conventions that are appropriate to his/her interlocutor
IA
1520
Can communicate efficiently and effectively in an intercultural setting
IA
1521
Can ensure that he/she understands what another person is saying before responding
IA
1522
Rephrases what another person said, to make sure that he/she has understood them
IA
1523
Can manage breakdowns in communication by providing re-statements, revisions or simplifications of his/her own misunderstood communications
IA
1524
Can recognise the different ways of speaking that are employed in at least one other social group or culture
IA
1525
Can ask questions of clarification in an appropriate and sensitive manner in cases where inconsistencies between the verbal and non-verbal messages produced by another person are detected
IA
1526
Key 92
Can mediate linguistically in intercultural exchanges by translating, interpreting or explaining
Advanced
1527
Key 93
Can avoid successfully intercultural misunderstandings
Advanced
1528
Can meet the communicative demands of intercultural situations by using a shared language to understand another language
Advanced
1529
Can recognise the different communicative conventions that are employed in at least one other social group or culture
Advanced
1530
Is linguistically and culturally competent in at least one language and culture other than his/her own
Advanced
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