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Proficiency		Hours	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
0	None		Unable to function in spoken Arabic	No practical understanding of spoken Arabic.	No practical ability to read Arabic.	No functional writing ability.
1	Novice low	60	Able to satisfy immediate needs using memorized phrases.	Sufficient comprehension to understand a number of memorized phrases in areas of immediate needs.	Can recognize all the letters in the Arabic alphabet in all forms commonly used.	Writes memorized words and set expressions.
2	Novice mid	60	Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and respond to simple questions on common topics in daily life.	Sufficient comprehension to understand phrases about basic survival needs and minimum courtesy and travel requirements.	Sufficient comprehension to read familiar words and simple phrases.	Ability compose basic words and phrases.

Proficiency		Hours	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
3	Novice high	60	Can initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations and satisfy limited social demands	Sufficient comprehension to understand short conversations about all survival needs and limited social demands	Sufficient comprehension to identify new words and names for informative social purposes.	Sufficient control of the writing system to write variations of words and meet minimum survival needs.
4	Intermediate low	60	Able to carry out routine social interaction and limited work requirements.	Sufficient comprehension to understand conversations on routine social demands and limited job requirements.	Sufficient comprehension to read simple authentic written material for informative purposes such as menus, signs and directions.	Able to write routine personal information and comfortably formulate new words and names.
5	Intermediate mid	60	Able to satisfy most work and personal requirements with Arabic usage that is often, but not always, acceptable and effective.	Sufficient understanding of most routine social demands and work requirements, as well as some discussions on concrete topics related to particular interests.	Can understand paragraph length colloquial documents about familiar topics, and read standard MSA questionnaires used in travel and work.	Shows ability to write with some precision in complete sentences about the most common topics of day-to-day life in colloquial Arabic.

Proficiency		Hours	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
6	Intermediate high	60	Able to speak Arabic with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate in most formal and informal conversations on practical topics.	Able to understand the essentials of all speech including technical discussions within a special field, although some details may be missed.	Able to comprehend detailed online colloquial accounts; and read simple non-technical MSA documents on familiar topics at a slow rate.	Able to use colloquial Arabic effectively in most informal written exchanges on practical, social / professional topics; and to express basic personal information in MSA.
7	Advanced low	60	Is regularly able to use Arabic to satisfy his/her needs in a wide range of sophisticated and demanding tasks.	Comprehends most of the content and intent of a variety of styles of speech pertinent to his/her needs, as well as unfamiliar concrete topics.	Can comprehend the gist of informative MSA styles such as printed press and personal correspondence.	Able to write MSA in a basic prose style pertinent to personal needs, and basic working tasks.

Proficiency		Hours	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
8	Advanced mid	60	Able to use to Arabic with confidence and accuracy in a variety of topics pertinent to his/her needs.	Able to understand all forms and styles of speech relating to his/her needs.	Able to read comprehend a few styles of MSA pertinent to working / educational needs.	Able to write MSA clearly and accurately in a few styles pertinent to working / educational his/her needs.
9	Advanced high	60	Able to communicate from both concrete and abstract perspectives with great fluency, with limited patterns of error.	Increased ability to understand difficult and abstract speech as well as ability to understand all forms of speech pertinent to his/her needs.	Able to read and comprehend accurately all concrete and some abstract forms and styles relevant to his / her needs.	Able to write MSA in a wide variety of prose styles pertinent to his/her needs.

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