Language Level Assessment Table
This table illustrates the equivalences between the CEFR and other language level assessments, including for the most requested exams in various languages.
| Language | Certificate | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 |
| ALTE level | Breakthrough level | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | |
| Multiple | European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages. ECL exams can be taken in English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovak, Russian, Spanish, Croatian, Czech and Hebrew. | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | ||
| English | IELTS | 2 | 3 | 3.5-5.5 (3.5 is the margin) | 5.5-7 (5.5 is the margin) | 7-8 (7 is the margin) | 8.0-9.0 (8.0 is the margin) |
| English | Cambridge exams | KET (45 to 69) | PET (45 to 69)/ KET Pass, Pass with Merit | FCE (140 to 159)/ PET Pass, Pass with Merit / KET Pass with Distinction | CAE (160 to 179) / FCE grade B or C/ PET Pass with Distinction | CPE (180 to 199)/ CAE grade B or C/ FCE grade A (180 to 190) | CPE grade A, B or C (200 to 230)/ CAE grade A (200 to 210) |
| English | TOEFL (IBT) | 10-15 (speaking) | 42-71 (total) | 72-94 (total) | 95-120 (total) | ||
| 7-12 (writing) | 4-17 (reading) | 18-23 (reading) | 24-30 (reading) | ||||
| 9-16 (listening) | 17-21 (listening) | 22-30 (listening) | |||||
| 16-19 (speaking) | 20-24 (speaking) | 25-30 (speaking) | |||||
| 13-16 (writing) | 17-23 (writing) | 24-30 (writing) | |||||
| English | TOEFL ITP | 337 | 460 | 543 | 627 | ||
| English | TOEFL Junior Standard | 225-245 (listening), 210-245 (language form), 210-240 (reading) | 250-285 (listening), 250-275 (language form), 245-275 (reading) | 290-300 (listening), 280-300 (language form), 280-300 (reading) | |||
| English | Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) / Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) / Spoken English for Work (SEW) | GESE 2 | ISE 0 | ISE I | ISE II | ISE III | ISE IV |
| GESE 3, 4 | GESE 5, 6 | GESE 7, 8, 9 | GESE 10, 11 | ||||
| SEW 1 | SEW 2, 3 | SEW 4 | |||||
| English | TOEIC | 60 - 105 (listening) 60 - 110 (reading) | 110 - 270 (listening) 115 - 270 (reading) | 275 - 395 (listening) 275 - 380 (reading) | 400 - 485 (listening) 385 - 450 (reading) | 490 - 495 (listening) 455 - 495 (reading) | |
| English | iTEP | 42737 | 2.5-3 | 3.5 | 4-4.5 | 5-5.5 | 6 |
| English | British General Qualifications | Foundation Tier GCSE | Higher Tier GCSE | GCE AS level / lower grade A-level | GCE A-Level (known as A2) | ||
| French | CIEP / Alliance française diplomas | TCF A1 / DELF A1 | TCF A2 / DELF A2 / CEFP 1 | TCF B1 / DELF B1 / CEFP 2 | TCF B2 / DELF B2 / Diplôme de Langue | TCF C1 / DALF C1 / DSLCF | TCF C2 / DALF C2 / DHEF |
| Spanish | DELE | A1 | A2 | B1 (formerly "Inicial") | B2 (formerly "Intermedio") | C1 | C2 (formerly "Superior") |
| German | TestDaF | TDN 3—TDN 4 | TDN 4—TDN 5 | ||||
| German | Goethe-Institut | Goethe-Zertifikat A1 | Goethe-Zertifikat A2 | Goethe-Zertifikat B1 | Goethe-Zertifikat B2 | Goethe-Zertifikat C1 | Goethe-Zertifikat C2 - Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom (GDS) |
| Start Deutsch 1 | Start Deutsch 2 | Zertifikat Deutsch (ZD) | Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf (ZDfB) | Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung | Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung | ||
| Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom | |||||||
| German | TestDaF | TDN 3—TDN 4 | TDN 4—TDN 5 | ||||
| Italian | CELI | Impatto | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Italian | CILS | A1 | A2 | Uno | Due | Tre | Quattro / DIT C2 |
| Italian | PLIDA ( Dante Alighieri Society diplomas) | PLIDA A1 | PLIDA A2 | PLIDA B1 | PLIDA B2 | PLIDA C1 | PLIDA C2 |
| Mandarin Chinese | Chinese Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) | HSK Level 3 | HSK Level 4 | HSK Level 5 | HSK Level 6 | — | — |
| Japanese | Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) | N5 | N4 | N3 | N2 | N1 | - |
| Portuguese | CAPLE | QECR | CIPLE | DEPLE | DIPLE | DAPLE | DUPLE |
| Portuguese | CELPE-Bras | Intermediate | Intermediate | Superior Intermediate | Superior Intermediate | Advanced | Superior Advanced |
| Russian | ТРКИ – Тест по русскому языку как иностранному (TORFL – Test of Russian as a Foreign Language) | ТЭУ Элементарный уровень | ТБУ Базовый уровень | ТРКИ-1 (I Cертификационный уровень) (1st Certificate level) | ТРКИ-2 | ТРКИ-3 | ТРК |
