Apa itu CEFR?

CEFR adalah kependekan dari Common European Framework of Reference. Singkatnya, CEFR berfungsi untuk memberikan
keseragaman standar yang jelas dan objektif tentang kemampuan bahasa Inggris seseorang.
Ada 6 level dalam CEFR, mulai dari A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, sampai C2. Berikut penjelasan masing-masing level yang saya ambil dari
Wikipedia.

level

level group

group

name

level

A1

Independent

B1

description

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases
aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.

Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about
personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she
has.

Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and
is prepared to help.

Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most
immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping,
local geography, employment).

Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct
exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment

and matters in areas of immediate need.

Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly

Breakthrough or beginner

Basic User

A2

level name

Way stage or elementary

Threshold or intermediate

encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the
language is spoken.

Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.

Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give
reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract
topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.

Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction
with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint
on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit
meaning.

Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for
expressions.

Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional
purposes.

Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing

controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.

Can summarize information from different spoken and written sources,

reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.

Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating

finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.

User

B2

C1

Vantage or upper
intermediate

Effective Operational
Proficiency or advanced

Proficient User

C2

Mastery or proficiency

Nah, cukup jelas kan? Kira-kira Anda masuk level mana? Untuk mengetahui level Anda, Anda harus mengikuti test yang disusun
berdasarkan CEFR. Contohnya silakan buka di site Cambridge English.
Walaupun CEFR ini dibuat oleh Council of Europe namun sudah dipakai di seluruh dunia, bukan hanya di negara-negara Eropa saja.
Standard ini memudahkan IPTuntuk menetapkan standard minimum bagi calon .
Berikut perbandingan CEFR dengan standard lain seperti TOEFL, IELTS, dll.
Sumber : http://www.heidi-schmidt.com/common-european-framework-of-reference-levels-cefr/

Common European Framework of Reference Levels (CEFR)

Common European Framework of Reference Levels (CEFR)

El Marco Comn Europeo de Referencia (MCER) se usa para describir el grado de competencia en el uso de un idioma. La cuadrcula
que aparece abajo indica lo que deberas ser capaz de hacer en ingls en cada nivel.
Interaction
Production
Spoken
Written
Spoken
Written
Listening
Reading
Interaction Interaction Production Production
C2 I have no
I can read with I can take part I can
I can present I can write
difficulty in
ease virtually effortlessly in express
a clear,
clear, smoothly
understanding all forms of the any
myself with smoothlyflowing text in
any kind of
written
conversation clarity and flowing
an appropriate
spoken
language,
or discussion precision, description or style. I can
language,
including
and have a
relating to argument in a write complex
whether live or abstract,
good
the
style
letters, reports
broadcast, even structurally or familiarity
addressee appropriate to or articles,
when delivered linguistically with idiomatic flexibly and the context which present
at fast native complex texts expressions effectively and with an a case with an
speed,
such as
and
in an
effective
effective
provided I havemanuals,
colloquialisms. assured,
logical
logical
some time to specialised
I can express personal, structure
structure,
get familiar
articles and
myself fluently style.
which helps which helps
with the
literary works. and convey
the recipient the recipient to
accent.
finer shades of
to notice and notice and
meaning
remember
remember
precisely. If I
significant significant
do have a
points.
points. I can
problem I can
write
backtrack and
summaries and
restructure
reviews of
around the
professional or
difficulty so
literary works.
smoothly that
other people
are hardly

CEFR
Level

Reception

aware of it.
I can
I can
I can express
understand
understand
myself fluently
extended
long and
and
speech even complex
spontaneously
when it is not factual and
without much
clearly
literary texts, obvious
structured and appreciating searching for
when
distinctions of expressions. I
relationships style. I can
can use
are only
understand
language
implied and notspecialised
flexibly and
signalled
articles and
effectively for
C1 explicitly. I can longer
social and
understand
technical
professional
television
instructions, purposes. I can
programmes even when they formulate
and films
do not relate to ideas and
without too
my field.
opinions with
much effort.
precision and
relate my
contribution
skilfully to
those of other
speakers

I can present I can express

clear, detailed myself in clear,
descriptions well-structured
of complex text,
subjects
expressing
integrating points of view
subthemes, at some length.
developing I can write
particular
detailed
points and
expositions of
rounding off complex
with an
subjects in an
appropriate essay or a
conclusion report,
underlining
what I consider
to be the
salient issues. I
can write
different kinds
of texts in a
style
appropriate to
the reader in
mind.
B2 I can
I can read
I can interact I can write I can present I can write
understand
articles and
with a degree letters
clear, detailed clear, detailed
extended
reports
of fluency and highlighting descriptions text on a wide
speech and
concerned with spontaneity
the personal on a wide
range of
lectures and contemporary that makes
significance range of
subjects related
follow even
problems in
regular
of events subjects
to my interests.
complex lines which the
interaction
and
related to my I can write an

of argument writers adopt with native

experiences. field of
essay or report,
provided the particular
speakers quite
interest. I can passing on
topic is
stances or
possible. I can
explain a
information or
reasonably
viewpoints. I take an active
viewpoint on giving reasons
familiar. I can can understand part in
a topical issuein support of or
understand
contemporary discussion in
giving the
against a
most TV news literary prose. familiar
advantages particular point
and current
contexts,
and
of view.
affairs
accounting for
disadvantages
programmes. I
and sustaining
of various
can understand
my views.
options.
the majority of
films in
standard
dialect.
B1 I can
I can
I can deal with I can write I can connect I can write
understand the understand
most situations personal
phrases in a straightforward
main points of texts that
likely to arise letters
simple way in connected text
clear standard consist mainly whilst
describing order to
on topics,
speech on
of high
travelling in an experiences describe
which are
familiar
frequency
area where the and
experiences familiar, or of
matters
everyday or
language is
impressions. and events, personal
regularly
jobrelated
spoken. I can
my dreams, interest.
encountered in language. I can enter
hopes &
work, school, understand the unprepared
ambitions. I
leisure, etc. I description of into
can briefly
can understand events, feelings conversation
give reasons
the main point and wishes in on topics that
and
of many radio personal letters are familiar, of
explanations
or TV
personal
for opinions
programmes on
interest or
and plans. I
current affairs
pertinent to
can narrate a
or topics of
everyday life
story or relate

personal or
(e.g. family,
the plot of a
professional
hobbies, work,
book or film
interest when
travel and
and describe
the delivery is
current
my reactions.
relatively slow
events).
and clear.
I can
I can read very I can
I can write I can use a I can write a
understand
short, simple communicate short,
series of
series of
phrases and the texts. I can find in simple and simple notes phrases and simple phrases
highest
specific,
routine tasks and
sentences to and sentences
frequency
predictable
requiring a
messages describe in linked with
vocabulary
information in simple and
relating to simple terms simple
related to areas simple
direct
matters in my family
connectors like
of most
everyday
exchange of areas of
and other
and, but
immediate
material such information on immediate people, living and because.
personal
as
familiar topics need. I can conditions,
relevance (e.g. advertisements, and activities. Iwrite a very my
very basic
prospectuses, can handle
simple
educational
A2
personal and menus and
very short
personal
background
family
timetables and social
letter, for and my
information, I can
exchanges,
example
present or
shopping, local understand
even though I thanking
most recent
geography,
short simple cant usually someone for job
employment). I personal letters understand
something.
can catch the
enough to keep
main point in
the
short, clear,
conversation
simple
going myself.
messages and
announcements

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