dition to competencies from previous level, can typically, in familiar and some unfamiliar settings, e.g. shopping, past events, holidays:
understand intended meanings
understand situations and interpersonal relations
understand basic expression of feelings, opinions, advice and problems
use basic and some complex grammatical forms, sometimes with errors, to communicate literal and intended meanings
use relatively high frequency vocabulary, sometimes with errors
use some simple linking words and phrases
use informal register, and a few routine polite expressions