Comprehends words and phrases from simple questions, statements, high-frequency commands and courtesy formulae. Content refers to basic personal background and needs, social conventions and routine tasks, such as getting meals and receiving simple instructions and directions. Misunderstandings in both main ideas and details arise frequently. Content continues to refer primarily to basic personal background and needs, social conventions and somewhat more complex tasks, such as, lodging, transportation and shopping. Additional content areas include some personal interests and activities and a greater diversity of instructions and directions.
Understanding continues to be uneven.
Thus, while topics do not differ significantly from those of an Advanced level listener, comprehension is less in quantity and poorer in quality. Advanced Able to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics beyond the immediacy of the situation. Comprehension may be uneven due to a variety of linguistic and extralinguistic factors, among which topic familiarity is very prominent. These texts frequently involve description and narration in different time frames or aspects, such as present, nonpast, habitual, or imperfective. Texts may include interviews, short lectures on familiar topics, and news items and reports primarily dealing with factual information.