Material produced consists of recombinations of learned vocabulary and structures into simple sentences. Can express present and future time, the latter by using the present tense plus the infinitive construction or the present tense and adverbs of time. Generally cannot express past time using past tenses. Can express numbers 1-100 with some misspellings. Often inserts native language vocabulary for unknown words and is generally not capable of circumlocution to get meaning across.
Writing tend to be a loose collection of sentences or sentence fragments on very familiar topics.
Makes continual errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation, but writing can be read and understood by a native reader used to dealing with foreigners. Able to produce appropriately some fundamental sociolinguistic distinctions in formal and familiar style, such as appropriate subject pronouns, titles of address and basic social formulae. Behaves with considerateness. Is resourceful i non-verbal communication but does not reliably interpret gestures or cultural specific nonverbal behavior such as physical contacts with greetings, proximity of speaker. Is able to manage short phrases of courtesy and basic titles of respect.