Features such as stress, intonation, and tone are usually quite faulty. A native speaker must often use slowed speech, repetition, paraphrase, or a combination of these to be understood by this individual. Similarly, the native speaker must strain and employ real-world knowledge to understand even simple statements and questions from this individual. This speaker has a functional, but limited proficiency. The person is unable to produce continuous discourse except with rehearsed material.
Structural accuracy is likely to be random or severely limited.
Time concepts are vague. Vocabulary is inaccurate, and its range is very narrow. The individual often speaks with great difficulty. By repeating, such speakers can make themselves understood to native speakers who are in regular contact with foreigners, but there is little precision in the information conveyed. He might give information about business hours, explain routine procedures in a limited way, and state in a simple manner what actions will be taken.