Japanese, for example, has 3 different scripts (alphabets) and many widely used characters have more than one meaning. Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and Hebrew, you need to add 100 hours to the number of hours needed to go from one level to the next, due to the different challenges regarding pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, spelling and writing systems. Usually, the more advanced the learner is, the more hours are required to move upwards to the next classification.įor more exotic languages, e.g. In order to progress from one level to the next, it can take anywhere between 30 and 250 hours, depending on the difficulty of the level and several other factors that you can see below. Our trainers adapt the course contents to match your exact language needs so you are free to make any suggestions throughout the duration of the course. Our courses are tailored to your language level and learning goals and we use specific materials to cover the topics you need to learn, and more. 'Vocational' Proficiency (4) Advanced 'Vocational' Proficiency (4+) Initial Advanced Proficiency, Developing Advanced Proficiencyīasic 'Vocational' Proficiency (3) Basic 'Vocational' Proficiency Plus (3+)Īdequate Advanced Proficiency, Fluent Advanced Proficiency Language Trainers Upper Intermediate 2 (300 hs)Īdequate Intermediate Proficiency, Fluent Intermediate Proficiency Language Trainers Upper Intermediate 1 (250 hs) Language Trainers Upper Intermediate 2 (250 hs) Language Trainers Upper Intermediate 1 (200 hs) Initial Intermediate Proficiency, Developing Intermediate Proficiency Language Trainers Intermediate 2 (200 hs) Language Trainers Intermediate 1 (150 hs) Language Trainers Intermediate 2 (150 hs) Language Trainers Intermediate 1 (100 hs) Language Trainers Pre-intermediate 2 (100 hs)Īdequate Basic Proficiency, Fluent Basic Proficiencyīasic Transactional Proficiency (1) Transactional Proficiency (1+) Language Trainers Pre-intermediate 1 (80 hs)

Language Trainers Pre-intermediate 2 (80 hs) Language Trainers Pre-intermediate 1 (50 hs) Initial Basic Proficiency, Developing Basic Proficiencyįormulaic Proficiency (0+) Minimum 'Creative' Proficiency (1-)

Levels of speaking another language