General Intermediate – 3 Levels

For school-based and adult candidates, these levels are mainfy for students aged between 11 - 16 or those of any age who have already completed the lower Anglia levels. Throughout these levels students should increasingly be moving from receptive skills to active use of English.

The purpose of these levels is to provide an adequate bridge between early learning and later proficiency, to motivate candidates and support them in their efforts to attain as high a level of competence as possible.

Typically, these are the levels where, without regular encouragement and certification of each step forward, students can fall by the wayside. The early years, where learning in English is just fun and relatively quick progress can be made, are over. The later years where the excitement of being skilled and profic¡ent are not yet here. The student is beginning to realise that learning a language requires hard work and applicat¡on as well as talent.

Providing properly calibrated levels and certificates to help the students through this stage is invaluable. It keeps the students going and gives them and their teachers and parents a strong sense of the solid and steady progress being made.

ELEMENTARY

This is the first stage designed to act as a br¡dging step up towards the top three levels. As part of the upper level suite, Elementary requires the candidate to write for the first time a short p¡ece of text on a given topic. They must also be able to read and understand a set text and be able to distinguish between the various tenses, using them properly w¡th¡n the examinat¡on answers.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

This is the second stage of the bridging levels and the cand¡dates are requ¡red to write a piece of connected text on descript¡ve, narrative or imaginary topics. Further progress¡on from the Elementary level is found with¡n the need to deal with present, past or future events and be able to show an understanding of subject matters such as hypothesis, purpose, obl¡gation and adv¡ce.

INTERMEDIATE

This is the f¡nal bridging stage and the examination ¡nvolves a need to wr¡te a clear yet longer p¡ece of connected text. Dealing with the various tenses, events from the past, present and future and topics related to hypothesis, agreement/ disagreement, obligation or purpose are all built upon from the previous level. Further progression ¡s established at lntermediate level by the need to repeat or pass on information whilst being able to check factual evidence. Th¡s level is an important one in the step by step approach Anglia uses within ¡ts examinat¡on suite. Next step: Advanced.

ELEMENTARY

The student has sufficient active vocabulary and structural understanding to

• wr¡te a short connected text on descriptive or narrat¡ve topics
• read and understand a text from a familiar range of topics
• ask and answer questions about past or present events
• distinguish between and use a variety of tenses in familiar contexts: past, present and future
• express basic intention, purpose, obligation, preference and advice

Anglia Ascentis ESOL Examinations Intermediate level 7 is the first of Anglia's top four levels fully accredited through the UK Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA)/ Ofqual as an Ascentis Qualification.

Intermediate is listed on the UK National Database of Accredited Qualifications under ESOL International Entry 3.