C1 (COMPETENT USER) LEVEL

This examination is based partly on the Effective Degree and partly on the Mastery Degree specifications worked out by the Council of Europe and assesses whether the candidates can approximate the linguistic and cultural performance of native speakers in an Esperanto language environment. The candidates must have a sophisticated vocabulary, a rich variety of stylistic appparatus and must be familiar with different language registers. Passing the examination requires 900-1000 hours of studying, depending on the circumstances, and a certain period of time spent in a Hungarian language and cultural environment. At present, this is the highest level in the Hungarian examinations of ITK.

 

INFORMATION TABLE - C1 USER LEVEL

	Time	Type of task	Length	Points
Oral exam	20 minutes	Guided conversation	about 5 min.	*65 points
		Talking about a certain topic (based on a picture stimulus)	about 5 min.
		Situation	about 5 min.
		Interpretation of a text (based on a short text stimulus)	about 5 min.
	40 minutes	Listening comprehension: - (edited) texts adapted from the audio-visual media (information transfer exercise, multiple choice tests, multiple cloze, cloze tests)	(3000-3400 characters)	25 points
Oral exam ('A' type):				90 points
Written exam	240 minutes	Reading comprehension: - one longer or two shorter written (edited) texts (information transfer exercise, multiple choice tests, cloze, multiple cloze)	(3600-4000 characters)	20 points
		Guided composition - writing skills	20-25 lines (about 200 words)	20 points
		Interpretation of a text (based on a written stimulus)	20-25 lines (about 200 words)	20 points
		Tasks assessing use of the language	40 items	20 points
Written exam ('B' type):				80 points
Total ('C' type):				170 points

 

*The number of points at the oral examination:

The areas of evaluation at the oral examination:	Number of points:
communicative value, pronunciation:	20 points (4 x 5 points for each task)
vocabulary:	20 points (4 x 5 points for each task)
accuracy:	20 points (4 x 5 points for each task)
listening comprehension:	5 points (measured by another task as well)
Total:	65 points