PET – Can Do Summary;

PET candidate (Threshold User level B1) can:

Reading

• understand street signs and public notices as well as product packaging;
• read simple forms, posters and brochures;
• handle info from tourist guides;
• read simple articles in newspapers and magazines
• understand the general meaning of non-routine letters

Listening

• understand weather forecasts;
• understand announcements made at railway stations and airports as well as traffic information given on the radio.
• understand instructions given by police or customs officials and public announcements made at sporting events or pop concerts

Speaking

• receive and pass on routine phone messages.
• offer advice to clients within own job area on simple matters;
• state requirements within their own job area;
• take part in a discussion which involves the exchange of factual information or receiving instructions;

Writing

• make reasonably accurate notes on familiar or predictable matters
• write simple letters in a standard form (e.g. thank-you letters)