What you can understand people say at Novice level

Here are some of the things you can understand people say at Novice level:

• Names of common objects
• Names of common food and drink items
• Words for common actions
• Common greetings and farewell expressions
• Basic warnings and commands, such as Stop!, Watch out!, and Be careful!
• The most basic words describing size, color, or age
• Simple questions and statements that use words from the categories above

• Generic module: What you can understand people say at Novice level
• In overview module: What you can understand people say at different pr...
• In overview module: What you can do at different proficiency levels
• In overview module: Information to help you check your progress
• In modular book: Managing Your Language Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 8 December 1998

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