Posts tagged cefr

Cambridge English puts B2 at about 500 to 600 guided learning hours and C2 at 1,000 to 1,200. What that means in months if you study 30 or 60 minutes a day.

Nation's corpus study puts unaided reading at 8,000 to 9,000 word families and speech at 6,000 to 7,000. What that means per CEFR level, and how to get there.

EF SET's own validation study found its free CEFR test correlates moderately strongly with TOEFL iBT scores. How to test or self-assess your English level.

A 1997 study found slowing audio down improved L2 listening comprehension, and a 2024 study of 168 learners found speed interacts with proficiency level.

Comprehensible input means text you can almost fully understand. A landmark 2000 study found 98% word coverage is the threshold, and how to test your own level.