• understand and discuss written articles and audio texts (e.g. interviews) on current topics in contemporary German speaking countries and internationally
• analyse graphic charts on current statistics
• summarize articles or paragraphs on themes within their own academic field
• conduct a telephone call in a formal (business) context
• discuss and solve a problem in a team setting and present a strategy
• develop a business idea and present it
• talk about and write essays on relevant and current topics in contemporary society and economics in German speaking countries and internationally and expressing their own opinion
• research and present data orally and in written form within their own academic field

• Listening comprehension:

E.g.: Can understand enough to follow extended discourse on abstract and complex topics beyond their own field, though they may need to confirm occasional details, especially if the variety is unfamiliar. Can follow most lectures, discussions and debates with relative ease.

• Reading comprehension:

E.g.: Can understand a wide variety of texts including literary writings, newspaper or magazine articles, and specialised academic or professional publications, provided there are opportunities for rereading and they have access to reference tools. Can understand any correspondence given the occasional use of a dictionary.

• Speaking

E.g.: Can give clear, detailed descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion. Can structure a longer presentation appropriately in order to help the audience follow the sequence of ideas and understand the overall argumentation.

• Oral interaction

E.g.: Can express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Has a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions. There is little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.

• Writing

E.g.: Can produce clear, well-structured texts of complex subjects, underlining the relevant salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view at some length with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion. Can employ the structure and conventions of a variety of genres, varying the tone, style and register according to addressee, text type and theme.

(Corresponding to the descriptors of the CEFR https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/cefr-descriptors)

• of syntax (e.g. Verbal- und Nominalsatz)
• of pronunciation rules (segmental, e.g. consonant clusters and suprasegmental, *e.g. for speaking in front of an audience).
• of grammar (e.g. Konjunktiv I/II for quoting and indirect speech)
• of pragmatics (e.g. key genre properties of business correspondence, written *reports and presentations appropriate for advanced language proficiency)