Language skill scale
Below is the skill scale practiced by TutorLatin and the levels of proficiency expected for each grade.
How do I determine my level?
The modules as well as the challenges freely available allow you to quickly estimate your current level.
Introductory elementary level, A1
- Skills: understanding and use of simple sentences with help, case system, declensions and conjugations
- I read with ease: Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana (Ørberg)
- I write like: Google Translate
Intermediate elementary level, A2
This level generally corresponds to that obtained in Gymnasium/High School and expected to enter University.
- Skills: basic oral comprehension in semi-autonomy and/or with dictionary, basic oral expression, syntax and concordances
- I read with ease: Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: Roma Aeterna (Ørberg)
- I write like: ChatGPT
Independent threshold level, B1
- Skills: independent oral comprehension, ability to form a basic, coherent and comprehensible speech, ability to participate in Colloquia Latina
- I read with ease: the History of Apollonius of Tyr, Eutropius
- I write like: the 3rd century Latin student that translated Babirius' fable n°16 to Latin.
Advanced independent level, B2
- Skills: good oral comprehension on various topics, ability to form an improvised speech on complex topics, ability to clearly communicate a position and arguments during a debate, ability to explain abstract concepts to an interlocutor
- I read with ease: Petronius
- I write like: Camillus and Bartoldus in the Manuale Scholarium
Autonomous experienced level, C1
- Skills: very good oral comprehension, great ease of expression, developed mediation ability
- I read with ease: the speeches and letters of Cicero
- I write like: Ørberg
Experienced master's level, C2
- Skills: near-natural level comprehension, expression, interaction and mediation abilities, correct use of idioms
- I read with ease: the philosophical works of Cicero
- I write like: Petrarca, Erasmus, Descartes, Cicero, etc.