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INTRODUCTION

The aim of this standard is to provide NATO forces with a table describing language proficiency levels.

Participating nations adopt the appended table of language proficiency levels for the purpose of:

a) Communicating language requirements for international staff appointments.

b) Recording and reporting, in international correspondence, measures of language proficiency.

c) Comparing national standards through a standardized table while preserving each nation's right to maintain its own internal proficiency standards.

The descriptions at Annex A give detailed definitions of the proficiency levels of the commonly-recognized language proficiency skills: "listening", "speaking", "reading", and "writing".