info: so, as a summary, among the skills required to have a B1 French level certificate, you should be able to:
- Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
- Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
- Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
- Can describe experiences, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
- Can understand the main points of many radio or TV programs on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
- Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
- Can use and understand fairly complex language, particularly in familiar situations.
- Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
- Have a good control of grammar, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions.
- Can make short presentations on familiar topics as well as explain a process or describe an object or a graph.