Global Education, Built on Canadian Standards
The official English placement assessment from Window to the World Institute — built on the institute's own methodology and Canadian educational standards.
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Elementary
You can understand and use basic expressions and phrases.
Pre-Intermediate
You can communicate in a simple way and perform routine tasks.
Intermediate
You can understand and use sentences on familiar or personally interesting topics encountered in work, school or travel.
Upper-Intermediate
You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity with native speakers.
Advanced
You can use the language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
Proficient
You can understand with ease everything heard or read and can express yourself very fluently and precisely in more complex situations.
About
Window to the World Institute designs and administers this assessment itself, following Canadian educational standards. It's the same starting point every student begins their course from — a clear, fair placement before day one.