| CEF
Common European Framework |
GAIA Institute | GAIA Institute Level Descriptor | European Certification (Università per stranieri di Peugia) | CILS (Università per Stranieri di Siena) | PLIDA (Dante Alighieri) |
| A1 Breakthrouh | 1 Beginner | Students have a low knowledge of the language so they can communicate at a minimal level. | CILS A1 | PLIDA A1 | |
| A2 Waystage | 2.1 Elementary I | Students achieve a basic level of understanding and communication. | |||
| 2.2 Elementary II | |||||
| 3 Pre-Intermediate | In this level, students gain a fairly good knowledge of Italian in order to interact in simple everyday situations. | CELI 1 | CILS A2 | PLIDA A2 | |
| B1 Threshold | 4 Intermediate I | Students reach a medium level in order to interact more securely with the surrounding environment. | |||
| 5 Intermediate II | Even if the language is not accurate, the students achieve a greater fluidity of language and they can communicate in most everyday situations. | CELI 2 CIC Intermedio | CILS 1 - B1 | PLIDA B1 | |
| B2 Vantage | 6 Upper-Intermediate/ Pre-Advanced | Students have a wide range of vocabulary and a command of all basic grammatical structure. | CELI 3 | CILS 2 - B2 | PLIDA B2 |
| C1 Effective Operational Proficiency | 7 Lower Advanced | Students can easly comprehend natural spoken and written italian. | CELI 4 Cic Avanzato | CILS 3 – C1 | PLIDA C1 |
| C2 Mastery | 8 Upper Advanced | At the end of this course, students, achieve native speaker competence. | CELI 5 | CILS 4 – C2 | PLIDA C2 |