This level check interview is suitable for private English teachers and consists of conversational prompts and open-ended questions to be read by you, the interviewer. Use the Interview Assessment Guidelines to help determine the approximate level of your new student. This document can be used by you if the English teaching organization you are affiliated with doesn’t provide something suitable.
Level Check Interview

Overview
Class essentials
Level
Beginner: A1Elementary: A2Pre-Intermediate: A2+Intermediate: B1Upper-Intermediate: B2
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2 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time Any
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