Department of European Languages and Cultures

CEFR pegging

The University of Edinburgh rough guide on equivalent grading of our language courses to the CEFR scale

The University of Edinburgh awards grades on the basis of its own marking schemes. While it does not currently subscribe to any international schemes for the assessment of language ability, such as the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the following ‘Can Do’ Statements provide a rough guide to the equivalent competencies that might be expected of Edinburgh students passing this course at the levels given below.

Further information on the CEFR can be found on the Council of Europe’s website:

CEFR, levels of proficiency and profiles