REEP LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS: 100

100 (Low Beginning): Has minimal oral and literacy skills, if any. A native English speaker used to dealing with limited English proficient (LEP) speakers can rarely communicate with a person at this level, except through gestures.

Correlations:
Speaking/Listening: REEP Skill Level 1; NRS Beginning ESL Literacy; SPL 0, I, II; BEST Short Form Placement Scores 0-12
Writing:     REEP Skill Level 1; NRS Beginning ESL Literacy; CASAS Level A
Reading:  REEP Skill Level 1; CASAS Level A.

Click on individual skills for detailed descriptions:
 

 

SPEAKING - 100
ORAL INTERACTION
ELABORATION & EXPLANATION
GRAMMAR
Has limited communicative ability.  May function in situations related to basic needs in a limited way.

Expresses a few basic survival needs using isolated words, simple learned phrases, simple learned sentences and gestures.

Speech includes frequent long pauses and echoing of others' words.

May switch to primary language to communicate message.
 

 Almost no elaboration. May attempt to elaborate by saying another word that expresses the same idea or use gestures.

May repeat words to confirm meaning.

Unable to offer further explanation to statements already given except by using gestures or primary language.

Given a very familiar question, may respond with isolated words or gesture. In some cases, may answer with a complete simple sentence.

 Has little control of basic grammatical forms and structures.  May use one simple sentence pattern such as "I go work", "I go school".

Communication consists mostly of isolated nouns or action verbs and learned phrases such as "My name is..."; "wake up"; "go out".

 

 
 
LISTENING - 100
May understand a few 
isolated words or very 
simple learned phrases 
(e.g. What's your name?) when spoken slowly 
and with repetition.		 May understand some letters of the alphabet and some numbers.

Needs to have all routine tasks demonstrated.

 Needs context, concrete examples, and non-verbal cues to understand most 
oral information.

 
WRITING - 100
May copy letters of the
alphabet, numbers, and 
personally meaningful material
May need assistance.

May copy sentence patterns
and insert own personal
information.

 May write letters of the
alphabet and numbers
from memory.  May need
assistance.

May attempt to write simple sentences on 
very familiar topics.

 May be able to write very
basic personal information
and complete a simplified
form. May need assistance.

Has little or no control of
grammar..

 
READING - 100
May recognize most or all 
letters of the alphabet, but 
may not recognize correct 
order.

May be able to read short sentences.  Has a lot of 
difficulty reading very short, simplified narrative paragraphs.

 May recognize single 
digit numbers and some higher numbers.

Has difficulty consulting text to locate information.

 May recognize a few very common sight words (e.g. name, address, stop).

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