BELL LEVELLING SYSTEM
At Bell Vietnam we run our courses in line with the Common European Framework (CEF) which means our levels have relevance outside of Vietnam. The table below shows how our levels fit with the CEF and with the main suite Cambridge exams and IELTS.
| Bell Vietnam | Council of Europe | Cambridge ESOL | IELTS | |||
| General | Business | |||||
| Proficient User | Proficient | Mastery | C2 | CPE | 7.5-9.0 | |
| Advanced | Effective Proficiency | C1 | CAE | BEC Higher | 6.5-7.0 | |
| Independent User | Pre-Advanced | Vantage | B2 | FCE | BEC Vantage | 5.0-6.0 |
| Upper Intermediate | ||||||
| Intermediate | Threshold | B1 | PET | BEC Preliminary | 3.5-4.5 | |
| Basic User | Pre-Intermediate | Waystage | A2 | KET | 3.0 | |