IH Tallinn Language Centre Levels

Levels

Tallinn Language Centre / International House Tallinn offers English courses at ten (10) different levels of language proficiency.

The school operates an academic year from September to May which involves 160 academic hours of classroom study & approx. 40 academic hours of home assignments. However, students are not obliged to stay with us for a whole academic year and may join the school for shorter courses throughout the year.

The levels are designed to correspond to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).The Common European Framework divides learners into three broad divisions that can each be further divided into two levels; for each level, it describes what a learner is supposed to be able to do in reading, listening, speaking and writing:

А - Basic User

А1 – Breakthrough

А2 - Waystage

В - Independent User

В1 - Threshold

В2 - Vantage

C - Proficient User

С1 - Effective Proficiency

С2 – Mastery

Due to the amount of material to be studied, Tallinn Language Centre / International House Tallinn has further subdivided the levels in the middle of the scale as follows:

A2 → A2.1 & A2.2

B1 → B1.1 & B1.2

B2 → B2.1 & B2.2

C1 → C1.1 & C1.2

Tallinn Language Centre / International House Tallinn 2025/2026 school year (01.09.2025-08.05.2026):

Term 1: 01.09.2025 - 18.12.2025 (78 academic hours)

Term 2: 05.01.2026 - 08.05.2026 (82 academic hours)


160 hrs	2	82	C 2 [Proficiency CPE]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	C 1.2 [Post Advanced CAE]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	C 1.1 [Advanced]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	B 2.2 [Pre-Advanced FCE]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	B 2.1 [Upper-Intermediate]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	B 1.2 [High-Intermediate]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	B 1.1 [Intermediate]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	A 2.2 [Pre-Intermediate]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	A 2.1 [Elementary]
	1	78


160 hrs	2	82	A1 [Beginner]
	1	78