ILR Crosswalk Matrix

Abilities	Sub-Abilities	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
Main Statement		A summary statement of the functional linguistic abilities: functional ability; precision of forms and meanings; content meaningfulness; and contextual appropriateness.	A summary statement of the functional linguistic abilities: functional ability; precision of forms and meanings; content meaningfulness; and contextual appropriateness.	A summary statement of the functional linguistic abilities: functional ability; precision of forms and meanings; content meaningfulness; and contextual appropriateness.	A summary statement of the functional linguistic abilities: functional ability; precision of forms and meanings; content meaningfulness; and contextual appropriateness.
Functional Ability		The communicative acts that the speaker can accomplish with language.	The ability to understand and process speech, including explicit and implicit meanings.	The ability to understand and process text, including explicit and implicit meanings.	The communicative acts that the writer can accomplish with language.
Precision of Forms and Meanings		The accuracy and complexity of the language produced.	The accuracy and complexity of the language understood.	The accuracy and complexity of the language understood.	The accuracy and complexity of the language produced.
	Discourse Management/ Text Type	The organization, coherence, and cohesion of the speaker's utterances.	The organization, coherence, and cohesion of speech that is understood.	The organization, coherence, and cohesion of text that is understood.	The organization, coherence, and cohesion of the text that is produced.
	Lexical Control	The breadth, depth, and accuracy of the words and collocations produced in a particular language, including cultural references, idiomatic and fixed expressions.	The breadth, depth, and accuracy of the words and collocations produced in a particular language, including cultural references, idiomatic and fixed expressions.	The breadth, depth, and accuracy of the words and collocations produced in a particular language, including cultural references, idiomatic and fixed expressions.	The breadth, depth, and accuracy of the words and collocations produced in a particular language, including cultural references, idiomatic and fixed expressions.
	Structural Control	Grammar produced, including both morphology and syntax.	Grammar understood, including both morphology and syntax.	Grammar understood, including both morphology and syntax.	Grammar produced, including both morphology and syntax.
	Orthographic/ Phonetic Features	The articulation of sounds, tones, intonation, pitch, and stress.	The comprehension of the sounds, tones, intonation, pitch, and stress.	The comprehension of a writing system.	The use of a writing system.
Content Meaningfulness		Topics, domains, or subject matter areas.	Topics, domains, or subject matter areas.	Topics, domains, or subject matter areas.	Topics, domains, or subject matter areas.
	Range	The breadth of topics that are produced.	The breadth of topics that are understood.	The breadth of topics that are understood.	The breadth of topics that are produced.
	Relevance	The relationship between the topic of discussion and the information contributed.	The ability to identify what is important in speech.	The ability to identify what is important in writing.	The relationship between the topic of discussion and the information contributed.
	Substantive Coverage	The ability to address the topic sufficiently.	The ability to understand the message sufficiently.	The ability to understand the message sufficiently.	The ability to address the topic sufficiently.
Contextual Appropriateness		The ability to speak appropriately in a given context.	The ability to understand the contextual elements of a text.	The ability to understand the contextual elements of a text.	The ability to write appropriately in a given context.
	Cultural Appropriateness	The ability to communicate meaning in a given cultural context, reflecting norms, values, and expectations.	The ability to understand meaning in a given cultural context, reflecting norms, values, and expectations.	The ability to understand meaning in a given cultural context, reflecting norms, values, and expectations.	The ability to communicate meaning in a given cultural context, reflecting norms, values, and expectations.
	Social Appropriateness	The ability to adhere to social norms pertinent to a particular group, speech community, or context, including degrees of politeness, register, social distances, and formality.	The ability to understand social norms pertinent to a particular group, speech community, or context, including degrees of politeness, register, social distances, and formality.	The ability to understand social norms pertinent to a particular group, speech community, or context, including degrees of politeness, register, social distances, and formality.	The ability to adhere to social norms pertinent to a particular group, speech community, or context, including degrees of politeness, register, social distances, and formality.
	Interactional Appropriateness	The ability to structure interaction, including pacing and turn taking, and to communicate mood, feeling, emotion, attitude, and stance.	The ability to follow pacing and turn taking and to understand mood, feeling, emotion, attitude, and stance.	The ability to understand mood, feeling, emotion, attitude, and stance.	The ability to structure interaction and to communicate mood, feeling, emotion, attitude, and stance.