Pronunciation - Pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation are heavily influenced by the first language or regional variation and usually interfere with ease of understanding.

Structure - Shows only limited control of a few simple memorized grammatical structures and sentence patterns.

Vocabulary - Limited vocabulary range consisting only of isolated words and memorized phrases.

Comprehension - Comprehension is limited to isolated, memorized phrases when they are carefully and slowly articulated.

Fluency - Can produce very short, isolated, memorized utterances with frequent pausing and a distracting use of fillers to search for expressions and to articulate less familiar words.

Interaction - Response time is slow and often inappropriate.  Interaction is limited to simple routine exchanges.