• As visitors to, or residents in, a country where the foreign language is used for general communication purposes,

• when dealing with foreign visitors or residents in their own country, using English as a common means of communication,

• in contact with native or with non-native speakers of English in another foreign country,

• when encountering written or spoken texts in the foreign language,

the learners will be able to use the foreign language in such a way as to cope with the (principally linguistic) requirements of those situations they are likely to find themselves in, particularly:

• situations involving practical transactions in everyday life;

• situations involving personal interaction, enabling the learners to establish and maintain social contacts as well as to engage in meaningful relations in various domains of public life (e.g. business, education, welfare, entertainment);

• situations involving indirect communication, requiring the understanding of the gist and relevant details of written or spoken texts.