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

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

• in contact with native or with non-native speakers of the foreign language 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 most likely to find themselves in, particularly:

• situations, including practical transactions in everyday life, requiring a largely predictable language use;

• situations involving personal interaction, enabling the learners to establish and to maintain social contacts, including those made in business contacts;

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