Speaking and Listening - To be prepared for the examination, candidates must be able to understand complete spoken sentences including compound sentences in familiar contexts and longer stretches of discourse pertaining to various topics and situations; work out the meaning of longer utterances which allow for a high probability of correct guessing; answer aural questions in Yiddish after listening to an intermediate level Yiddish story. Reading and Writing - candidates must be able to consistently identify the who, what, when and where in short connected texts on basic subjects; work out the meaning of longer passages using textual cues; identify most past, present, and future tense forms of frequent verbs in all Yiddish verb patterns, thereby grasping the chronological sequence of events; meet practical and social writing needs on topics related to the writer's immediate environment, such as biographical details, school and work; take brief notes on familiar topics and respond in writing to personal questions; candidates must be able to write in somewhat descriptive paragraphs, demonstrating full control of simple sentences and use of more complex sentences linked by conjunctions; translate an intermediate level Yiddish text into English, translate an intermediate level English text into Yiddish, compose two short paragraphs on chosen topics.