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When classifying and determining language levels, language courses, publishers and language institutes have their own language criteria, which vary from one country to another or from one language institute to another. Because of these variations, in the past, there were no standard language levels. With the emergence of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), a common standard, common criteria and a common foreign language teaching policy could be developed. The framework can be used to determine language skills against the international standard. Moreover, the confirmed language skills can be recognized in all European countries. This will make language skills objectively measurable and internationally comparable. In this study, the influence of the leveled texts in respect of the Common European Framework of Reference on the achievement and retention of language learners in German reading lessons was measured quantitatively by comparing it with the non-leveled texts. Then it was supported with the students’ views. Following this purpose, 44 students (22 males and 22 females), who are enrolled in the Department of Foreign Language Teaching of the University of Necmettin Erbakan, participated in this study. A post-test was applied to measure the change in students’ performance after the 8-week course. To measure the permanence of the information, a retention test was performed again after 21 days. The data were analyzed through a mixed model ANOVA by using the R program. According to the results of the research, the experimental group showed a significant difference over time compared to the control group.

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