CEFR level by study hours
How far can a stack of classroom, tutoring, and self-study hours realistically take a language learner on the CEFR ladder?
Run — free
Course brochures talk about becoming intermediate while exam boards publish guided-hour bands from A1 through C2, and those two stories rarely meet in one transparent number. This CEFR level by study hours calculator maps a total of guided study hours onto the standard Cambridge-style cumulative bands so you can see the highest level those hours can reasonably support, how many hours remain until the next band, and where the total sits relative to the published typical range. Use it when you are planning a school year, briefing a private tutor, comparing intensive versus extensive programmes, or converting a logged hour diary into a placement hypothesis before a diagnostic test. The same deterministic parse logic powers the free browser widget and the API path, with no network calls and no model tokens, so study-plan spreadsheets and automation scripts always agree on the arithmetic.
How to use it
Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.
Check your inputs
Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.
Use it again or automate it
Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.
What you can do with it
Get an answer now
Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.
Compare scenarios
Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.
Automate repeated work
Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.
FAQ
How do I use this capability?
Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.
For developers — API access
Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.
API endpoint
Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.
Call it from your stack
curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/cefr-by-hours \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"hours":400}'const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/cefr-by-hours", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"hours": 400
})
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();import os, requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/cefr-by-hours",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
json={
"hours": 400
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/cefr-by-hours", false, stream_context_create([
"http" => [
"method" => "POST",
"header" => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
"content" => '{"hours":400}',
],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"hours":400}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/cefr-by-hours", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)Example request
{
"hours": 400
}Example response
{
"task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
"type": "edu.cefr_by_hours",
"status": "queued",
"_links": {
"result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
}
}The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.
Pricing
Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.
Errors
| HTTP | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
401 | unauthorized | Missing or invalid API key. |
402 | insufficient_balance | Your balance doesn't cover the task price. |
404 | unknown_type | That task type doesn't exist. |
429 | rate_limited | Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling. |