Helping students of Arabic understand, self-assess, and improve their oral proficiency

Part 4: How can I assess my own oral proficiency?

students at a computer labLearners at each ACTFL proficiency level can perform different communicative tasks, talk about different topics, and produce different amounts and quality of language.

Click below to see answers for each ACTFL level.

 

What tasks can you perform at each level?

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What topics can you talk about at each level?

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How much language can you produce at each level?

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What kind of language can you produce at each level?

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A note about sublevels

Remember that the Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced levels are each subdivided into Low, Mid, and High. When you look at the level descriptions in this section, you'll see that the High sublevel is grouped with the next higher proficiency level. For example, Novice High, Intermediate Low, and Intermediate Mid are all listed under "Intermediate."

The sublevels are grouped this way because the High rating is given to speech that meets all the requirements of a particular level, but also some—not all— requirements of the next level. In other words, the High sublevel is more closely related to the next higher proficiency level.

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