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The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (the Guidelines) describe an individual’s language skills in terms of proficiency: the ability to use language to accomplish communication objectives. They portray language proficiency in four domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
ACTFL Performance Descriptors. A roadmap for what learners should be able to do as they learn a language. Can-Do Statements. Set goals and chart progress towards language and intercultural proficiency. Guiding Principles for Language Learning. Get guidance and discover what is effective in language learning.
The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines are descriptions of what individuals can do with language in terms of speaking, writing, listening, and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed context. For each skill, these guidelines identify five major levels of proficiency: Distinguished, Superior, Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice.
At each major level, the Guidelines provide a summary description of the criteria for speaking proficiency at that level, including functions and task types (F), application of linguistic, sociocultural, and strategic knowledge (A), relevant situations and topic areas (C), and discourse types (T).
ACTFL Performance Descriptors. A roadmap for what learners should be able to do as they learn a language. Can-Do Statements. Set goals and chart progress towards language and intercultural proficiency. Guiding Principles for Language Learning. Get guidance and discover what is effective in language learning.
Aligned with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 and the ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners the Can-Do Statements reflect the continuum of growth in communication skills through the Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior, and Distinguished levels.
The 2024 revisions improve clarity and accessibility and enhance the utility of the Guidelines by aligning them to key documents, such as the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, the ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners, and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements.
ORAL PROFICIENCY LEVELS IN THE WORKPLACE. ACTFL Level. Language Functions. Corresponding Professions/Positions*. Superior. Discuss topics extensively, support opinions, hypothesize. Deal with linguistically unfamiliar situations and unexpected complications.
A companion to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, a document that describes broad, general language proficiency regardless of when, where or how language is acquired, the ACTFL Per-formance Descriptors for Language Learners provide more detailed and more granular information about language learners.
ACTFL strives to ensure that world language educators at all levels have the tools they need to succeed. Explore ACTFL’s Proficiency Guidelines, Can-Do Statements, and more to help guide your strategy and practice. Ad. World Readiness Standards.