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- 1. What does language look like at various foreign language proficiency levels? And, what can students do to level up?
- 2. Tips, Tools and Resources to help your students rise in proficiency and communicate with confidence.
- 3. The ACTFL Proficiency Levels and Performance Descriptors provide a very useful tool for seeing exactly what learners are able to communicate and produce at the various proficiency levels.
- 5. Language output at the novice level Novice Low Novice Mid Novice High • Speak in lists & memorized phrases • Speak in lists & memorized phrases • 25-50 words • No language creation • Introduce self and others • Speak in phrases • Limited to memorized chunks • Ask & answer simple questions
- 6. Language output at the intermediate level Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate High • Speak in complete sentences • Simple conversation about common topics • Use language to do multi-step task • Handle a complication • Present opinion with reason and support • Speak in present, past & future with errors • Create language with some memorized phrases • Topics related to self • Create & respond to information questions
- 7. Language output at the advanced level Advanced Low Advanced Mid Advanced High • Formal & informal conversation • Narrate & describe in paragraphs • Circumlocute occasionally • Some speech hesitant and irregular • Narrate in present, past & future with infrequent errors • Narrate in present, past & future with limited errors • Speak well on concrete topics & familiar topics • Handle unanticipated language • Speak with ease on a variety of topics • Hesitant with abstract topics • Speak very well on concrete topics • Paraphrase & circumlocute with ease
- 8. How can students move up in their proficiency level? The ACTFL Text Types show the specific types of language that novice, intermediate and advanced learners produce.
- 11. How can students level up at the novice level? • Combine words and phrases into sentences • Practice asking questions • Continue learning new words and phrases
- 12. How can students level up at the intermediate level? •Speak in more complete sentences •Maintain conversation by asking questions •Learn more words and add them to sentences •Practice circumlocution •Talk about events in present, future & past
- 13. How can students level up at the advanced level? •Work on supporting opinions •Try to hesitate less when speaking •Add details to explain and clarify meaning •Practice speaking about more abstract topics •Use circumlocution to communicate words that are not known
- 14. On the next slide you can see all of the information together in one graphic.
- 16. Not so easy to read here in this presentation, but you can download the pdf on this link or by clicking the image below.
- 17. Take a look at my blog post on this topic by clicking the image below.
- 18. www.wlclassroom.com Tips, Tools and Resources to help your students rise in proficiency and communicate with confidence.
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