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| WHAT IS PROFICIENCY? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| THE COMPONENTS OF PROFICIENCY | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Fluency 2. Comprehension 3. Grammar 4. Pronunciation 5. Vocabulary 6. Tasks & Functions |
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| PROFICIENCY GUIDELINES ACTFL & ILR Scales |
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| To read ACTFL's Guidelines, you need to download the Acrobat Reader from Adobe. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Speaking Proficiency Guidelines according to ACTFL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writing Proficiency Guidelines according to ACTFL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proficiency Guidelines according to the ILR, the Interagency Language Roundtable | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Recommended Further Reading Hadley, AO. (2001). Teaching language in context, 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle. Chapter 1 covers the concept of language proficiency in much detail. |
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