Language
Proficiency
Adapted from Leah Devine & Jessie Roberts
West Virginia Virtual School
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Learning Targets
I can understand levels of proficiency.
I can identify my expected proficiency level
by the end of level 1 / level 2.
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Why are you
LEARNING LANGUAGE?
Create a list on the board with the reasons students are
learning language and what they can do with it 3
L e a rn i n g
a n g u a g e
L d i n g a
i ke b u i l
is l
hou s e …
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1 Brick = Performance Task
As we learn languages we practice and engage in performance
tasks that represent the individual bricks. Each time you speak,
listen, read, or write in the language, you are stacking those
bricks. 5
Walls= Multiple performance tasks
Throughout the year, we keep building on the foundation and
reinforcing the structure with more bricks and more complicated
designs. For example, once you can ask a question, we want you
to ask it on different topics.
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Mortar = Practice
Practice is the mortar that holds all your
knowledge (bricks) together to make…
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…A HOUSE!!
Being able to make that structure,
whether it is simple adobe or a
sleek modern house,
is proficiency. It is what you CAN
DO!!
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What is proficiency?
• My ability to tell/listen/read/write
about different topics
• Proficiency is WHAT I CAN DO!!
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How will I know what I am doing?
• Proficiency is
measured on the
ACTFL Proficiency
Scale.
• The scale goes
from Novice to
Distinguished.
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This is you
on your Path
to
Proficiency…
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Where is our focus this year?
• At the end of Spanish 2
you should be Novice
High or higher.
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Identifying Proficiency Levels
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a ny O e nc
s of M e s e nt
r ing e n c S
* S t c e s e nt
p le n te n s
Sim c e sS e
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* personal
Choices: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High, Intermediate
A. Low, Intermediate Mid, Intermediate High
Novice
Low 1
“A dog… ummm”
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Choices: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High, Intermediate
C. Low, Intermediate Mid, Intermediate High
Novice
Mid 2
“dog, white, it is happy”
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Choices: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High, Intermediate
D. Low, Intermediate Mid, Intermediate High
Novice
High 3
“The dog runs, drink, go fast. The dog is pretty.”
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Choices: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High, Intermediate
B. Low, Intermediate Mid, Intermediate High
Intermediate
Low 4
“The dog is white.
It runs fast. It drinks water.” 17
Choices: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High,
F. Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Intermediate 3
Intermediate
Mid 5
“The little white dog is fast. He is
playing ball. He is thirsty.”
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Choices: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High, Intermediate
E. Low, Intermediate Mid, Intermediate High
j unc tions
Con
Intermediate
High 6
“It is a little white dog. The dog ran fast because it played
ball. It will be tired after running a lot and need water.”
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How are the three
examples similar?
How are they
different?
What could be a
Novice Low answer?
What could be a
higher level answer?
Task: Tell me about yourself. 20
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As you become
more proficient, you
have the ability to
make more complex
sentences.
Try to add as many
details as possible
when speaking and
writing.
Look at the
progression from
NM to Intermediate
here.
Task: What do you like to do in your free time? 21
Where do you
want to go on
your
Path to
Proficiency? 22
Jessie Roberts
[email protected]
Leah Devine
[email protected]
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