Part IVProficiency 101 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Focus on Spiraling Proficiency Levels & Impact

of Formative Assessment

Summer Institute (SI) 2012

Part IV Objectives

By the end of Part IV, I will be able to:

• Identify the proficiency level targeted in an assessment.

• Help students use the LinguaFolio® checklists to identify what they need to do to demonstrate performance at the targeted proficiency level.

ACTFL Proficiency Levels

Superior-Distinguished-Native

Advanced

Intermediate

Novice

Novice – Word LevelCommunicate minimally with formulaic and rote utterances, lists and phrases

Intermediate – Sentence LevelCreate with language, initiate, maintain and bring to a close simple conversations by asking and responding to simple questions

Advanced – Paragraph LevelNarrate and describe in past, present and future and deal effectively with an unanticipated complication

ACTFL Proficiency Levels

Novice (Parrot)

Intermediate(Survivor)

Advanced(Storyteller)

Activity: ACTFL Proficiency Level Posters

1. Look through the 3 posters showing proficiency outcomes for Modern Language - High School Credit Courses.

2. Share your observations and questions.

Proficiency ExpectationsAlphabetic Languages

AlphabeticLanguages

Novice Intermediate Advanced

Interpersonal(NA for Classical Languages)

Levels I, II Levels III, IV, V Levels VI, VII, VIII

Interpretive Levels I, II Levels III, IV, V Levels VI, VII, VIII

Presentational Levels I, II , IIILevels I, II

Levels IV, V, VILevels III, IV, V

Levels VII, VIIILevels VI, VII, VIII

Proficiency ExpectationsLogographic Languages

LogographicLanguages

Novice Intermediate Advanced

Interpersonal Levels I, II Levels III, IV, V Levels VI, VII, VIII

Interpretive Levels I, II, III Levels IV, V, VI Levels VII, VIII

Presentational Levels I, II, III, IV, V Levels V, VI, VII, VIII

Proficiency ExpectationsVisual Languages

VisualLanguage

Novice Intermediate Advanced

Interpersonal Levels I, II Levels III, IV, V, VI Levels VII, VIII

Interpretive:Receptive & Fingerspelling

Levels I, IILevel I

Levels III - VIILevels II, III, IV, V

Level VIIILevels VI, VII, VIII

PresentationalExpressive & Glossing

Levels I, II, IIILevels I, II

Levels IV, V, VILevels III, IV, V, VI

Levels VII, VIIILevels VII, VIII

Proficiency:What Does It Look and Sound Like?

ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012

• Latest revisions include Distinguished

• New website with guidelines and samples in English for listening, reading, speaking and writing

• Samples in target languages coming soon!

Activity: ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Examples

NativeDistinguishedSuperior

Advanced

Intermediate

Novice

Activity: COs & Proficiency Levels

With a partner or two . . . 1. Read the slips of paper in an

envelope on your table that have different sets of Clarifying Objectives (COs).

2. Create a proficiency chart by placing each group of COs under the appropriate mode of communication and at the correct proficiency sublevel.

LinguaFolio®

3 components– Biography– Passport or Global Profile– Dossier

• Self-assessment checklists Teacher & Administrator Perspectives

• 2012-2013 LF Resources

Activity: Learning Scenarios – 1 of 3

1. Read the 3 sets with 3 scenarios each describing summative, end-of-unit assessments.

2. Identify the proficiency level for each set:

• Novice• Intermediate• Advanced

Activity: Learning Scenarios – 2 of 3

3. Choose 1 of the 9 scenarios and select one skill that it focuses on:

– Interpersonal– Interpretive Listening– Interpretive Reading– Presentational Speaking– Presentational Writing

4. Pull that skill’s LinguaFolio self-assessment checklist

5. Decide which “I can” statements might be checked-off based on the student’s demonstration or artifact

Part IV ReflectionPlease respond to these statements in your Penzu journal.

Yes, easily and well

Still one of my goals

1. I can identify the proficiency level targeted in an assessment.

2. I can help students use the LinguaFolio checklists to identify what they need to do to demonstrate performance at the targeted proficiency level.