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ACTFL Certified Proficiency Testing Programs (oral and written)
Professional Development
ACTFL's 25th Year of Excellence in Language Testing and Tester Training
Did you know that…
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ACTFL offers oral proficiency testing in more than 65 languages and writing proficiency testing in 12 languages?
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The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education (ACE)?
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ACTFL provides testing support for the U.S. Department of Defense?
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ACTFL maintains the LLR. A registry of language learners at all levels of proficiency.
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ACTFL offers an ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) online?
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The ACTFL OPI and WPT are recognized by a number of state certification boards for teacher licensure?
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NCATE has determined teacher standards for Interpersonal Communication as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines?
Proficiency Assessments
Assessment Options for Measuring Speaking Proficiency
Assessment Option for Measuring Writing Proficiency
Assessment Options for Special Purposes
ACTFL Proficiency Assessments
ACTFL currently offers a number of options for assessing speaking (interpersonal) and writing (presentational). ACTFL assessments determine functional language ability as described in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and the ACTFL Advanced Level Check are conducted and rated by certified ACTFL OPI testers. The ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) is rated by certified ACTFL WPT raters.
ACTFL proficiency tests are currently being used worldwide by academic institutions, government agencies, and private corporations for purposes such as: academic placement, student assessment, program evaluation, professional certification, hiring, and promotional qualification. Teacher certification boards in some states require evidence of spoken and written language competency as demonstrated through official ACTFL ratings. More than 12,000 ACTFL tests are conducted yearly through the ACTFL Testing Program.
ACTFL Assessment Options for Measuring Speaking Proficiency
Official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)
Description: The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is a valid and reliable means of assessing how well a person speaks a language. It is a 20-30 minute face-to-face or telephonic interview between a certified ACTFL tester and an examinee. The interview is interactive and continuously adapts to the interests and abilities of the speaker. The speaker’s performance is compared to the criteria outlined in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines - Speaking (Revised 1999). The interview is double rated and an Official ACTFL Oral proficiency Certificate stating the candidate’s proficiency level is issued to the candidate.
Languages: Official ACTFL OPIs are currently available in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Cambodian, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Egyptian, English, Farsi, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Official ACTFL Advanced Level Check
Description: This is a truncated OPI to determine whether the candidate meets or does not meet the minimal criteria for a rating of Advanced Low as described in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines - Speaking (Revised 1999). The interview is conducted telephonically by a certified ACTFL tester and then is double rated. An ACTFL Advanced Level Check Certificate is issued to those who meet the criteria for the Advanced Low rating.
Languages: Official ACTFL Advanced Level Checks are currently available in the following languages: French, German, and Spanish.
Official ACTFL OPI through Academic Institutional Upgrade
Description: This is an OPI conducted by a certified tester for a student within the tester’s own academic institution. The OPI sample is then forwarded to the ACTFL Testing Office to be double rated and made official. An Official ACTFL OPI Certificate, stating the candidate’s proficiency level, is issued to the candidate.
Languages: The availability of Official ACTFL OPI through Institutional Upgrade is contingent on the languages in which there are ACTFL certified testers at that academic institution.
ACTFL Assessment Option for Measuring Writing Proficiency
Official ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT)
Description: This is a proctored, standardized test for global assessment of functional writing ability, measuring how well a person writes in a language by comparing the performance of specific writing tasks with the criteria stated in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines - Writing (Revised 2001). Tests are double rated and an official ACTFL WPT certificate is issued to the candidate.
Languages: Official ACTFL WPTs are currently available in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish (administered online).
ACTFL Assessment Options for Special Purposes
NCATE Standards - Demonstrating Language Proficiency to Meet NCATE Teacher Standards
Expected levels of language proficiency for foreign language teacher candidates, as published in the ACTFL/NCATE Standards for Foreign Language Teachers, can be demonstrated through the following ACTFL assessment options:
• Official ACTFL OPI • Official ACTFL Advanced Level Check • Official ACTFL OPI through Academic Institutional Upgrade • Official ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT)
ACE Credit Recommendation for Official ACTFL OPI Ratings
The ACTFL OPI is recognized by ACE (American Council on Education) for the awarding of college credit. This means that individuals who have spoken language ability in languages listed in the chart below may be awarded college credit through the American Council on Education’s (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service for that competency as demonstrated by an Official ACTFL OPI rating. For more information on receiving college credit for an official ACTFL OPI rating contact testing@languagetesting.com.
Summary of ACE Credit Recommendations for Official ACTFL OPI Ratings
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Category I
Dutch, English*, French, Haitian Creole, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili and Swedish |
Category II
German, Modern Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Punjabi and Urdu.
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Category III
Cambodian, Czech, Hmong, Hebrew, Hungarian, Lao, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian**, Slovak, Tagalog, Turkish, Thai, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. |
Category IV
Arabic, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin. |
Official OPI Rating |
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Novice High/ Intermediate Low |
2 LD |
2 LD |
3 LD |
3 LD |
Intermediate Mid |
4 LD |
5 LD |
6 LD |
6 LD |
Intermediate High/ Advanced Low |
8 LD |
8 LD + 2 UD |
6 LD + 3 UD |
6 LD + 3 UD |
Advanced Mid |
10 LD |
8 LD + 4 UD |
6 LD + 6 UD |
6 LD + 6 UD |
Advanced/High Superior |
10 LD + 2 UD |
8 LD +4 UD |
6 LD + 6 UD |
6 LD + 6 UD |
Legend *English is treated as a foreign language. ** Serbian and Croatian have been combined to Serbo-Croatian. Credit recommendations are based on a semester hour. LD = Lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category. UD = Upper division baccalaureate degree category. The 10 ACTFL OPI language proficiency ratings are: Superior, Advanced High, Advanced Mid, Advanced Low, Intermediate High, Intermediate Mid, Intermediate Low, Novice High, Novice Mid, Novice Low.
Language Testing International – The ACTFL Testing Office
The ACTFL Testing Program is administered by Language Testing International (LTI). Since 1992, LTI has been responsible for scheduling, archiving, and issuing ACTFL ratings and certificates. Records of all official tests are kept permanently in the proficiency testing archive.
For more information on ACTFL Testing or to schedule an ACTFL Proficiency Test, contact:
LTI 6 Executive Plaza Suite 100 Yonkers, NY 10701 Toll-free: 1-800-486-8444 Tel.: (914) 963-7110 Fax: (914) 963-7113 E-mail: testing@languagetesting.com www.languagetesting.com |
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