Use of ACTFL熟练程度指引 and Issuing of Official ACTFL Tests

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的 purpose of this document is to describe the history of the ACTFL熟练程度指引, 当前的, official ACTFL tests and the circumstances under which official ACTFL ratings can be assigned to test taker performances.

What is the history of the ACTFL熟练程度指引 and Official ACTFL Tests?

In the late 1970s, ACTFL received a grant from IFLE, Title VI of the U.S. Department of Education to develop academically oriented proficiency guidelines instead of the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Scale. 的 ILR scale was used in government contexts and lacked detail at the lower proficiency levels; moreover, the ILR scale uses numbers instead of names to describe proficiency levels. 最终的产品是临时的 ACTFL熟练程度指引 (1982), 在1986年之前都得到了广泛的研究, 当他们不再被称为“临时的”.ACTFL还致力于开发 ACTFL口语水平面试 (ACTFL OPI ®) and a professional development workshop (的 ACTFL OPI Workshop®) to provide intensive professional development to language educators interested in learning how to apply the ACTFL熟练程度指引 在标准化的面试中.

1986年 ACTFL水平指南-口语 included four major proficiency levels: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Superior. 的 Novice and Intermediate levels were further subdivided into Low, 中高 levels. 的 Advanced Level was divided into Advanced and Advanced Mid, 而Superior则没有子级别名称.

除了说话的标准, ACTFL还制定了听力标准, reading and writing; these domains are known as the ACTFL Proficiency Guideline-Listening/Reading/Writing; collectively, 这个尺度被称为the ACTFL熟练程度指引.

1999年，ACTFL大幅修订了《星际网赌登录》. 除了其他的变化, the ACTFL Advanced level was subdivided into three sublevels: Low, 中高. ACTFL invested a great deal of resources into both revising the Guidelines and providing recalibration professional development for already certified and new testers and workshop facilitators to re-calibrate them to the new Guidelines. ACTFL partnered with Peace Corps to develop exemplary videotaped interviews to demonstrate the features of each level for exclusive use by ACTFL and Peace Corps. In 2012, ACTFL further revised the Guidelines to further align language across levels and domains. Moreover, the Distinguished level was added to describe language beyond the Superior level.

In 2022, ACTFL began the process of revising the Guidelines to increase accessibility of language, align the Guidelines with other ACTFL teaching and learning documents (such as the World Language Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, the NCSSFL/ACTFL 乐观进取的语句 and the ACTFL性能描述符 for Language Learners) and to even better articulate language across levels and domains. As of February 2023, that work is still ongoing and is anticipated to be completed in spring 2024.

谁能使用 ACTFL熟练程度指引?

的 ACTFL熟练程度指引 2012 and any previous and subsequent versions may be used for non-profit, 仅供教育用途, 只要它们被完整地复制, 没有改动, 并归功于ACTFL. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the examples in any form is prohibited other than for non-profit, 教育的目的. 你可能不会, 除非有ACTFL的明确书面许可, 分发或商业利用任何媒体内容. 换句话说, language instructors and not-for profit school entities may use the Guidelines for curriculum development, classroom-based assessment and to estimate learner progress toward proficiency. 未授权其他用途.

Which organizations can assign official ACTFL Proficiency ratings?

Official ACTFL ratings can only be provided on official ACTFL proficiency tests administered via ACTFL’s exclusive licensee, Language Testing International with certified ACTFL raters. Any rating issued by another organization/entity that claims such rating to be an “ACTFL rating” is unofficial and not valid.

为什么官方ACTFL考试如此重要?

除了是指南的唯一所有者, ACTFL developed all official tests in accordance with the Guidelines and based on the expertise of ACTFL staff and certified ACTFL testers and facilitators. All ACTFL tests are designed to elicit or assess language consistent with ACTFL Proficiency levels based on decades of rigorous certification procedures and expertise. 因此, 香港联会除外, 通过国际语言测试, 我们的独家授权方, 能提供官方ACTFL评分吗. 只有官方的ACTFL考试才符合指南, 由actfl认证专家开发, 由ACTFL资源支持, and reflect best practices in proficiency-based assessment- tasks and test items that accurately elicit, 星际网赌登录和报告官方ACTFL成绩. Some organizations may use concordance tables to show how their test results align with ACTFL Proficiency levels. 的se tables simply show how a learner on their test is predicted to perform on an official ACTFL test. 他们 不 反映与准则的一致性.

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