WCSD World Languages Curriculum Support
What is Proficiency?
Language proficiency refers to what students can do with the language in terms of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in a real-world context, and to what degree. Levels of proficiency are described along a continuum beginning with novice and progressing through intermediate, advanced, superior and distinguished as described by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
Spanish
Spanish Literacy (Spanish for Spanish Speakers)
French
German
Heritage Language Performance Rubrics
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Years of Language Learning |
End of Level Proficiency Target |
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1st Year Language Learning |
Novice-Mid – Novice High |
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2nd Year Language Learning |
Novice-High – Intermediate Low |
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Students who achieve Novice level proficiency can respond to simple questions, convey meaning by using lists of words, memorized phrases, and some personalized combinations of words or phrases. |
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3rd Year Language Learning |
Intermediate Low – Intermediate Mid |
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4th Year Language Learning |
Intermediate Mid |
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5th Year Language Learning |
Intermediate Mid – Intermediate High |
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6th Year Language Learning |
Intermediate High – Advanced Low |
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Intermediate level of proficiency means that students can participate in simple direct conversations, ask and answer questions, handle basic communication needed in daily life, and use discrete sentences and sentence connectors. Advanced level of proficiency means students acquire the skills to participate in the target language actively in a variety of conversations, both formally and informally, including dealing effectively with unanticipated complications. |
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