Spanish 3 Knowledge

Spanish 3 Knowledge

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  Government AcademicDefinition (FSI) Scale (ACTFL/ETS) Scale 4+ Superior Able to speak the language with sufficient 4 structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate 3+ effectively in most formal and informal 3 conversations 5 Native Able to speak like an educated native speaker 2+ Advanced Plus Able to satisfy most work requirements and show some ability to communicate on concrete topics 2 Advanced Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements 1+ Intermediate-High Able to satisfy most survival needs and limited social demands 1 Intermediate-Mid Able to satisfy some survival needs and some limited social demands Intermediate-Low Able to satisfy basic survival needs and minimum courtesy requirements 0+ Novice-High Able to satisfy needs with learned utterances 0 Novice-Mid Able to operate in only a very limited capacity Novice-Low Unable to function in the spoken language No ability whatsoever in the language Source: Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro. ETS Oral Proficiency Testing Manual. Princeton, N.J.: Educational Testing Service, 1982.
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  Proficiency Levels byYears (Spanish - High School - 7500 students) 1 year of study 2 years of study 3 years of study 4 years of study
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  Novice Speakers Respondto simple questions on the most common features of daily life Convey minimal meaning to interlocutors experienced at dealing with foreigners by using -isolated words -lists of words -memorized phrases -some personalized recombinations of words or phrases Satisfy only a very limited number of immediate needs
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  How accurate are Novice Speakers? Intelligibility (pronunciation and stress, e.g., feesh vs. feess ) Contextually appropriate responses;
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  Intermediate Speakers Participatein simple, direct conversations on generally predictable topics related to daily activities and personal environment Obtain and give information by describing and asking and answering questions Initiate, sustain and bring to a close a number of basic, uncomplicated communicative exchanges, often in a reactive mode Create with the language and communicate personal meaning to sympathetic interlocutors by combining language elements in discrete sentences and strings of sentences Satisfy simple personal needs and social demands to survive in the target language culture
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  How accurate are Intermediate Speakers? Require interlocutors who are accustomed to non-native speakers of the language (more patient); Speak mostly in present tense but can use some past and future; Pronunciation, stress patterns, and grammar may all be flawed but there is sufficient accuracy for communication at the sentence level.
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