GUIDED QUESTIONS and QUIZ

A measure of language ability described through performance observations. It is nested in language-use contexts. This is the definion of?

• Language Proficiency

• Language Perspective

• Language Assessment

• Framework and Scales

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Scales developed by the US Foreign Service Institute, focused on language proficiency within the professional context?

• ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

• Canadian Language Benchmarks for Canada’s adult learners of English and French

• Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

• Interagency Language Roundtable  (ILR)

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which one is the right concept of PROFICIENCY SCALE?

• A multi-dimensional range of language competences, contexts, and functions arranged horizontally with corresponding vertical ability scales for each horizontal element, some of which may overlap.

• Measurements of language ability relative to specific, real world uses, often

  aligned empirically to proficiency scales and frameworks through standard-setting procedures

• The alignment of curricula, syllabi, tasks, texts, assessments, and other peda- gogical resources onto proficiency scales and frameworks.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Why did language professionals in higher education encounter challenges when attempting to adopt the ILR scale?

• Educators need training and professional development to effectively implement the ILR scale in their teaching practices.

• The ILR scale employs terminology and descriptors that differ from those used in other frameworks.

• Without appropriate assessment instruments, it becomes difficult to accurately measure students' proficiency levels.

• ALL CORRECT

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The guidelines that use the terms; Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Superior, with three levels initially at Novice and Intermediate and later at Advanced (instead of numerical scales)

• IRL

• ACTFL

• CEFR

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7