American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26
Author(s):  
Inge Sauelsberg
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Languages ◽  
American Council

Testing Listening Comprehension in the Context of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Detailed Consideration ◽  
American Council ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Listening Tests ◽  
Criterion Referenced

This article discusses issues related to the testing of listening comprehension in the context of the 1986 ACTFL proficiency guidelines (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1987). After a review of current research on listening comprehension and development of listening tests, four issues are singled out for more detailed consideration: the meaning ofcontextin listening testing, the concept of criterion-referenced tests, the notion of specific purposes in testing, and the use of technology in listening tests. A number of research issues are also discussed.

scholarly journals EVALUATING ENGLISH FOR IRAQ TEXTBOOK GRADE 5 IN TERMS OF TEXTBOOK QUALITY STANDARDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 148-158
Author(s):  
Habar Hussein JASSIM ◽  
Rafid Raaof JASSIM
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
American Council ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Grade 5

This study attempts to evaluate English for Iraq textbook grade 5 and compare English for Iraq 5 Pupil's book and Activity book in light of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Standards. The study approach is descriptive as the researcher uses content analysis to analyze the activities of all 8 units in English for Iraq textbook and then determine the availability of ATCFL standards in the textbook. The collected data were analyzed statistically. The results of this study indicated that English for Iraq textbook grade 5 matches the ATCFL five main standards ( communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities) moderately since English for Iraq textbook grade 5 matches cultures and connections standards largely whereas it matches communications, comparisons, and communities moderately.

Forthcoming Meetings and Conferences of General Interest

PMLA ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-139
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Department Chairpersons ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
American Council ◽  
American Council On Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Teaching Faculty ◽  
Status Of Women

Study iii, undertaken in 1973–74 by the Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession, is the most far-reaching of the Commission's three studies. Unlike Study l and Study n, which were based on responses from selected department chairpersons to a questionnaire prepared by the Commission, Study m is based on responses from individuals in English and foreign language departments. These individuals are in institutions selected by the American Council on Education (ACE) for its study of teaching faculty in American colleges and universities in 1972–73. Like the two earlier studies, Study in examines the status of women in the modern language profession, but it furnishes a more comprehensive profile of the profession as well as comparative profiles of the two major fields within the modern language profession, English and foreign languages.

Assessing the Oral Proficiency of Heritage Speakers According to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 – Speaking

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Martin ◽  
Elvira Swender ◽  
Mildred Rivera-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Oral Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Heritage Speakers ◽  
American Council ◽  
Oral Proficiency Interview ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
Language Resource ◽  
Heritage Speakers Of Spanish

The article discusses the preliminary findings of a joint National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC)/American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) project conducted in 2010-11, Exploring Linguistic Profiles of Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Russian, that used the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 –Speaking (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2012b) to assess and analyze the oral proficiency of heritage speakers. The discussion of these findings follows a general discussion of what a rating based on an official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) actually does and does not tell us about speakers, including heritage or native speakers, who fall into various ACTFL rating ranges. The joint NHLRC/ACTFL research project analyzed which features typically characteristic of heritage speakers of Spanish and Russian prevent them from receiving higher ratings on an official ACTFL OPI, and these findings are the focus of this article. Finally, some general recommendations related to instructional implications of these findings are discussed.

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