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AmericanCouncilontheTeachingofForeignLanguages certifiesthat

XIAOBO LU
TestType TestDate Language

Official WPT

11/10/2009

Mandarin

has successfully completed an ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) and has been rated, using ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines - Writing, as

Superior

DirectorofProfessionalPrograms DateIssued12/02/2009 LTI-TheACTFLTestingOffice

Superior-ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines-Writing(1999)

Superior
WritersattheSuperiorlevelareabletoproducemostkindsofformalandinformalcorrespondence,complex summaries,precise,reports,andresearchpapersonavarietyofpractical,social,academic,orprofessionaltopics treatedbothabstractlyandconcretely.Theyuseavarietyofsentencestructures,syntax,andvocabularytodirecttheir writingtospecificaudiences,andtheydemonstrateanabilitytoalterstyle,tone,andformataccordingtothespecific requirementsofthediscourse.Thesewritersdemonstrateastrongawarenessofwritingfortheotherandnotforthe self. WritersattheSuperiorleveldemonstratetheabilitytoexplaincomplexmatters,providedetailednarrationsinalltime framesandaspects,presentandsupportopinionsbydevelopingcogentargumentsandhypotheses.Theycanorganize andprioritizeideasandmaintainthethrustofatopicthroughconvincingstructureandlexiconandskillfuluseof writingprotocols,especiallythosethatdifferfromoralprotocols,toconveytothereaderwhatissignificant.Their writingischaracterizedbysmoothtransitionsbetweensubtopicsandcleardistinctionsmadebetweenprincipaland secondaryideas.Therelationshipamongideasisconsistentlyclear,evidencingorganizationalanddevelopmental principlessuchascauseandeffect,comparison,chronology,orotherorderingsappropriatetothetargetlanguage culture.Thesewritersarecapableofextendedtreatmentofatopicwhichtypicallyrequiresatleastaseriesof paragraphsbutcanencompassanumberofpages. WritersattheSuperiorleveldemonstrateahighdegreeofcontrolofgrammarandsyntax,bothgeneraland specialized/professionalvocabulary,spellingorsymbolproduction,cohesivedevices,andpunctuation.Their vocabularyispreciseandvariedwithtextureduseofsynonyms,insteadofmererepetitionofkeywordsandphrases. Theirwritingexpressessubtletyandnuanceandisattimesprovocative.Theirfluencyeasesthereader'stask. WritersatthebaselineoftheSuperiorlevelwillnotdemonstratethefullrangeofthefunctionalabilitiesofeducated nativewriters.Forexample,theirwritingmaynottotallyreflecttargetlanguagecultural,organizational,syntactic,or stylisticpatterns.AtthebaselineSuperiorlevel,occasionalerrorsmayoccur,particularlyinlow-frequencystructures, butthereisnopattern.Errorsdonotinterferewithcomprehensionandtheyrarelydistractthenativereader.

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