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Major Focus
How well do others
understand my central
idea?
Comprehensibility
How elaborate is my
language?
Complexity of
Expression
Pre-Novice
An audience
accustomed to
language learners
cannot understand
me.
Novice
Low
An audience
accustomed to
language learners can
understand me with
great difficulty.
Vocabulary
How well do I use the
language?
*double score
Language Control
*double score
and Structure
How well do I
converse?
Quality of
Interaction
*used for interpersonal
tasks only
I cannot
comprehend any
kind of spoken
message in the
target language
and am unable to
maintain a
conversation.
I can demonstrate
understanding by
indicating a choice,
responding yes/no, or
with an isolated word,
but I have great
difficulty maintaining
a conversation.
Novice
Mid
An audience
accustomed to
language learners
can understand me
with difficulty.
Novice
High
An audience
accustomed to
language learners can
generally understand
me with gaps in
comprehension.
Task
How accurate are my
spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation?
Mechanics
Intermediate
Mid
An audience
accustomed to
language learners can
understand me with
some effort.
An audience not
accustomed to
language learners can
understand me with
gaps in
comprehension.
I can integrate a
variety of sentence
structures with some
sequencing &
transition words.
I can demonstrate
limited use of verb
tenses with repetitive
grammatical
structures and errors
that interfere with
comprehension.
I can demonstrate
emerging control of
verb tenses & some
advanced
grammatical
structures with errors
that interfere with
comprehension.
I can demonstrate
understanding by
responding to and
asking basic
questions with
memorized phrases
or isolated words.
I can demonstrate
understanding by
responding to and
asking basic questions
with learned phrases
and simple sentences.
I can demonstrate
understanding by
responding to and
asking basic questions
or requests for
information with few
phrases or simple
sentences.
I can demonstrate
understanding by
responding to and
asking a variety of
appropriate questions
and responding with a
series of sentences.
Minor Focus
How well do I complete the
task?
Intermediate
Low
Intermediate
High
Advanced
Low
An audience not
accustomed to
language learners can
readily understand
me, although
interference from
another language
may be evident.
An audience not
accustomed to language
learners can readily
understand me.
I can explain or
elaborate a viewpoint
with details while
using some culturally
appropriate idiomatic
expressions.
I can use expanded
words and expressions
from a wide range of
topics related to
school, work, and
community.
I can demonstrate
some control of verb
tenses, moods, & some
advanced
grammatical
structures with few
errors that may
interfere with
comprehension.
I can demonstrate
understanding by
responding to and
asking questions,
paraphrasing with
ease, confidence, and
flexibility in various
time frames.
Additional Feedback
I can complete
little of what I
am asked to
do.
I can complete
most everything
I am asked to
do.
I can complete
everything I am
asked to do.
I can complete
more than
what I am
asked to do.
I have many
errors in
mechanics.
I have errors in
mechanics.
I have some
errors in
mechanics.
I have no errors
in mechanics.
Adapted from NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, Jefferson County, KY and Howard County, MD Public Schools World Languages Performance Assessment Rubrics