Proficiency Vocabulary

Your Functional Language Ability

• Intermediate

• Proficiency

• Proficiency Level

• Novice

Match each term with its correct definition.

• The language you are studying

• Novice

• A measure of how well you know a language

• Proficiency

• A beginner in learning a language

• Target Language

• The ability to use a language effectively

• Proficiency Level

The level at which your functional ability is measured.

• Intermediate

• Proficiency

• Advanced

• Proficiency Level

Can communicate with words, phrases and memorized sentences

• Novice

• Advanced

• Intermediate

• Superior

(a)   can participate in familiar conversations.

• Novice
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Superior

Match the language proficiency descriptions to the correct proficiency levels.

• Can express themselves fully on topics familiar and unfamiliar

• Intermediate

• Can communicate with accuracy and fluency on a wide range of topics, including abstract and academic subjects

• Superior

• Can handle short social interactions and express basic needs on familiar topics

• Novice

• Can communicate using simple phrases and sentences on familiar topics

• Advanced

Within the proficiency levels: low, mid and high

• Target Language

• Proficiency

• Proficiency Level

• Sub-Level

Communicates at the word level

• Novice

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Superior

Communicates at the sentence level

• Novice

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Superior

Communicates at the paragraph level

• Novice

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Superior