Global Language Portfolio: Communication Self Assessment and Goal Setting
Global Language Portfolio: Communication Self Assessment and Goal Setting
Global Language Portfolio: Communication Self Assessment and Goal Setting
(February 2009)
Reading
Self-assessment:
Work through the checklist and note in the first of the two right-hand columns what you believe you can
already do 80% of the time or more. Placing a checkmark in the first of the two columns indicates mastery
of the task performed rather than occasional success. After you check off over 80% of the items for a given
ACTFL level, you should progress to the next level in that same skill. Each skill is assessed separately
with different levels possible in each of 5 skills. Keep going through this checklist until you reach the
highest level where you checked off at least 4 of the 5 tasks. Record that level (NL, NM, NH, IL, IM,
IH, AL, AM, AH, S, or D) on your GLP Language Passport.
Goal setting:
Interpretive
Reading
Novice Low (NL)
I know the alphabet and can associate most sounds and letters that I will need to read aloud.
I can understand certain phrases or sentences I have memorized from a textbook or from signs.
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(1) I can do
and well. this easily
Place a checkmark in the second column to identify the next set of goals you wish to reach in the future.
I can understand indications of what something costs and follow simple directions, such as left, right,
or this way, especially if there are arrows or pictures to help.
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I can read a wide variety of edited texts, such as a poetry anthology or a collection of essays for class.
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I can understand the vocabulary and phrases associated with certain business letters and faxes and
recognize their subtleties of meaning and tone.
I can read an unedited novel for pleasure, using a dictionary as needed.
I can do research for a term paper or for a project at work using target language sources, occasionally
using a dictionary.
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Superior (S)
I can read standard newspaper items addressed to the general reader.
I can read routine correspondence, reports and technical material in my fields of interest at a normal rate of
speed (at least 220 wpm).
I can gain new knowledge from material on unfamiliar topics in areas of general interest.
I can detect subjective attitudes and interpret hypotheses, supported opinions, and conjectures.
I can read short stories, novels, and other recreational literature for pleasure.
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Distinguished (D)
I can read fluently and accurately virtually all styles and forms of the language pertinent to academic and
professional needs.
I can make inferences and understand almost all sociolinguistic and cultural references in a literary text.
I can easily recognize plays on words or literary devices, and make inferences about work-related or
literary texts whose real meaning is not explicit.
I can read with ease both news magazines and Web sites touching on a wide array of topics and resolve
common abbreviations without reference to a dictionary.
I can distinguish easily between facts, hypotheses, and opinions in a variety of registers.
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