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The “Language Hunting Proficiency Scale” is an adaptation of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for language speaking proficiency. In typical Languge Hunting style, it can understood in a fun, easy, “obvious” way using a party paradigm:
| ACTFL Level | LH ‘Party’ Level | LH Description |
|---|---|---|
| Novice | Tarzan at a Party | Single words, short vocab lists |
| Intermediate | Getting to the Party | Ask questions and get answers to get needs met: “where/when is the party?”, “what should I wear?”, “what should I bring?” |
| Advanced | What happened at the party? | Recount experience, tell story: “Tarzan drank too much jungle juice and threw a chair out the window, the cops came and took him to the drunk tank and I had to bail him out” |
| Superior | Why do we have parties? | Discuss social, economical, political, culture nature of why we have parties |
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