Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Exam
ACE ID:
ACTF-0051
Organization:
Length:
50-75 minutes
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 listening comprehension in the respective target language
Description

Objective:

The ACTFL Listening Proficiency Test (LPT) is a standardized test for the global assessment of listening ability in a language. The LPT measures how well a person understands spoken language extemporaneously when presented with discourse types and listening tasks as described in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines - Listening. Listening skills are evaluated without candidates having time and/or access to dictionaries or grammar references. The ACTFL LPT is a carefully constructed assessment that evaluates Novice to Superior levels of listening ability. It is delivered by computer via the Internet. The test can assess a specific range of proficiency (e.g. Novice Mid to Intermediate Mid; Intermediate Mid to Advanced Mid; and Advanced Low to Superior). These options ensure that the test administered targets the range of the test-taker's listening ability and is economical in terms of time and effort. The test length varies: 50 minutes for a two-level test, 75 minutes for a three-level test and 125 minutes for a full-range test. The ACTFL LPT presents between 10 and 25 spoken passages for the test-taker to listen to based on the range of proficiency selected. At the Intermediate level, the texts are in the target language and the questions and associated multiple choice answers are in English. At the Advanced and Superior levels, the texts and questions with multiple choice answers are in the target language. The languages include: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Skills Measured:

The ACTFL Listening Proficiency Test (LPT) assesses listening comprehension in the target language. The ACTFL LPT presents a wide variety of passages in the target language. They vary in genre, content, length, and complexity depending on the proficiency levels being targeted. They are real-world types of spoken passages such as informal and formal exchanges on general, social, academic, and professional topics such as oral reports, news broadcasts, discussions, and debates. The questions target the main idea, supporting detail and, for some samples, the inferences and connections the test-taker can make for the content and organization of the samples he or she hears. The ACTFL LPT assesses how well listeners understand these passages and the listening tasks that listeners can perform with different types of texts and under different types of circumstances. The ACTFL Listening Proficiency Test (LPT) assesses interpretive listening as defined by Standard 1.2 of the World-Readiness Standards of Learning Languages.
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