ACTFL guidelines: Listening--Distinguished

Able to understand all forms and styles of speech pertinent to personal, social, and professional needs tailored to different audiences. Shows strong sensitivity to social and cultural references and aesthetic norms by processing language from within the cultural framework. Texts include theater plays, screen productions, editorials, symposia, academic debates, public policy statements, literary readings, and most jokes and puns. May have difficulty with some dialects and slang.

• Reaching distinguished listening proficiency

• Generic module: ACTFL guidelines: Listening--Distinguished
• In overview module: ACTFL guidelines: Listening
• In modular book: ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, by American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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