Novice (L 0): Prefunctional Proficiency listening

This is the level you will go through on your way to a truly useful proficiency in a language. At this level you will build up the ability to recognize vocabulary words in isolation or in simple sentences. You will probably need a lot of repetition. You will also have trouble understanding enough to cope with real communication situations in communities where the language is spoken.

• What you can understand people say at Novice level
• ACTFL guidelines: Listening--Novice

• Generic module: Novice (L 0): Prefunctional Proficiency listening
• In overview module: Guidelines for setting listening goals
• In overview module: Guidelines for setting proficiency goals
• In modular book: Managing Your Language Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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