American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages certifies that Lincoln Gygi Test Type Test Date Language Oral Proficiency Interview 7/14/2016 Spanish — has successfilly completed the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and has been rated according to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 ~ Speaking Advanced Low rnin OD}S rector of Professional Programs Date Issued: 07/18/2016 LTI- The ACTFL Testing Office + Advanced Low - ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 - Speaking Advanced Low ACTFL Speakers at the Advanced-Low level are able to handle a variety of communicative tasks, although ae ea somewhat halting at times. They participate actively in most informal and a limited number of formal Certified Rating ‘conversations on activities related to school, home, and leisure activities and, oa lesser degree, those related System isoF work, eurent, publi, and persona interes or individual elevance Advanced-Low speakers demonstrate the ability to narrate and describe in all major time frames (past, present and futur) in paragraph length discourse, but control of aspeet may be lacking at times, They can “Super handle appropriately the linguistic challenges presented by a complication or unexpected tum of events that ‘eccurs within the context ofa routine situation or communicative task with which they ae otherwise familia, * Advanced Hoh ‘though at times their discourse may be minimal forthe level and strained. Communicative strategies such as rephrasing and circumlocution may be employed in such instances. In their narrations and description, they ‘combine and link sentences into connected discourse of paragraph length. When pressed for a fller account, they tend to grope and rely on minimal discourse. Their utterances are typically not longer than a single paragraph, Structure ofthe dominant language i tll evident inthe use of false eognates, literal translations, : *rrrmesiat gh ‘or the oral paragraph structure of the speaker's own language rather than that of the target language. ‘Advanced- Low speakers contribute t the conversation with suficent aceuray, larity, and precision to ‘convey their intended message without misrepresentation or confusion, and it ean be understood by native speakers unaccustomed to dealing with non-natives, even though this may be achieved through repetition and restatement. When attempting to perform functions or handle topis associated withthe Superior level, the + howe Hh linguistic quality ae quantity of thee speoch will deteriorate significantly