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Interagency Language Roundtable Language Skill Level Descriptions - Speaking. Preface The following proficiency level descriptions characterize spoken language use. Each of the six "base levels" (coded 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50) implies control of …

ILR Scale Statements describing accuracy refer to typical stages in the development of competence in the most commonly taught languages in formal training programs. In other languages, emerging competence parallels these characterizations, but …

An overview of the history of the ILR Language proficiency skill level descriptions and scale by Dr. Martha Herzog HOW DID THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SCALE GET STARTED? The United States has traditionally had special problems defining foreign language competence because of the historic inattention to languages in our general educational programs.

The ILR Skill Level Descriptions and the ILR Scale are used to develop and score U.S. Government (USG) tests of language skills.

The Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) is an unfunded Federal interagency organization established for the coordination and sharing of information about language-related activities at the Federal level.

Preface The following Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level Descriptions (SLDs) describe proficiency as the functional ability to produce spoken language that reflects current usage. The SLDs characterize proficiency ranging from no communicative ability to mastery.

Preface The following Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level Descriptions (SLDs) describe proficiency as the functional ability to comprehend spoken language that reflects current usage. The SLDs characterize proficiency ranging from no communicative ability to mastery.

Preface The following Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level Descriptions (SLDs) describe proficiency as the functional ability to comprehend written language that reflects current usage. The SLDs characterize proficiency ranging from no communicative ability to mastery.

The following Self-Assessment of Speaking Ability is intended to guide those who have not taken a U.S. Government-sponsored speaking test. It will produce an estimate of your speaking ability and is in no way a replacement for the existing ILR Skill Level Descriptions. Please respond “yes” or …