Distinguished (L 4): Near-Mother-Tongue Proficiency listening

If you want to understand your new language almost as well as your own, you will have to get to this level. It will probably take years to attain this proficiency. At this level you can understand

• all forms and styles of speech, including

  • plays
  • films
  • academic and professional meetings
  • debates
  • jokes and puns.
• the nuances of meaning and the background knowledge that native speakers bring to listening situations

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

• Generic module: Distinguished (L 4): Near-Mother-Tongue Proficienc...
• 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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