Final assessment
Can-do assessment
Now that you’ve completed this module, it’s time to assess how well you’ve achieved the goal of Advanced-Mid proficiency on the ACTFL scale. Print out the table below. For each “can-do statement” put an x in the appropriate column(s). Ask your teacher or another Swahili-speaker to fill out another copy about your proficiency in Swahili based on the ten items in your portfolio. After you have both filled it out, compare and discuss your responses. Then make a plan as to how you will address any areas you’re still struggling with at this level. You’ve come a long way! But remember, as the Swahili proverb says, Elimu ni bahari.
| This is my goal. | I can do this sometimes or with difficulty. | I can do this easily at all times. | I have provided evidence of this in my portfolio. | |
| I can communicate effectively on a wide variety of present, past, and future events. | ||||
| I can exchange general information on topics outside my fields of interest. | ||||
| I can handle a complication or unexpected turn of events. | ||||
| I can present information about events for public or personal interest. | ||||
| I can convey my ideas and elaborate on a variety of academic topics. | ||||
| I can give presentations with ease and detail on a wide variety of topics related to professional interests. | ||||
| I can understand the main idea and many details of descriptions or interviews. | ||||
| I can understand oral accounts of events. | ||||
| I can understand oral directions and instructions on everyday tasks. | ||||
| I can write well organized texts for a variety of academic purposes. | ||||
| I can write well organized texts for a variety of general interest purposes. | ||||
| I can follow the general ideas and some details of what is written in a variety of stories and autobiographical accounts. | ||||
| I can read and understand general information on topics outside my field of interest. | ||||
| I can read and understand messages on a wide variety of past, present, and future events. | ||||
| In my own and other cultures I can explain how a variety of practices within familiar and social situations are related to perspectives. | ||||
| I can converse comfortably with East African Swahili-speakers in familiar and some unfamiliar situations and show some understanding of cultural differences. | ||||
| I can demonstrate awareness of subtle differences among cultural behaviors and adjust my behavior accordingly in familiar and some unfamiliar situations. | ||||
| I can exchange complex information about academic and professional tasks. | ||||
| I can exchange detailed information on topics within and beyond my fields of interest. | ||||
| I can support my opinion and construct hypotheses. | ||||
| I can orally present complex information on many concrete topics and related issues. | ||||
| I can orally present a viewpoint with supporting arguments on a complex issue. | ||||
| I can use appropriate presentational conventions and strategies in an oral presentation. | ||||
| I can understand discussions and presentations on many concrete and abstract topics. | ||||
| I can write using target language and culture conventions to present and elaborate a point of view. | ||||
| I can write using target language and culture conventions for informal purposes. | ||||
| I can write using target language and culture conventions for formal purposes. | ||||
| I can often understand various viewpoints in extended oral arguments. | ||||
| I can understand narrative, descriptive, and informational texts of any length. | ||||
| I can read about most topics of special interest. | ||||
| I can understand discussions and presentations on abstract topics. |
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