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High
Am I understood? I am easily I am easily understood by I am understood without I am understood, with I am generally understood I am understood with little I am understood with
understood by native someone unaccustomed to difficulty by someone occasional difficulty, by by someone accustomed difficulty by someone difficulty because one or
(Comprehensibility) speakers. language learners unaccustomed to someone unaccustomed to to language learners. accustomed to language more of the following may
including native speakers. language learners. language learners. But when I am not it may learners. But when I am not be true
But when I am not it may be because of one or more it may be because of one or • Long, unnatural
be because of one or more of the following more of the following pauses that may
of the following • Long, unnatural • Long, unnatural disengage the listener
• Long, unnatural pauses that may pauses that may as I search for
pauses that may disengage the disengage the vocabulary
disengage the listener as I search listener as I search • My pronunciation is
listener as I search for vocabulary for vocabulary highly influenced by
for vocabulary • My pronunciation is • My pronunciation is my native language
• My pronunciation is influenced by my highly influenced by
influenced by my native language my native language
native language
I understand sentences, questions and paragraph- I understand sentences I generally understand sentences and questions on I usually understand words, I can sometimes understand
Do I understand? length information on familiar and some and questions on a wide familiar topics, but may need repetition/rephrasing phrases, simple sentences words, phrases, simple
unfamiliar topics. I understand the main idea and variety of familiar and/or slowed speech. Sometimes I can understand the and questions that are very sentences, and questions
(Comprehension) most supporting details. topics that help me main idea and a few supporting details. Understanding familiar to me, but I may that are familiar to me, but
understand the main may be uneven as the topics become less familiar to me. need repetition and/or may need my partner to help
idea and some rephrasing and/or slowed me by simplifying and or
supporting details. speech. repeating what is said.
How well do I use I use paragraphs and I create with language; I create with language I create with language I use simple sentences I use words, phrases and an I communicate minimally
the language? connected sentences use strings of sentences (do not rely on (does not rely on and may attempt to add occasional simple sentence. using words and possibly
with cohesive devices. and sometimes use memorized chunks); memorized chunks); uses information to clarify or memorized phrases.
connected discourse of connect simple simple sentences and justify meaning. I recognize and mostly use
I use extensive paragraph-length. sentences to create some strings of sentences. vocabulary that is very I have difficulty recognizing
vocabulary that longer sentences; and I recognize and use familiar to me on a limited and using appropriate
accomplishes the task, routinely use strings of I use a range of familiar vocabulary on a range of topics. vocabulary.
including specialized I consistently use a wide sentences. vocabulary that range of topics.
and precise range of vocabulary that accomplishes the task. I may make errors that may I make errors that interfere
vocabulary. These accomplishes the task I use a wide range of However, I occasionally I may make many errors, interfere with with communication.
(Text type, may include culturally and some specialized vocabulary that may be unable to find the but they generally do not communication.
Vocabulary Use & appropriate idiomatic and precise vocabulary. accomplishes the task. appropriate vocabulary. interfere with
Language Control) expressions. communication.
I am very accurate in I may make errors but I may make errors and
I narrate and describe the present tense but they rarely interfere they may sometimes
in all three major time make errors when I use with communication. interfere with
frames ( present, past past and future communication.
and future); my errors
do not interfere with
comprehension.
How well can I I start, continue and/or I start and maintain the I keep the conversation I keep the conversation I keep the conversation I keep the conversation I have great difficulty
keep the redirect conversation conversation by asking going by asking and going by responding to going by expressing going by using memorized keeping the conversation
conversation and am able to and answering answering simple questions, creating some confusion and/or the need chunks of language to: going.
going? circumlocute. questions. I am able to questions and clarifying simple questions, and for repetition or -Ask for repetition
circumlocute at times. meaning. At times, I asking for clarification clarification in a variety -State lack of understanding
may paraphrase to when needed. of ways.
clarify meaning.
(Communication
Strategies)