Foreign Language Evaluation

Foreign Language Evaluation

Part I: To be completed by the applicant. Please provide the evaluator with this form and a copy of your "Language Background Report" at least one week in advance of your evaluation. These two forms will help provide some context to your service and language preparation.

Applicant Name:

Host Country for Service:

Language Being Evaluated:

Part II: To be completed by the language evaluator. In order to compete this form, you should schedule approximately one hour to perform the assessment and determine the applicant's language proficiency.

1.  Please comment on the applicant's present language ability in relation to the proposed project in each of the following categories:

Aural Comprehension:

Top of Form

TMLDirect None

Bottom of Form

TMLDirect Limited to slow, uncomplicated sentences

TMLDirect Understands simple conversation

TMLDirect Understands conversation on simple academic topics

TMLDirect Understands sophisticated discussion of academic topics

Speaking Ability:

TMLDirect None

TMLDirect Can only frame structurally simple, short utterances

TMLDirect Uses basic grammatical structure, speaking with limited vocabulary

TMLDirect Uses structural patterns, but not with consistent accuracy; adequate to handle conversational subjects

TMLDirect Has control over structural pattern; can handle a wide range of conversational situations.

Reading Ability:

TMLDirect None

TMLDirect Limited to simple vocabulary and sentence structure

TMLDirect Understands conventional topics and non-technical subjects

TMLDirect Understands materials whose content contains idioms and specialized terminology

TMLDirect Understands with idiomatic ease of expression and feeling for the style of the language

Writing Ability:

TMLDirect None

TMLDirect Writes simple sentences on conventional topics, with some errors in spelling and structure

TMLDirect Writes on academic topics with few errors in structure and spelling

TMLDirect Writes with idiomatic ease of expression and feeling for the style of the language

2.  Please indicate your general opinion of this applicant's ability in the language evaluated relative to the language level needed to carry out the proposed service project.

TMLDirect Will require considerable training before necessary competence can be obtained

TMLDirect Should be able to manage adequately after some additional formal language training

TMLDirect Should be able to manage adequately after a short period of adjustment abroad

TMLDirect Should have no difficulty

3.  Is the applicant's present language competence adequate to carry out the proposed service project?

TMLDirect Yes

TMLDirect No

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4.  Indicate briefly how the evaluation was determined.

Evaluator Name:

Evaluator Position/Title:

Evaluator Phone Number:

Evaluator Address:

Evaluator Signature and Date:

In order to be considered with the student's application, this evaluation must be completed and emailed to Lauren Caldarera, , before 9:00AM on Friday, October 16, 2015.