American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages  (ACTFL)

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages  (wiki)
• ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
• ACTFL Proficiency Scale – Language Testing International

Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)

• The Benchmarks

Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

• Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• CEFR Language Levels, Common European Framework, language …
• Common European Framework of Reference  (pdf)

Intergency Language Round Table  (ILR)

• ILR Scale – Language Testing International
• ILR scale – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Comparison of various Language Proficiency Scales

• FSI, ACTFL, CEFR Compared
• CEFR, FSI (=ILR), ACTFL, CLB Compared

Miscellaneous Language Proficiency tests (including specific languages)

• Cambridge English Language Assessment tests
• CaMLA (Cambridge Michigan Language Assessments)
• CELPE-Bras (Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners)
• Defense Language Proficiency Tests
• DELE (Diplomas of Spanish as Foreign Language)
• Examination for Japanese University Admission
• General English Proficiency Test
• Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì (汉语水平考试)
• IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
• iTEP (International Test of English Proficiency)
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験 Nihongo Nōryoku Shiken)
• Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE-A)
• The European Language Certificates (telc – language tests)
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
• TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
• TOPIK (한국어능력시험 Test of Proficiency in Korean)
• TEPS (Test of English Proficiency developed by Seoul National University)
• Test of Russian as a Foreign Language
• Test de français international
• Test de connaissance du français
• TOCFL (華語文能力測驗 Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)
• UBELT (University of Bath English Language Test)

Articles

• Describing language skills – Jobline LMU – LMU Munich
• ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale – Anglo-Continental (pdf)
• Language proficiency – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Proficiency Scales – Language Testing International
• What is Academic Language Proficiency?

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