81. ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines Revised with Meg Malone

The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines have been revised. How are they same? How are they different? Language Lounge host, Michelle Olah and Dr. Meg Malone, Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL discuss the changes. Bio Margaret E. (Meg) Malone (Ph.D., Georgetown University) is Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL. She has published extensively on language assessment, standards and language assessment literacy. Her current research focuses on language assessment literacy, language program evaluation, oral proficiency assessment, the influences of the Seal of Biliteracy on language teaching and learning, and the development of short-cut measures of proficiency. Producer's Notes Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email [email protected] Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Social Media https://twitter.com/mmaloactfl Mentions Timothy Boals https://wida.wisc.edu/about/teams/staff/timothy-boals ACTFL OPI https://www.actfl.org/assessments/postsecondary-assessments/opi Interagency Language Roundtable https://www.govtilr.org/ APPLE https://www.actfl.org/assessments/k-12-assessments/aappl NCSSFL https://ncssfl.org/ ACTFL https://www.actfl.org/