Interagency Language Roundtable scale

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The Interagency Language Roundtable scale is a standardized framework used by U.S. government agencies to rate and compare individuals’ functional proficiency in foreign languages across defined skill levels.

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instanceOf language proficiency scale
standardized framework
alsoKnownAs ILR scale
Interagency Language Roundtable scale
surface form: Interagency Language Roundtable proficiency scale
appliesTo listening proficiency
reading proficiency
speaking proficiency
writing proficiency
basedOn functional language use in real-world tasks
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
definesLevel 0
0+ (0 plus)
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1+ (1 plus)
2
2+ (2 plus)
3
3+ (3 plus)
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5
developedBy Interagency Language Roundtable scale self-linksurface differs
surface form: Interagency Language Roundtable
hasDimension accuracy
fluency
range of vocabulary and structures
sociolinguistic appropriateness
task complexity
hasLevelRange 0–5
influenced American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages proficiency guidelines
U.S. government language testing practices
isReferencedIn U.S. government language testing documentation
level0Label No proficiency
level1Label Elementary proficiency
level2Label Limited working proficiency
level3Label Professional working proficiency
level4Label Full professional proficiency
level5Label Native or bilingual proficiency
maximumLevel 5
minimumLevel 0
purpose to provide a common metric for comparing language skills
to rate functional proficiency in foreign languages
usedBy Department of Defense
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

United States Department of State
surface form: U.S. Department of State

U.S. government language training institutions
United States Intelligence Community
surface form: U.S. intelligence agencies

United States government
surface form: United States federal government
usedFor assignment decisions
curriculum design in government language programs
hiring decisions
personnel qualification standards
training needs analysis

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School of Language Studies uses Interagency Language Roundtable scale
School of Language Studies uses Interagency Language Roundtable scale
this entity surface form: FSI language proficiency scale
Interagency Language Roundtable scale alsoKnownAs Interagency Language Roundtable scale
this entity surface form: Interagency Language Roundtable proficiency scale
Interagency Language Roundtable scale developedBy Interagency Language Roundtable scale self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Interagency Language Roundtable