Novice (R 0): Prefunctional Proficiency reading

If all you need to read are signs and menu items on a trip to another country, you can probably function at this level. If you study a language that uses the same writing system as your own or a system you know, you can probably learn in a fairly short time.

Your reading and writing goals will probably mirror your listening goals in this situation. Aim to write the words you learn in the International Phonetic Alphabet and to read them afterwards. If you study a language with a recognized orthography, you will want to use the script as soon as possible.

• What you can read at Novice level
• ACTFL guidelines: Reading--Novice

• Generic module: Novice (R 0): Prefunctional Proficiency reading
• In overview module: Guidelines for setting reading goals
• In overview module: Guidelines for setting proficiency goals
• In modular book: Managing Your Language Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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