Superior (R 3): Professional Proficiency reading

At this level you can read at nearly normal speed. You can understand almost everything in most texts intended for educated, mother-tongue speakers of the language. You will rarely consult a dictionary. If you do, it is to find definitions in the target language. You will have to know a lot about the target language culture to understand some of the texts at this level.

You need to be at this level to check materials translated from other languages for accuracy and naturalness. You will need a control of grammar, vocabulary, and culture. In addition, you will have to spend quite a while in a culture to be able to read and understand some traditional texts.

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

• Generic module: Superior (R 3): Professional 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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