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ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Language Testing International (LTI) updates test availability periodically. For a complete list of available OPI testing languages, visit LTI's website.
| Official OPI Rating |
Category I Dutch, English*, French, Haitian Creole, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili and Swedish. |
Category II German, Hindi, Indonesian, Modern Greek, Punjabi and Urdu. |
Category III Cambodian, Czech, Hmong, Hebrew, Hungarian, Lao, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tagalog, Turkish, Thai, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. |
Category IV Arabic, |
| Novice High | 101 | 101 | 102 | 102 |
| Intermediate Low | 102 | 102 | 201 | 201 |
| Intermediate Mid | 201 | 201 | 202 | 202 |
| Intermediate High | 201 & 202 | 201 & 202 | 202 & 3XX (1) | 202 & 3XX (1) |
| Advanced Low | 202 & 3XX (1) | 202 & 3XX (1) | 3XX (1) & 3XX (2) | 3XX (1) & 3XX (2) |
| Advanced Mid | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) |
| Advanced High/Superior | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) | 202, 3XX(1), 3XX(2) |
* English as a second language.
[1] 3XX(1) indicates an upper-level conversation course that emphasizes oral proficiency at the beginning of the major sequence; for example, Spanish 306: Advanced Spanish Conversation.
[1] 3XX(2) indicates an upper-level elective course. To earn credit for such a course, a student must score at least an Adv. Low (categories III-IV) or Adv. Mid (categories I-II) on both the Oral Proficiency Interview and the Writing Proficiency Test.
For information on scheduling an OPI assessment, contact Language Testing International (LTI).
