Assessment of Abilities at Beginning of Learning Process and Goals
The LinguaFolio self-assessment checklist gives a detailed picture of the level of proficiency in Urdu.
Regarding Interpretive Listening skills of language, at the beginning of my studies it is not in my ability to do any of the things listed well, but they are all goals. With listening particularly, I do not want to meet these bench marks by being able to understand a recorded voice on the computer, but a real person with a real accent.
Regarding Interpretive Reading skills of language, at the beginning of my studies it is not in my ability to do any of the things listed well, but they are all goals.
Regarding Interpersonal Communication skills of language, at the beginning of my studies it is not in my ability to do almost any of the things listed well, but they are all goals. I am able to say hello and goodbye in a very basic manner.
Regarding Presentational Writing skills of language, at the beginning of my studies it is not in my ability to do any of the things listed well, for I am wholly unfamiliar with the script, but they are all goals.
Regarding Presentational Speaking skills of language, at the beginning of my studies it is not in my ability to do almost any of the things listed well, but they are all goals. I am generally able to imitate sounds I hear well, but there are some sounds required in speaking Urdu that do not exist in English, and I am not presently able to generate these sounds at this point without much difficulty.
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