Why do GLP checklists include lists for 5 skills rather than for only the 4 that are covered in the ACTFL guidelines?
GLP checklists grew out of the national standards of foreign language education. The national standards reference ACTFL’s proficiency guidelines and rating scale (Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior) in defining performance guidelines by age level for each language. They emphasize what learners “can do” in language-specific performance guidelines. Going beyond the ACTFL guidelines’ four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), performance guidelines in the national standards subdivide the speaking skill into a presentational mode and an interpersonal mode. Organizing principles of the national standards include the Five C’s of Language Learning, the “weave” of curricular elements, and a framework with three communicative modes. All of these are found in the checklists.
