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Speaking and Listening
I can tell/ask someone how to get from here to a nearby hotel, restaurant, or post office.
I can order a simple meal.
I can arrange for a hotel room or taxi ride.
I can buy a needed item such as bus or train ticket, groceries, or clothing.
I can ask and answer simple questions about date and place of birth, nationality, marital status,
occupation, etc.
I can make social introductions and use greeting and leave-taking expressions.
I can handle conversations about familiar topics in an organized way.
I can produce speech with some organization on familiar topics that extend beyond my daily
routine.
I can describe my present or most recent job or activity in some detail.
I can give detailed information about my family, my house, and my community.
I can interview an employee, or arrange for special services (taking care of details such as
salary, qualifications, hours, specific duties).
I can give a brief autobiography including immediate plans and hopes.
I feel confident that when I talk with native speakers on topics such as those mentioned above,
they understand me most of the time.
I can take and give simple messages over the telephone, or leave a message on voice mail.
I can describe in detail a person or place that is very familiar to me.
I can report the facts of what I have seen recently on television news or read in the newspaper.
I can talk about a trip or some other everyday event that happened in the recent past or that
will happen soon.
I feel that I have a professional command, rather than just a practical one, of the language.
There are few grammatical features of the language that I try to avoid.
I rarely find myself unable to finish a sentence because of linguistic limitations (grammar or
vocabulary).
I find it easy to follow and contribute to a conversation among native speakers.
I can speak to a group of educated native speakers on a professional subject and be sure I am
communicating what I want to, without obviously irritating them linguistically.
I can, on a social occasion, defend personal opinions about social and cultural topics.

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I can cope with difficult situations such as broken-down plumbing, an undeserved traffic ticket,
or a serious social or diplomatic blunder made by a colleague or me.
I can use the language to speculate at length about abstract topics such as how some change
in history or the course of human events would have affected my life or civilization.
In professional discussions, my vocabulary is extensive and precise enough to enable me to
convey my exact meaning.
I am able to adjust my speech to suit my audience, whether I am talking to university
professors, close friends, employees, or others.
I can prepare and give a lecture at a professional meeting about my area of specialization and
debate complex aspects with others.
I naturally integrate appropriate cultural and historical references in my speech.
I can eloquently represent a point of view other than my own.
I can lead the direction of the discussion (friendly, controversial, collaborative).
My language proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated
native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of a country where the language is natively
spoken.
I can use the language with complete flexibility and intuition, so that speech on all levels is fully
accepted by well-educated native speakers in all of its features, including breadth of vocabulary
and idiom, colloquialisms, and pertinent cultural references.
My pronunciation is typically consistent with that of well-educated, highly articulate native
speakers of a standard dialect.
My vocabulary is extensive and precise, allowing me to consistently convey complex ideas and
details.
Reading
As appropriate for the language, I can recognize and identify all the letters in the printed version
of an alphabetic writing system (in languages like English, Spanish, Finnish, Russian, Greek,
Vietnamese) or the elements of a syllable-based writing system (such as in Japanese kana,
Korean hangul, Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, Thai, or Hindi) or some commonly occurring
characters in a character system (Chinese, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja.)
I can read some isolated words and phrases, such as numbers and commonplace names, that
I see on signs, menus, and storefronts, and in simple everyday material such as
advertisements and timetables.
I can understand the purpose and main meaning of very short, simple texts, such as in printed
personal notes, business advertisements, public announcements, maps, etc.
I can understand simple instructions, such as in very straightforward street directions.
I can understand very short simple written descriptions of some familiar persons, places, and
things, like those found in many tourist pamphlets.
I can understand texts that consist mainly of straightforward factual language, such as short
news reports of events, biographical information, descriptions, or simple technical material.
I can understand the main idea and some details of clearly organized short straightforward texts
about places, people, and events that I am familiar with.
I can understand very straightforward reports about current and past events.
I can understand simple typed correspondence in familiar contexts, including descriptions of
events, feelings, wishes and future plans.
I can usually understand the main ideas of authentic prose on topics I am familiar with, either
because they pertain to my work experience or to topics I am interested in.
I can usually read and understand all of the material in a major daily newspaper published in a
city or country with which I am familiar.
In reading a newspaper or magazine that contains editorial or opinion content, I can “read
between the lines” and understand meanings that are not directly stated.
I can understand the author’s intent and follow the line of reasoning in texts that include
hypothesis, persuasion, supported opinion or argument for a position (e.g., editorials,debates,
and op-ed pieces) with little or no use of a dictionary.
I can understand contemporary expository essays and recent literary prose with little or no use
of a dictionary,.
I can understand the main ideas and important details of almost all material written within my
particular professional field or area of primary interest (e.g., reports, analyses, letters,
arguments, etc.).
I am able to read fluently and accurately all styles and forms of the language pertinent to

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professional needs or personal interest without reference to a dictionary,.
I can understand long and complex analyses, factual reports, and literary texts.
I can understand both the meaning and the intent of most uses of idioms, cultural references,
word play, sarcasm, and irony in even highly abstract and culturally “loaded” texts.
I can understand language that has been especially adjusted for different situations, audiences
or purposes, such as a political essay, humorous anecdote or joke, sermon, or inflammatory
broadside, and I can appreciate distinctions in style.
I can read virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, linguistically complex
texts such as specialized articles, essays and literary works, including prose works from earlier
periods recognized as masterpieces.
I can read reasonably legible handwriting without difficulty
Writing
In everyday conversation with people speaking the standard dialect, I can understand speech
that is slow and clear. I can understand basic directions and instructions, such as how to get to
a local store. I can understand questions and answers about basic survival needs, such as
meals, lodging, transportation and time. I can understand routine questions about my job, my
immediate family and myself. I can understand simple statements about a person’s background
and occupation. If I cannot understand what a speaker tells me, I can understand the
statement after it has been repeated or rephrased slowly and clearly.
When people are speaking the standard dialect at a normal rate, I can understand their speech
when it is spoken with some repetition and rephrasing, can understand speech about everyday
topics, for example common personal and family news, well-known current events, and routine
situations at work. I can understand spoken descriptions of different places, for instance the
geography of a country or location that is familiar.I can understand uncomplicated stories about
current, past and future events. I can understand at least some details from announcements
made over a loudspeaker. I can usually understand the main idea and basic facts from a short
news report on the radio or television.
I can accurately follow all conversations among native speakers who are speaking at a normal
rate of speech. I rarely, if ever, have to ask speakers to paraphrase or explain what they have
said. I can correctly infer meanings that are not directly stated. I can understand discussions of
ideas and concepts, including proposals and speculation. I can understand someone’s opinion
and the points used to support the opinion. I can often, if not always, detect the attitudes and
feelings of a speaker. I can understand speech in a professional setting concerning my field of
expertise or some technical subjects, such as a lecture or a panel discussion.
I can understand almost all forms and styles of speech pertinent to professional needs. I can
fully understand all speech that involves the use of extensive and precise vocabulary, including
subtle distinctions between word choices. I can follow arguments with unpredictable
presentation, for example, in informal and formal speeches covering editorial and literary
material. I can understand language adjusted for different audiences and for different purposes.
I can readily and accurately infer meanings and implications. I am able to understand the main
ideas of speech in some non-standard dialects. I can fully understand spoken interactions
among native speakers at public gatherings, such as meetings, seminars, task groups or
conferences. I can fully understand a speech, oral report or briefing given to a group of native
speakers concerning any topic directed to a general audience.
My comprehension is fully equivalent to that of a well-educated native listener. I can fully
understand all forms and styles of speech. This includes slang, jokes and puns. I can
understand speech even when it is distorted by other noise. I can fully understand regional
dialects, highly colloquial and idiomatic language.
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Speaking and Listening
I can tell/ask someone how to get from here to a nearby hotel, restaurant, or post office.
I can order a simple meal.
I can arrange for a hotel room or taxi ride.
I can buy a needed item such as bus or train ticket, groceries, or clothing.
I can ask and answer simple questions about date and place of birth, nationality, marital
status, occupation, etc.
I can make social introductions and use greeting and leave-taking expressions.
I can handle conversations about familiar topics in an organized way.
I can produce speech with some organization on familiar topics that extend beyond my daily
routine.
I can describe my present or most recent job or activity in some detail.
I can give detailed information about my family, my house, and my community.
I can interview an employee, or arrange for special services (taking care of details such as
salary, qualifications, hours, specific duties).
I can give a brief autobiography including immediate plans and hopes.
I feel confident that when I talk with native speakers on topics such as those mentioned
above, they understand me most of the time.
I can take and give simple messages over the telephone, or leave a message on voice mail.
I can describe in detail a person or place that is very familiar to me.
I can report the facts of what I have seen recently on television news or read in the
newspaper.
I can talk about a trip or some other everyday event that happened in the recent past or that
will happen soon.
I feel that I have a professional command, rather than just a practical one, of the language.
There are few grammatical features of the language that I try to avoid.
I rarely find myself unable to finish a sentence because of linguistic limitations (grammar or
vocabulary).
I find it easy to follow and contribute to a conversation among native speakers.
I can speak to a group of educated native speakers on a professional subject and be sure I
am communicating what I want to, without obviously irritating them linguistically.
I can, on a social occasion, defend personal opinions about social and cultural topics.

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I can cope with difficult situations such as broken-down plumbing, an undeserved traffic
ticket, or a serious social or diplomatic blunder made by a colleague or me.
I can use the language to speculate at length about abstract topics such as how some
change in history or the course of human events would have affected my life or civilization.
In professional discussions, my vocabulary is extensive and precise enough to enable me to
convey my exact meaning.
I am able to adjust my speech to suit my audience, whether I am talking to university
professors, close friends, employees, or others.
I can prepare and give a lecture at a professional meeting about my area of specialization
and debate complex aspects with others.
I naturally integrate appropriate cultural and historical references in my speech.
I can eloquently represent a point of view other than my own.
I can lead the direction of the discussion (friendly, controversial, collaborative).
My language proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated
native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of a country where the language is
natively spoken.
I can use the language with complete flexibility and intuition, so that speech on all levels is
fully accepted by well-educated native speakers in all of its features, including breadth of
vocabulary and idiom, colloquialisms, and pertinent cultural references.
My pronunciation is typically consistent with that of well-educated, highly articulate native
speakers of a standard dialect.
My vocabulary is extensive and precise, allowing me to consistently convey complex ideas
and details.
Reading
As appropriate for the language, I can recognize and identify all the letters in the printed
version of an alphabetic writing system (in languages like English, Spanish, Finnish,
Russian, Greek, Vietnamese) or the elements of a syllable-based writing system (such as in
Japanese kana, Korean hangul, Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, Thai, or Hindi) or some commonly
occurring characters in a character system (Chinese, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja.)
I can read some isolated words and phrases, such as numbers and commonplace names,
that I see on signs, menus, and storefronts, and in simple everyday material such as
advertisements and timetables.
I can understand the purpose and main meaning of very short, simple texts, such as in
printed personal notes, business advertisements, public announcements, maps, etc.
I can understand simple instructions, such as in very straightforward street directions.
I can understand very short simple written descriptions of some familiar persons, places,
and things, like those found in many tourist pamphlets.
I can understand texts that consist mainly of straightforward factual language, such as short
news reports of events, biographical information, descriptions, or simple technical material.
I can understand the main idea and some details of clearly organized short straightforward
texts about places, people, and events that I am familiar with.
I can understand very straightforward reports about current and past events.
I can understand simple typed correspondence in familiar contexts, including descriptions of
events, feelings, wishes and future plans.
I can usually understand the main ideas of authentic prose on topics I am familiar with,
either because they pertain to my work experience or to topics I am interested in.
I can usually read and understand all of the material in a major daily newspaper published
in a city or country with which I am familiar.
In reading a newspaper or magazine that contains editorial or opinion content, I can “read
between the lines” and understand meanings that are not directly stated.
I can understand the author’s intent and follow the line of reasoning in texts that include
hypothesis, persuasion, supported opinion or argument for a position (e.g.,
editorials,debates, and op-ed pieces) with little or no use of a dictionary.
I can understand contemporary expository essays and recent literary prose with little or no
use of a dictionary,.
I can understand the main ideas and important details of almost all material written within
my particular professional field or area of primary interest (e.g., reports, analyses, letters,
arguments, etc.).

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I am able to read fluently and accurately all styles and forms of the language pertinent to
professional needs or personal interest without reference to a dictionary,.
I can understand long and complex analyses, factual reports, and literary texts.
I can understand both the meaning and the intent of most uses of idioms, cultural
references, word play, sarcasm, and irony in even highly abstract and culturally “loaded”
texts.
I can understand language that has been especially adjusted for different situations,
audiences or purposes, such as a political essay, humorous anecdote or joke, sermon, or
inflammatory broadside, and I can appreciate distinctions in style.
I can read virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, linguistically
complex texts such as specialized articles, essays and literary works, including prose works
from earlier periods recognized as masterpieces.
I can read reasonably legible handwriting without difficulty
Writing
In everyday conversation with people speaking the standard dialect, I can understand
speech that is slow and clear. I can understand basic directions and instructions, such as
how to get to a local store. I can understand questions and answers about basic survival
needs, such as meals, lodging, transportation and time. I can understand routine questions
about my job, my immediate family and myself. I can understand simple statements about a
person’s background and occupation. If I cannot understand what a speaker tells me, I can
understand the statement after it has been repeated or rephrased slowly and clearly.
When people are speaking the standard dialect at a normal rate, I can understand their
speech when it is spoken with some repetition and rephrasing, can understand speech
about everyday topics, for example common personal and family news, well-known current
events, and routine situations at work. I can understand spoken descriptions of different
places, for instance the geography of a country or location that is familiar.I can understand
uncomplicated stories about current, past and future events. I can understand at least some
details from announcements made over a loudspeaker. I can usually understand the main
idea and basic facts from a short news report on the radio or television.
I can accurately follow all conversations among native speakers who are speaking at a
normal rate of speech. I rarely, if ever, have to ask speakers to paraphrase or explain what
they have said. I can correctly infer meanings that are not directly stated. I can understand
discussions of ideas and concepts, including proposals and speculation. I can understand
someone’s opinion and the points used to support the opinion. I can often, if not always,
detect the attitudes and feelings of a speaker. I can understand speech in a professional
setting concerning my field of expertise or some technical subjects, such as a lecture or a
panel discussion.
I can understand almost all forms and styles of speech pertinent to professional needs. I
can fully understand all speech that involves the use of extensive and precise vocabulary,
including subtle distinctions between word choices. I can follow arguments with
unpredictable presentation, for example, in informal and formal speeches covering editorial
and literary material. I can understand language adjusted for different audiences and for
different purposes. I can readily and accurately infer meanings and implications. I am able
to understand the main ideas of speech in some non-standard dialects. I can fully
understand spoken interactions among native speakers at public gatherings, such as
meetings, seminars, task groups or conferences. I can fully understand a speech, oral report
or briefing given to a group of native speakers concerning any topic directed to a general
audience.
My comprehension is fully equivalent to that of a well-educated native listener. I can fully
understand all forms and styles of speech. This includes slang, jokes and puns. I can
understand speech even when it is distorted by other noise. I can fully understand regional
dialects, highly colloquial and idiomatic language.

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Actual DDRA
Actual Other
Funds Awarded Funds Expended Funds Expended

Travel

$ 0

Maintenance

$ 0

Dependents

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Project allowance $ 0

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Program:
DDRA
Institution:
Award #:
Project Director:

Fellowship Start Date:
Fellowship End Date:
Report Due Date:

Research
Results

Final Report

Adjustments to
Project

Dissemination

Project
Support

Feedback

Foreign Lang SelfEval

Actual
Budget

Phone:

Fellowship start date:

07/02/2009

DDRA Budget:

Fellowship end date:

07/03/2009

World area:

Fellow notified date:

08/20/2009

Pre-fellowship submit date:

09/21/2009

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07/03/2009

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Foreign Language Self-Evaluation - Language: Abron
Speaking Pre-award: I can tell/ask someone how to get from here to a nearby hotel, restaurant, or post office.
Reading

Pre-award: I can handle conversations about familiar topics in an organized way.

Writing

Pre-award: I feel confident that when I talk with native speakers on topics such as those mentioned above, they
understand me most of the time.

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DDRA Budget

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Other Funds

Actual DDRA
Funds Expended

Actual Other
Funds Expended

Travel

$10

Maintenance

$10

Dependents

$10

Project allowance

$10

Insurance

$10

Admin fee

$100

Total

$150

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