ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPIc): Advanced High/Superior

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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Inc.

I came across two examinations for foreign language. One is over the phone which is ACE reviewed and credits are awarded based on proficiency. The other is done via web which also issues ACE credit based on proficiency. The languages offered are:

Akan-Twi, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cambodian (Khmer), Cantonese, Czech, Dari, Dutch, English, French, German, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Malayalam, Mandarin, Modern Greek, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba.

What caught my eye was that you can test out under English and receive up to 14 credits in foreign language 8 being UD.

The ACE credits are:
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPIc): Advanced High/Superior
ACE Course Number: 0046

In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in foreign language. In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 8 semester hours in foreign language (11/11).

and


ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI): Advanced High/Superior
ACE Course Number: 0041

Credit Recommendation: In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in foreign language. In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 8 semester hours in foreign language (11/11).

and

ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT): Advanced High/Superior

In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in foreign language. In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 8 semester hours in foreign language (11/11).

I suppose in theory if you speak more than one language you could rack up quite a few credits. Especially if you are Superior in one and Intermediate in another. You'd have several different ACE course numbers assigned to you.

I do not believe they will list the language on your ACE transcript. It's $115 for up to 14 credits and the exam is 40 min.