ACTFL- silly question...

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If you went to a country where the curriculum was taught in another language, you could almost certainly get credit for knowing English (assuming a foreign language was even a requirement). For instance, at XAMK, you can get an exemption to the foreign language requirement if you are not Finnish but most/all of your classes are taught in the Finnish language.

English is not a foreign language in the US. While the US has no official language, English is the de facto "official" language of the land. It is, at least, the official academic language at almost all colleges and universities. That makes English not a foreign language. And people who speak Spanish or Hindi or whatever but who get a degree in English are demonstrating that they know at least one foreign language. They simply happen to be doing most of their work in a foreign language. That's even more difficult than passing a silly ACTFL or InstantCert exam! Let's be real here: nobody would be able to complete a degree program in Spain or Mexico, in Spanish, after just InstantCert or even after taking all available courses on Study.com.

This is all true of course, but in the case of a native Spanish or Russian speaker, why wouldn't they be allowed to take the English ACTFL, especially since they'd be attending a US based university ? That would almost seem necessary. Meh, I'm always questioning the system, forgive me...... that last bit....so true.