ACTFL Can Do Statements

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Interpersonal Communication

• I can greet my peers.
• I can say hello and goodbye.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can introduce myself to someone.
• I can tell someone my name.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can answer a few simple questions.
• I can respond to yes/no questions.
• I can answer an either/or question.
• I can respond to who, what, when, where questions.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can greet and leave people in a polite way.
• I can say hello and goodbye to someone my age or younger.
• I can say hello and goodbye to my teacher, professor, or supervisor.
• I can say hello and goodbye to an adult.
• I can say hello and goodbye to a person I do not know.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can introduce myself and others.
• I can introduce myself and provide basic personal information.
• I can introduce someone else.
• I can respond to an introduction.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can answer a variety of simple questions.
• I can answer questions about what I like and dislike.
• I can answer questions about what I am doing and what I did.
• I can answer questions about where I’m going or where I went.
• I can answer questions about something I have learned.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can make some simple statements in a conversation.
• I can tell someone what I am doing.
• I can say where I went.
• I can say whom I am going to see.
• I can express a positive reaction, such as “Great!”
• I can_________________________________________
• I can ask some simple questions.
• I can ask who, what, when, where questions.
• I can ask questions about something that I am learning.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can communicate basic information about myself and
• people I know.
• I can say my name and ask someone’s name.
• I can say or write something about the members of my
• family and ask about someone’s family.
• I can say or write something about friends and classmates or coworkers.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can communicate some basic information about my everyday life.
• I can give times, dates, and weather information.
• I can talk about what I eat, learn, and do.
• I can talk about places I know.
• I can ask and understand how much something costs.
• I can tell someone the time and location of a community event.
• I can_________________________________________

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Presentational Speaking

• I can recite words and phrases that I have learned.
• I can count from 1-10.
• I can say the date and the day of the week.
• I can list the months and seasons.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can state the names of familiar people, places, and objects in pictures and posters using words or memorized phrases.
• I can name famous landmarks and people.
• I can name countries on a map.
• I can list items I see every day.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can introduce myself to a group.
• I can state my name, age, and where I live.
• I can give my phone number, home address, and email address.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can recite short memorized phrases, parts of poems, and rhymes.
• I can sing a short song.
• I can recite a nursery rhyme.
• I can recite a simple poem.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can present information about myself and others using words and phrases.
• I can say what I look like.
• I can say what I am like.
• I can say what someone looks like.
• I can say what someone is like.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
• I can say which sports I like and don’t like.
• I can list my favorite free-time activities and those I don’t like.
• I can state my favorite foods and drinks and those I don’t like.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can present information about familiar items in my immediate environment.
• I can talk about my house.
• I can talk about my school or where I work.
• I can talk about my room or office and what I have in it.
• I can present basic information about my community, town/city, state, or country.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can talk about my daily activities using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
• I can list my classes and tell what time they start and end.
• I can name activities and their times in my daily schedule.
• I can talk about what I do on the weekends.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can present simple information about something
• I learned using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
• I can talk about holiday celebrations based on pictures or photos.
• I can name the main cities on a map.
• I can talk about animals, colors, foods, historical figures, or sports based on pictures or photos.
• I can _____________________________________________

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Presentational Writing

• I can copy some characters or letters and words that I see on the wall or board, in a book, or on the computer.
• I can copy the letters of the alphabet.
• I can copy the characters that I am learning.
• I can copy a simple phrase like “Happy Birthday,” “Happy Holidays,” etc.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can write words and phrases that I have learned.
• I can write my name, home address, and my email address.
• I can write numbers such as my phone number.
• I can write the date and the day of the week.
• I can write the months and seasons.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can label familiar people, places, and objects in pictures and posters.
• I can label famous landmarks and people.
• I can write the names of countries on a map.
• I can list items I see every day.
• I can label items in a room.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can fill out a simple form with some basic personal information.
• I can fill out a form with my name, address, phone number, birth date, and nationality.
• I can complete a simple online form.
• I can fill out a simple schedule.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can write about myself using learned phrases and memorized expressions.
• I can list my likes and dislikes such as favorite subjects, sports, or free-time activities.
• I can list my family members, their ages, their relationships to me, and what they like to do.
• I can list my classes and tell what time they start and end.
• I can write simple statements about where I live.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can list my daily activities and write lists that help me in my day-to-day life.
• I can label activities and their times in my daily schedule.
• I can write about what I do on the weekends.
• I can write a to-do list.
• I can write a shopping list.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can write notes about something I have learned using lists, phrases, and memorized expressions.
• I can list the main cities of a specific country.
• I can write the phrases and memorized expressions connected with holiday wishes and celebrations in a specific country.
• I can create a list of topics or categories using vocabulary I have learned.
• I can write something I hear or have heard such as simple information in a phone message or a classroom activity.
• I can _________________________________________

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Interpretive Listening

• I can occasionally identify the sound of a character or a word.
• I can recognize the sound of a few letters when they are spoken or spelled out.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can occasionally understand isolated words that I have memorized, particularly when accompanied by gestures or pictures.
• I can understand greetings.
• I can recognize some color words.
• I can understand some numbers.
• I can understand some food items.
• I can_________________________________________
• I can understand a few courtesy phrases.
• I can understand greetings.
• I can understand when people express thanks.
• I can understand when people introduce themselves.
• I can understand when someone asks for a name.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can recognize and sometimes understand basic information in words and phrases that I have memorized.
• I can understand days of the week and the hour.
• I can recognize when I hear a date.
• I can recognize some common weather expressions.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can recognize and sometimes understand words and phrases that I have learned for specific purposes.
• I can recognize the names of the planets in a science class.
• I can recognize the names of some parts of the body in a health or fitness class.
• I can _________________________________________

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Interpretive Reading

• I can recognize a few letters or characters.
• I can alphabetize a few names or words.
• I can match a character in a headline to a supporting visual.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can connect some words, phrases, or characters to their meanings.
• I can recognize some cities on a map.
• I can identify some menu items.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can recognize words, phrases, and characters with the help of visuals.
• I can recognize entrance and exit signs.
• I can identify family member words on a family tree.
• I can identify healthy nutritional categories.
• I can identify the simple labels on a science-related graph.
• I can _________________________________________
• I can recognize words, phrases, and characters when I associate them with things I already know.
• I can check off words or phrases on a to-do list, grocery list, or scavenger hunt list.
• I can identify labeled aisles in a supermarket.
• I can choose a restaurant from an online list of local eateries.
• I can identify scores from sports teams because I recognize team names and logos.
• I can identify artists, titles, and music genres from iTunes.
• I can identify the names of classes and instructors in a school schedule.
• I can ________________________________________