LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY RATINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-07181R000200050034-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: September 11, 1969
• Content Type: REQ

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Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP78-07181 R000200050034-5
 Attached are th.e criteria which, an Agency employee must satisfy i
order to be .rated at a
particular
r
fi
p
o
ciency level. The demon-
s
treted (',ted) ability of an in,dividunl to cope with the criteria
, or etch ' I ev.c-} wi 11 be thn
- _..- - .C, -!-,ira ,actor ,in rat1nq profi.
i:i1Cy'~'he levOls described ar
b
d
e
ase
uponi eii
,a ra
tve scale of
0 throVgh. 5p where .0 reflects no
vdualcai.proficiency and 5 equates
with .neducated native-born indiviel~~~
The.ratinq scales described have, been developed to provide a meaninc
ful method of characterizing the desir
d l
u
e
personnel Unl ike ang
age skills of Agency
academic grades, which measure. the achievement in
mastering the content of a prescrib
d
e
Oil course, the ratings are based
n the absolute ,.cri terion' of :the command of an educated native speaker
of the language.
The definition of each proficienc
l
evel has bnd
ee wored so as to be
required applicable to every language; obviously the amount of time and training
to reach a certain level will var
wid
y
ely fro l
manquage to
languages as will the specific linguistic features of the language in-
volved. Wlth,.thi.s reasonin
g, personswith'a ,3? (Intermediate) rating
in both Chinese and French, for ex ample
h
ld
, s
ou
havei
. approxmately
equal linguistic competence in the tw
la
o
nguag, Ih
esn te u
stress is placed on accuracy of structure pper levels,
ficient to be both acceptable and effecti
br uf-
pi
c
ve
n
dealin wih
gsttheed4,
cated citizen of theforeigrtco
untryandultl
f luency., cura nuances., as well as
All ratings except the "5" level ma
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m
d
y
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o
ifiedbl ()i
.y a pus+, indicatng that proficiency substanti
ll
a
fe
or the level concerned but. falls exceds the minimum requirements
level. o thosa for the next higher
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ORAL/F,UR7?L SKILLS
fn_1nd_iv_idua1_ must be able to:
I (Slight) Satisfy minimum. courtesy requirements, usually with frequent
errors 4r:d with shar~ly 1 imi ted vocabulary. Handle simple
situations cr daily life and travel, such as getting tempo-
+' rary lndginc, asking and giv,inq simple directions, ordering a
olain moQI, Elnd m,kinn,purchEa,c , Prsnounce the l?+nquaqe bt
least w6l1 enough, to be understood by a native speaker accus-
tomed to deel 'nq with foreigners. Understand simple questions
and statements , al lowinq for. slowed. speech, repetition,, or'
paraphrase.
(elementary) Satisfy routire social demands, such as formal introductions
an'li ca