Language Levels
Please use the ACTFL, WIDA, or SLPI guidelines to determine your student’s language level.
| ACTFL | WiDA ACCESS | Composite Scores | SLPI | |
| Level 1 | Novice Mid | Beginning | 1.0-1.9 | Novice |
| Level 2 | Novice High/Intermediate Low | Emerging | 2.0-2.9 | Survival |
| Level 3 | Intermediate Mid | Developing | 3.0-3.9 | Intermediate |
| Level 4 | Intermediate High | Expanding | 4.0-4.9 | Advanced |
| Level 5 | Advanced/Native Speaker | Bridging | 5.0-6.0 | Superior |
Guidelines
- All competition must address this year’s theme.
- Students may compete at World Languages Day a maximum of two times: once as an individual performer and once in a group in any of the specified categories of competition. This does not include the People’s Choice Art Award, which is a separate event for World Languages Day.
- These rubrics will be used by the judges for competition submissions. The final score will be an average of the relevant components on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 3 (highest). As an example a performance of Goethe’s “Der Erlkönig” would not include a score for “originality” since it is an existing work.
Students recite an existing or original work of cultural value entirely in the target language. Students may use notes, but no reading aloud. Judged based on enthusiasm, expressive skills, comprehensibility, content and creativity, delivery, and originality.
Existing work: poem, drama, live song, cultural presentation. Original Work: ASL Slam (original poetry), storytelling, song interpretation, ABC/# stories. Judging will include clear presentation of the PARAMETER of ASL.
No digital submissions will be accepted. Competitors in this category must bring their submissions to Laramie. Students may submit one original work of art that creatively addresses the theme through drawing, painting, photography, mixed media, or sculpture. Submission size limits: 2-dimension max. 36” x 24”, 3-dimension max. 36” x 24” x 24”. Each submission is individual and must include an artist’s statement with name, title of artwork in the target language and English, and a level-appropriate explanation in the target language and English on how the artwork addresses the theme.
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