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ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)

The ACTFL is for students who have successfully completed two or more years of a foreign language on the high school level. The fee is the responsibility of the student taking the exam and Cumberland University faculty will determine the appropriate hours of Foreign Language Credit based on the student's test score. Current rates as of 2015-2016 are as follows:

  1. Certified ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) costs $139.00. The Certified Oral Proficiency Interview is administered telephonically by an ACTFL certified tester, double rated, and digitally recorded. Ratings are available within two weeks. The oral test lasts 30 minutes.
  2. Certified ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) costs $70.00. The certificate WPT test is available via internet or in booklet form and is rated by two ACTFL certified raters. Ratings are available within two weeks. The WPT is a 90 minute test consisting of 4 out of 5 questions designed to elicit paragraph formed responses. It is entirely human rated.

Both forms of ACTFL evaluation are administered as follows:

  1. Contact the Academic Enrichment Center (AEC) (615-547-1285) for an application. The fee, which is set by the ACTFL, is to be paid with the application prior to scheduling the interview and the test. Current fees are available on the ACTFL website or by contacting the AEC.
  2. ACTFL evaluations are available for most any language.
  3. The OPI and WPT results combined determine the number of non-traditional credit hours awarded.