ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)

All language teaching majors and teaching minors must receive the required rating* on an official ACTFL for graduation and licensing. To register for the OPI, contact the Center for Language Studies in 3086 JFSB or at (801) 422-1201. You must provide Education Advisement Center in 175 MCKB with a copy of your OPI rating report in order to graduate and be licensed.

Students with a language teaching major who do not receive the required rating on the OPI must change to a non-teaching major.
Students with a language teaching minor or a DLI minor who do not obtain the required rating on the OPI must drop the minor.

*OPI ratings required for teaching majors/teaching minors

Advanced-Low (or higher)

French Teaching
German Teaching
Portuguese Teaching
Spanish Teaching
Chinese Teaching
Japanese Teaching
Russian Teaching
English Teaching (For non-native speakers)

Advanced-Mid (or higher)

Dual Language Immersion

Example of an OPI Score Report

A card that lists the oral proficiency interview, signed by Elana Swender. The text below reads as follows: Advanced High Speakers at the Advanced-High level perform all Advanced-level tasks with linguistic case, confidence and competence. They are able to consistently explain in detail and narrate fully and accurately in all time frames. In addition. Advanced-High speakers handle the tasks pertaining to the Superior level but cannot sustain performance at that level across a variety of topics. They can pr

Updated 12/8/21