Interpretive Communication

INTERPRETIVE
COMMUNICATION

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

I can interpret and infer meaning from complex, academic, and professional texts on a range of unfamiliar, abstract, and specialized issues that are spoken or written

MASTERY

I can interpret and infer meaning from dense, structurally sophisticated texts on a wide range of issues and highly abstract concepts, with deeply embedded cultural references.

What can I understand, interpret or analyze in authentic informational texts that I hear, read or view?

I can follow the flow of ideas and infer meaning from unfamiliar, abstract topics in complex informational texts.

I can easily understand sophisticated language, regardless of the cultural context in professional, technical, and academic texts.

What can I understand, interpret or analyze in authentic fictional texts that I hear, read or view?

I can follow the flow of ideas and infer meaning on unfamiliar, abstract topics in complex language from fictional texts

I can interpret tone, nuance, and mood in almost any genre of fictional texts.

What can I understand, interpret and analyze in conversations and discussions that I hear, read or view, in which I am not a participant?

I can follow abstract, complex, and unfamiliar topics in extended conversations and discussions involving multiple speakers.

I can interpret tone, nuance, and mood in almost any extended conversations and discussion.

What elements of literacy lead to higher levels of understanding in the interpretive mode?

Learners move along the proficiency continuum speeds in listening, reading, or viewing. Learners bring prior skills and experience in B1 and B2 Pre-intermediate mode. Factors that impact how well learners understand texts include:

a. text complexity or length

b. familiarity with the topic and background knowledge

c. ability to use literacy strategies such as recognizing keywords, detecting the main idea, identifying supporting details, noting organizational features, guessing meaning from context, identifying logical references, and cultural perspectives/ norms.