ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW
Interpreting OPI Results

How are examinees rated?

• Candidates are given a holistic rating based on all of the following factors:
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Fluency
Linguistic tasks
Socio-linguistic/cultural awareness
• Candidates are rated on an 11-point scale, ranging from "0," no functional proficiency, to "5," educated native-speaker proficiency.

What are plus levels?

• Plus levels (0+, 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+)
Demonstration of inconsistent proficiency at the next higher base level
For example, a 1+ speaker can do the same things with the language a 2 speaker can, but he/she will not do them as well.

Performance profile

• A performance profile is written up for each candidate. Please click on the link below to see the performance profile.

            OPI Performance Profile

OPI Rating Scale Descriptors

• For more information on the requirements for each level, please click on the link below. This link will take you to the Interagency Language Roundtable descriptions of what a candidate is expected to be able to do at each level
Interagency Language Roundtable descriptors

 

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