Foreign Language Testing

The North Carolina Board of Education has approved the use of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) to facilitate the licensing of teachers for world languages.  Individuals who hold a Standard Professional I or II license may add a foreign language to their license by passing an oral proficiency assessment and written proficiency test (if required).  Potential teachers may use these assessments to qualify for a lateral entry license IF they hold at least a bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 2.5 GPA and are employed by a North Carolina school system.

• Oral proficiency assessments are available in the following languages:  Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Baluchi, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Cebuano, Chavacano, Croatian, Czech, Dari, Dutch, Egyptian, Filipino,  French, German, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hilgaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Ilonggo, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Malay, Mandarin, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian Farsi, Polish,  Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tausug, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Visayan.

• Written proficiency tests are available in the following languages:  Albanian, Arabic, French*, German*, Haitian Creole, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish*.

(* denotes the written proficiency tests that are available on-line versus test booklet format)

NOTE: The English oral and written proficiency assessments CANNOT be used to be licensed in
English.

A passing test score of “Intermediate High” on this Foreign Language assessment will be accepted by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in lieu of PRAXIS II. For additional information on assessment fees and making application click here: https://www.languagetesting.com/acad_nc1.cfm

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