The Languages
Since the Ministry of Education, Malaysia, approved our language courses on 28 February 2000, we have continually developed our syllabus and curriculum in accordance with new developments in the world of language teaching and learning, as we strive for excellence in all we undertake.
We strive to develop our learners’ language skill in the areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing. We recognise that language takes place with the context of culture. Students will be introduced to cultural aspects of the language throughout different stages of the courses.
All our languages are offered at six levels, from beginner to advanced. The chart below illustrates how our levels relate to international benchmarking standards.
Comparison of Language Proficiency Levels
Key:
FSI/ILR: Foreign Service Institute / Interagency Language Roundtable Scale
ACTFL: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines
CLB: Canadian Language Benchmarks
DLC: Dynamic Language Centre Scale
| proficiency level |
FSI/ILR | ACTFL | CLB | DLC | ||
| 5 (functionally native proficiency) |
stage III: advanced |
level 7 | superior | |||
| 4+ (advanced professional proficiency, plus) |
superior | 12 | level 6 | advanced high | ||
| 4 (advanced professional proficiency) |
11 | advanced | ||||
| 3 (general professional proficiency, plus) |
10 | level 5 | upper intermediate high | |||
| 3 (general professional proficiency) |
9 | upper intermediate | ||||
| 2+ (limited working proficiency, plus) |
advanced high | stage II: intermediate |
8 | level 4 | intermediate high | |
| 2 (limited working proficiency) |
advanced mid | 7 | intermediate | |||
| advanced low | 6 | level 3 | pre-intermediate high | |||
| 1+ (elementary proficiency, plus) |
intermediate high | 5-6 | pre-intermediate | |||
| 1 (elementary proficiency) |
intermediate mid | stage I: basic |
4 | level 2 | elementary high | |
| intermediate low | 4 | elementary | ||||
| 0+ (memorized proficiency) |
novice high | 3 | level 1 | basic high | ||
| 0 (no proficiency) |
novice mid | 1-2 | basic | |||
| novice low | 1 | beginner | ||||
(DLC language proficiency scale compared to International standards as of 24 April 2003)
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Download the application form and fax or email to: Fax: +60 4 642 5166 E-mail: registrar@dlcinfo.com For further inquiries, please call: Telephone: +60 4 642 2829
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