INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE EVALUATORS

An applicant for the U.S. Student Fulbright Program has requested that you complete Form 8: Foreign Language Evaluation evaluating their language ability. If the candidate is a current or former student, you may complete Form 8 based on the candidate’s record and performance in your language study course(s), and/or, you may interview the applicant to determine his/her current proficiency in the language.

We ask that you comment on the candidate's present language competence relative to their proposed project of study or research for the grant. The applicant should provide you with a summary of their Grant Purpose.  In an interview, you may ask them to describe the grant project or program in the language being assessed. 

You may refer to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for assessing language ability in determining the appropriate rating in each category.

Fulbright applicants register their language evaluator in the Embark Fulbright Online Application System to give them the opportunity to complete Form 8 online so that it can be attached to the student's online application.   If you are not familiar with the U.S. Student Fulbright Program, you may wish to visit our website.   The most useful pages for language evaluators would be the section on Program Overview and the Country Summary for the applicant’s proposed host country.

U.S. Student Fulbright Program:  http://us.fulbrightonline.org

The steps below allow you to submit online Form 8: Foreign Language Evaluation:

1. Once the student has registered you, an email will be generated and sent to you, from the Embark Online Recommendation system with the student’s name in the subject line.  If you do not receive this email, please let the applicant know or email Tech Support directly: support@embark.com and tell them the name and email address of the applicant and your name and email address.
2. Login to the system using the User ID and password sent to you in the email.
3. You will see a page with the names of applicants who have listed you as an evaluator with this particular Online Application System. 
4. Click on the applicant’s name (corresponding to the program and year if there is more than one entry for the applicant).
5. At the top of the page, complete the information to verify your status and respond to the questions.  Click here for a sample of the Foreign Language Evaluation form.
6. Respond to the questions assessing the candidate's competency in several areas.
7. When up have answered all the questions, you may Preview a PDF of the form.
8. If you are satisfied, you can print the PDF version of Form 8 for your records.
9. The final step is to Submit the Evaluation. Before you click Submit, be sure that this is the Evaluation that you wish to have reviewed by screening committees in the U.S. and abroad.  Once you submit Form 8: Foreign Language Evaluation, you will not have access to edit or change it.  
   

Only evaluations submitted via the Embark Fulbright Online Application System will be accepted.