Are you a Novice, Intermediate or Advanced speaker of your target language? Or could you even be at a Superior, Distinguished or Native level of proficiency? How do you know. Check it out in this video.
Do you speak another language “fluently”? …and what does that mean?
The word “fluent” is usually used quite loosely when describing language skill. In this video, I explain what I, and some other language teachers mean, when we use this term.
And yes, I noticed mistakes in this video, but I thought it was best to leave them in. I have not finished learning any languages yet, including English.
“Are you bilingual?” is not a yes or no question
Do you speak another language? Rather than answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’, you should talk about how much of another language you speak. The key word here is “proficiency”. Continue Reading…
Evaluate your language proficiency
Transparent Language provides an opportunity for you to test your proficiency level in various foreign languages. They have based this test on the standard grammar and vocabulary that you would find in any language-learning materials. Continue Reading…