A basic how-to course on building spoken proficiency through interaction with your target language community. This video discusses Phase 3 of the FORCE Cycle.
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The FORCE Cycle – Phase 1
This video explains the first of 5 steps in my routine for building spoken language proficiency in the target larget language community.
I use the word “linguist” in this video, in the sense of the Oxford English Dictionary’s first definition: “a person skilled in foreign languages”. The second definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is: “a person who studies linguistics”. I am not a linguist in the second sense.
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.
Should you practice with other students?
Have you thought about speaking your new language with other students who are at about the same level of proficiency as you? Do you worry that you might pick up each others’ mistakes? Continue Reading…
“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…