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Inthisepisode,youwilllearnhowtodescribeyourleveloflanguageproficiencyinEnglishorinanyotherlanguage.HowdoyoudescribeyourlevelofEnglishknowledge?Learnwithme!
Ifsomebodyasksyouquestionslike‘HowwelldoyouknowEnglish?’or‘HowgoodisyourEnglish?’or‘WhatisyourEnglishlevel?’,youcan:
nameyourleveloflanguageproficiencyaccordingtotheCEFR,
describewhatyoucandointhislanguage,or
describeyourgenerallanguagecompetency.
Tellingaboutyournativelanguage
Iamanativespeakerof…
IamanativespeakerofRussian.
SheisanativespeakerofItalian.
SheisanEnglishnativespeaker.
Ifyoucanspeaktwolanguagesatthesamelevelofnative-likeproficiency,youareBILINGUAL.
Ifyouknowmorethan4or5foreignlanguages,youcancallyourselfaPOLYGLOT.
OnepolyglotIknowcanspeak12foreignlanguages!
BECAREFUL!
Alotofpeopletrytosay‘IspeakinEnglish’or‘IspeakinRussian’.Wedon’tnormallyuseINinsuchsentences.
Correct:‘IspeakEnglish’or‘IcanspeakEnglish’,‘IcanspeakRussian’.
DescribinglevelsoflanguageproficiencyaccordingtoCEFR
Therearethreelevelsoflanguageproficiency:
BasicUser/Beginner,Elementary,andPre-intermediate(A1-A2)
IndependentUser/IntermediateandUpper-intermediate(B1-B2)
ProficientUser/Advanced(C1-C2)
LearnmoreabouttheCEFRhere
Butifyoudon’tknowwhatitmeans,ateachercouldhelpyouwithtestingandrecommendations.
Phrasestodescribewhatyoucandointhelanguage
‘IGETBYinEnglish.’(youhavesurvivalskillsinthislanguage:youcanaskaboutsomethingintheshoporintherestaurant)
‘Icanholdabasicconversation.’(youcancommunicateonsimpleeverydaytopics)
‘IknowsomewordsinDutch.’=‘IknowafewwordsinDutch’
‘IstudiedEnglishatschool,butIcan’tspeakit.’
‘MyEnglishisabitrusty’.(RUSTY=notfresh)
‘IwishIcouldspeakFrenchbetter’.
‘MyEnglishvocabularycouldbebetter’.‘IthinkmyspeakingskillsinEnglishcouldbebetter’.
Tellingaboutyourgenerallanguageproficiency(CV’s,autobiographies,etc.)
YoucandescribeyourlanguageskillsasBasiс,Conversational,Fluent,orProficient.
Basic–youcancommunicateonsimpletopicsorknowsomephrasesinthislanguage.
Conversational–youcancommunicateoneverydaytopicswithminorgrammarorvocabularymistakesbutyoucan’twriteinthislanguage.
Fluent–youhavetheabilitytoexpressanyideawithouthesitation,withgoodvocabularyandgrammar;peopleunderstandyoueasily.Bothyourspokenandwrittenskillsaregood.
Proficient–differentfromfluentinthewaythatyounowunderstandthestructureofthelanguageandyoucanexplainhowthislanguageworkstootherpeople.Youalsocanuseidiomaticlanguageandunderstandlocalaccents.
Nowit’syourturn!Pleaseanswerthesequestionsinthecomments:HowisyourEnglish?WhatisyourlevelofEnglish?WhatcanyoudoinEnglish?
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Ithinki’minthe“Conversational”level,butinbasicconversationbecauseiunderstoodthesentenceineverydaytopicswithminorgrammarorvocabularymistakesbutIcan’twriteinthislanguageproperly.IunderstandwhatpeoplesayinEnglishbutsometimesIcan’tdeliverwhatIthink.
Idon’tknowmylevelis.IthinkisbeyondconversationalbecauseIcanwriteinEnglishatthesametimetospeakitconversationally.ButtheproblemisthereisatimethatIdon’tknowwhatwordstosay,andItotallyblackout.
Ithinki’minthe“fluent”BecauseIcancommunicatewithotherseasilywithmyspokenandwrittenenglishskills.icanexpressmyselffreelywithoutanyconcernsofanygrammaticalerror.RecentlyIhavebeenthinkingoflevelingupandreachingthat“proficient”Stage.Butinordertodothat,IneedtobeabletoexplainmanypartsinenglishsuchasthemeaningofsuchwordsIspokenandwritten.Anywaysthatismystory.Thankyouforreading.
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