What languages do you know, and at what level?
The levels are (half levels are allowed...):
0...Novice
beginning ... just a few words and phrases.
1...Intermediate
"survival" language knowledge ... you can get around OK in restaurants, doctor's surgeries, shopping, travel etc.
2...Advanced / Limited Working Proficiency
Can get by on a basic level in social and working environments. Accent and grammar may have frequent errors.
3...Superior / Working Proficiency
Able to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social, and professional topics. Can understand normal speech, movies, radio etc. Errors virtually never disturb a native speaker.
4...Distinguished / Full Professional Proficiency
Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs. Can understand and participate in any conversations within the range of own personal and professional experience with a high degree of fluency and precision of vocabulary.
5...Native
has complete fluency in the language, such that speech on all levels in fully accepted by educated native speakers in all of its features, including breadth of vocabulary and idiom, colloquialisms, and pertinent cultural references.
(see http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/mangngyrlngglrnngprgrm/TheILRFSIProficiencyScale.htm for more details on these levels)
The levels are (half levels are allowed...):
0...Novice
beginning ... just a few words and phrases.
1...Intermediate
"survival" language knowledge ... you can get around OK in restaurants, doctor's surgeries, shopping, travel etc.
2...Advanced / Limited Working Proficiency
Can get by on a basic level in social and working environments. Accent and grammar may have frequent errors.
3...Superior / Working Proficiency
Able to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social, and professional topics. Can understand normal speech, movies, radio etc. Errors virtually never disturb a native speaker.
4...Distinguished / Full Professional Proficiency
Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs. Can understand and participate in any conversations within the range of own personal and professional experience with a high degree of fluency and precision of vocabulary.
5...Native
has complete fluency in the language, such that speech on all levels in fully accepted by educated native speakers in all of its features, including breadth of vocabulary and idiom, colloquialisms, and pertinent cultural references.
(see http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/mangngyrlngglrnngprgrm/TheILRFSIProficiencyScale.htm for more details on these levels)