Good Morning, dear teachers and everyone! :)
What is the clear OR unequivocal difference between CONVERSATIONAL proficiency and FLUENT proficiency? Is there any?
I have googled, but I haven't got the proper answer, yet. Should we take a test to classify our language skill?
I read somewhere that conversational one requires only 3000 words. While fluent one is able speak the language near perfectly (almost like a native), but may require more concentration to communicate thoughts, idioms, and slang; advanced reading and writing skills. Native-level fluency is about 20.000-40.000 words.
When it is related to job, I got a bit confused. What is the great difference between conversational and fluent? This is for any language.
Common Linguistic Proficiency Classification for career
- Basic (can write a language decently)
- Conversational (can write and speak a language well)
- Fluent (can write and speak a language almost perfectly)
- Native Speaker/Bilingual (can write and speak a language perfectly, including colloquialisms)
I wonder why there is no level between conversational and fluent. :)))
Everyone is welcomed to join, share info, or even share the same question... ^^
Thank you in advance.
Have a wonderful weekend! ^_^
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Hi to everyone, I read five minutes ago the topic so I decided to make something useful for all of you.
On the website of the European Council, I found some interesting material about the topic, and here you are the link to the website. https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-lang...
I hope to help but not use boring subjects: we have so many boring subjects to face. So here's what I found very interesting, please tell me if you agree with me.
Have a nice evening and see you tomorrow, my dear friends!!
Conversational means (as I understand) "can speak" the language.
Fluent means both speaking and writing the language.
Hi Onee-Chan: Interesting topic, I knew about this classification but I did not know the specifications. I lived in USA for many years, I went to school, I learned English because I needed to survive in that country. I wouldn't know how many words are in my vocabulary, I consider myself as fluent, but now, I don't think so, according to your information.
I'm just so happy that I can communicate in English with people arround the world, like you guys, in this English Club.
Berbicara dengan sopan, mod. Onee. Speaking politely may raise you to the highest levels of fluency. Thanks for sharing.
I'm not sure where you're getting these standards from. There is no universal system of standards. There are many, and they don't all agree. You can see some info on "standards" below:
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/levels-cef.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/levels-alte.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/levels-cef-alignment.htm
updated 2010. May need updating again, not sure ;)
Hope this helps.
Hello Youssef,
It's great to see you on my post. ^^
You ask them? How can I answer? *kidding ))
can write perfectly..... I think they mean they can communicate or remember the words about everything without any obstacles. Grammar could be different topic.
So many thanks for your reply. Good day! :)
what did they mean by they can write perfectly?
Hello Ocean,
This is for any language. So, you are a Native Speaker in your language, and so am I. :)
Yup, we need to know how we can classify so that we don't mistakenly give information about our language skill.
Thanks a lot for your visit. Good day! :)
Ohh this is really upper my level so I cant throw a stone here :) I hope someone to give us more details regarding this significant question.
Thanks for sharing Onee
This is the answer from Mr. Josef,
"Conversational sounds like a polite way of say not fluent.
Fluent is fluent in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing"
Well............I probably have a bit problem with speaking. I need to practice speaking more.
Thank you so much, Teacher Joe. ^^
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