Whenever I read profiles of members, I ask myself these questions many times1) How do we come to know our English level?2) Why do we set it on our profile?I will let you know later on how I got to know my English level.I know we all have done it on EC. So, share your experience of setting your profileThank in advance :)
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Hi my friend, it is my pleasure to answer these two questions. according to the first one, I took several English courses at British Council, then I have stopped these courses when my English level became Upper- intermediate3. Now, I can read, write and speak English very good. To be honest with you my friend, this level didn't satisfy my ambition, that why I have joined to E.C, to take my English to the next level. And my English is better now. May some one wonders why I didn't finish all the courses at British Council to improve my English, it is better than E.C, simply I can say; after I have given a birth to my little princes, Selean, really, I hardly find an extra time to go outside the house.
Why we set our English level on our profile!!!!!! I think to attract many people to be on our friendship list. The human nature always like to be a part of someone's life who is widely known in any field. Thanks my friend for this lovely blog, God bless you.
Sewar, you got know your English level through British Council. Second you think, we set it on our profile to attract other, then why do we select UPPER INTERMEDIATE on profile, then, why shouldn't we choose FLUENT as our English level, should we? :D it will attract other more and more :)
I agree it may be one of the reasons. I really liked your comments.
Thank you so much for telling us how you came to know your English level
Hi Arif, first of all I wanna say you classifications are just a way to say how organised something is, and in my particular view I don't think they are a safe way to gauge the skills of somebody anytime. For me, what really counts is the experience we have along our language study life. This experience is what effectively make us progress in the target language. So, speaking, writing and listening practice are the most important factors when saying someone is in such a level. I think one of the common tools for level up skills in the language learning field is making level tests. And that's what I did to come to know my English skill level. I think learners put learning classification on their pages because they want to give all of the possible informations about themselves,although, not always these informations are true in real.
Hi Daniel,
I liked this line and totally agreed with you on this point
"I think one of the common tools for level up skills in the language learning field is making level tests. And that's what I did to come to know my English skill level"
We all are so curious about our level, so as to set our target, then may start making strenuous efforts to move to next level.
There are plenty of websites where you can get an assessment of some of your skills in English but to get a genuine assessment of all four skills you need to take either an exam or get a qualified teacher to assess you.
Adding it to your profile might help those who are of a similar level as yourself and wish to become friends.
Sir, T Mal,
That's true! There are four macro skills in a language, all of them are significant for a learner. But as a learner, these questions crossed my mind, may I know these questions?
1) Can listening and speaking, without acquiring formal or informal education, enable a person to read and write?
2) Can we improve spellings by listening?
3) Can an illiterate person, who listens and speaks his native language very well, achieve his professional goals ?
4) Can the deafs and dumbs learn how to read and write?
Sir, all of my questions don't imply I deny the importance of rest two skills (listening and speaking), but my point is that we can enhance them ( listening and speaking) by getting familiarity with its syntactic rules which is only possible by reading and writing here on EC.
Thank you so much for sharing your viewpoints, which enhance our knowledge.
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There is a level assessment if I am not mistaken on the main site . I was trying to look for the link, will share it should I find it .
This link is not what I was referring , it may come useful http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/index.htm
Thank you dear Ariff for your kind words
In accordance with your comments, English level of any member shouldn't be given so much importance while choosing any learning partner, should it?
Thank you for nice comments.
Hi my friend, it is my pleasure to answer these two questions. according to the first one, I took several English courses at British Council, then I have stopped these courses when my English level became Upper- intermediate3. Now, I can read, write and speak English very good. To be honest with you my friend, this level didn't satisfy my ambition, that why I have joined to E.C, to take my English to the next level. And my English is better now. May some one wonders why I didn't finish all the courses at British Council to improve my English, it is better than E.C, simply I can say; after I have given a birth to my little princes, Selean, really, I hardly find an extra time to go outside the house.
Why we set our English level on our profile!!!!!! I think to attract many people to be on our friendship list. The human nature always like to be a part of someone's life who is widely known in any field. Thanks my friend for this lovely blog, God bless you.
I agree it may be one of the reasons. I really liked your comments.
Thank you so much for telling us how you came to know your English level
Hi Arif, first of all I wanna say you classifications are just a way to say how organised something is, and in my particular view I don't think they are a safe way to gauge the skills of somebody anytime. For me, what really counts is the experience we have along our language study life. This experience is what effectively make us progress in the target language. So, speaking, writing and listening practice are the most important factors when saying someone is in such a level. I think one of the common tools for level up skills in the language learning field is making level tests. And that's what I did to come to know my English skill level. I think learners put learning classification on their pages because they want to give all of the possible informations about themselves,although, not always these informations are true in real.
I liked this line and totally agreed with you on this point
"I think one of the common tools for level up skills in the language learning field is making level tests. And that's what I did to come to know my English skill level"
We all are so curious about our level, so as to set our target, then may start making strenuous efforts to move to next level.
Thank you so much for your comments.
There are plenty of websites where you can get an assessment of some of your skills in English but to get a genuine assessment of all four skills you need to take either an exam or get a qualified teacher to assess you.
Adding it to your profile might help those who are of a similar level as yourself and wish to become friends.
Thank you so much sir for giving me great reply.
That's true! There are four macro skills in a language, all of them are significant for a learner. But as a learner, these questions crossed my mind, may I know these questions?
1) Can listening and speaking, without acquiring formal or informal education, enable a person to read and write?
2) Can we improve spellings by listening?
3) Can an illiterate person, who listens and speaks his native language very well, achieve his professional goals ?
4) Can the deafs and dumbs learn how to read and write?
Sir, all of my questions don't imply I deny the importance of rest two skills (listening and speaking), but my point is that we can enhance them ( listening and speaking) by getting familiarity with its syntactic rules which is only possible by reading and writing here on EC.
Thank you so much for sharing your viewpoints, which enhance our knowledge.
1 I answered this in my first post
2 Not with English because English is not a phonetic language. You need a very good understanding of English phonics
3 No because the are no professions that do not require literacy
4 Of course Deaf and Mute people can read and right. Reading and righting are visual skills, even blind people can touch read. (braille)
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