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Is an A1 Language Diploma Worth Getting | ||
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| Emily232 Newbie Ireland Joined 5053 days ago 19 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 17 of 34 21 April 2011 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | ||
That makes me wonder if it ever happens that an uninformed employer looks at a CV and sees e.g. French C2 and thinks hmmm... C2 they must not be very good why would they put that on their CV? An employer who frequently hires people because of language skills would know obviously but I mean if you were applying for a job that didn't require any foreign languages and you just put it on your CV to demonstrate extra skills you have. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iouabook Bilingual Diglot Newbie SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4872 days ago 10 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish*, French | Message 18 of 34 30 July 2011 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would add to A1, B2 or C3, etc., Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Natice Fluency. That way anyone can understand you.
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5567 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 19 of 34 30 July 2011 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think it is probably best to map the CEFR scale to the local school or college level qualification for the country you are in (e.g. ACTFL in the US or GCSE/A Level in England) - as we all know thousands of people apply for just one job these days and human resources staff can be amongst the most officious and/or dim witted people in the world (as in: 'you have this CEFR C2 in German but we want at least an A level' (btw A level is equivalent to B1/B2)). So you need to tell them what CEFR means in a way they can understand it.
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| watupboy101 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4905 days ago 65 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 20 of 34 31 July 2011 at 8:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Just saying most people in America are A1 in Spanish... or at least everyone I know at my high school. I would say
no but I see you've already made your choice to wait to the B's (good choice). So I say wait till B2 or else it's not worth it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| oceankyle Newbie United States Joined 5243 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* | Message 21 of 34 31 July 2011 at 2:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Greaat advice all around. Thanks guys!
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4861 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 22 of 34 13 August 2011 at 1:57am | IP Logged | ||
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Once I had an occasion to talk with the expert in recruitment. She said that if we really speak, write etc. at level A2 or even A1 we can write it in our CVs.
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| AriD2385 Groupie United States Joined 4852 days ago 44 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 23 of 34 22 August 2011 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you're dealing with American employers, the vast majority won't know what A2, B1, etc. mean, so those designations wouldn't be what you'd want to use.
I've been instructed by career services not to include any languages that are not at a level proficient enough for use in business. Unless the job posting says "some knowledge of X language would be helpful" (which I haven't seen in US job listings, I think you risk looking like you're putting a qualification on your resume that isn't really a qualification. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4861 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 24 of 34 22 August 2011 at 8:12pm | IP Logged | ||
Is that so? In Poland it's a standard. Well, maybe in industries like building it's not common, but anywhere else - definitely. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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