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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 545 of 586 08 August 2013 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | ||
It is. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 546 of 586 14 August 2013 at 6:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I PASSED MY EXAM IN RUSSIAN LEVEL A2!!!!
A few weeks ago I was confident that A2 would not be too difficult to pass, but after going through some old exams, I was starting to really get cold feet. I was told that the online test I had taken placed me between A1 and A2, the administration at the school thought it wiser to go for A1 to ensure success, and my teacher was getting more and more worried, and said that with God's help I might pass. I decided however to go for A2 anyway, because having a paper which said that I was at A1 didn't feel like much of an accomplishment, and I figured I had nothing to lose. So I dug my heels in, studied like mad, and today I got my results. It was a 3 hour exam, and it consisted of 5 parts: Grammar Usage Writing Listening comprehension Speaking I had to have an average of 65% to pass, and I just scraped through in grammar and writing, (65%), I was at 70% in usage, 74% in speaking, and 90% in listening comprehension ( so at least some good have come from my 9 billion hours listening to Pimsleur etc. :-) I am soooo relieved. I would have felt really bad after all the work I have put in if I could not even manage an A2, but I must say that my respect for A2 as a level has risen considerably. I used to think of it as the level right above knowing next to nothing. Boy, was I wrong. Either the Russians are extremely demanding, or I was way too naive, but I cannot remember the last time I worked so hard for anything at all. What bothers me a tad, is that I know that there is no way I could pass a B1 exam in the foreseeable future. I sat in on the oral exam of a guy who did B1, and to my ears he was next to fluent. He made two-three mistakes in 10 minutes, and otherwise he was laughing, joking and flirting with our censor ( it was a young woman). In fact, if I were to take another exam, I would be more likely to do an A2 again, trying to raise my scores, rather than attempting a B1. The difference seems like the difference of taking down an apple, and attempting at taking down the moon. Anyhow, I am super happy that I passed. I can now say that I have the language skills which are necessary to become a Russian citizen. Not that I will, but it is nice to know that I can :-) Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 14 August 2013 at 6:29pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5396 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 547 of 586 14 August 2013 at 6:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Congratulations! That's awesome! :)
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| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4716 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 548 of 586 14 August 2013 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's great, Cristina! Congratulations! =)
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 549 of 586 14 August 2013 at 7:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you, Kerrie and Fabricio!
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4845 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 550 of 586 14 August 2013 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Отлично! Поздравляю, Кристина! :)
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 551 of 586 14 August 2013 at 8:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's great, Cristina! Congratulations!
And thanks on the input about the levels requirements. Now I start to wonder that it may indeed take some years till I reach B1 in any of the non-romance languages (leave alone in Russian itself). Maybe they are stricter than the CEFR? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 552 of 586 14 August 2013 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ура, ты сдала!! I was keeping my fingers crossed for you, and am so glad you passed the exam. Мoлодец, космонавт!
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