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| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 41 of 71 04 March 2010 at 5:01am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm not the youngest, but I am 16.
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| yawn Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5428 days ago 141 posts - 209 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, FrenchC2, SpanishC2 Studies: GermanB1 | Message 42 of 71 05 March 2010 at 4:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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^ Nice to meet you too :)
I definitely don't think I'm the youngest here either (I wasn't really sure of it in the first place); I see that there are already quite a few other teenagers and pre-teens. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 43 of 71 05 March 2010 at 5:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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| yawn Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5428 days ago 141 posts - 209 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, FrenchC2, SpanishC2 Studies: GermanB1 | Message 44 of 71 06 March 2010 at 1:33am | IP Logged | |||||
Yay for us youngsters :) Oh, on that note -- I often hear that the best time to learn a language is at our age, since our minds are still sharp and we have all the time we want (okay, well, not necessarily, but very much so compared to most adults :P). Too bad most people don't spend this period of time doing meaningful things. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 45 of 71 06 March 2010 at 6:33am | IP Logged | |||||
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 47 of 71 12 March 2010 at 3:07am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hello, Yawn! I too am 15 but am a sophomore in high school, and not a junior... I am envious of your fortunate multi-linguistic and -cultural upbringing, although I did have a bit of the same myself. My whole family is Greek, so I have been exposed to that language since infancy although my native language is English and I really only started to actively study Greek when I was 12 (knew basics and how to read long before then, though). I also went to a bilingual elementary school for four years, which is where I learned my Spanish (supplemented by a couple years in middle/high school, most of which have been complete wastes of time).
I love learning languages too and am always pleased to see other members on here with such great achievements at my own age. I usually have to restrain myself from beginning to learn a new one... I'm also amazed at your having achieved all of those certificates already. Last year I placed really high (they didn't tell me exactly) in the National Spanish Exam and got 6th in the US for French in my level on the National French Exam. That's not saying much, though, because my French level last year was made up of people who are mostly still incompetent in French (still the case this year). I will be taking the AP Spanish Language exam this May, and most likely will be taking the AP French one next year. I also hope to take the AP Japanese and German exams in two years. :) About those other certificates, though, how did you go about applying for them? How much do they cost generally? Thanks! --Philip 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| yawn Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5428 days ago 141 posts - 209 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, FrenchC2, SpanishC2 Studies: GermanB1 | Message 48 of 71 12 March 2010 at 6:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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^ Hi Philip! Nice to meet you too :) Just out of curiosity, how many languages do you consider yourself to be
fluent in? For the language exams, I'd recommend googling, say, either "DELF" or "DALF" for the French diplomas, "DELE" for the Spanish diplomas, "Zertifikat Deutsch" for German diplomas, and "JLPT" for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (which is the official language test developed by the Japanese government; there are 4 levels of proficiency, 4 being the lowest, 1 being the highest). The first few results should lead you to the official pages for the tests, and from there you can click on "Testing Centers" and then click on "U.S.A." under "Countries", or something to that effect. Then you can click on your state, and once you find a suitable location, you can also find out what the testing fees are. They vary from test to test, but in general, the higher level you test at, the more you'll have to pay. I took my DALF C2 French exam while I was still living in Singapore, and I remember that it cost roughly $120 SGD. (Not sure what that converts to in USD; perhaps a little less than $100?) Good luck on your language AP's! It looks like I'll have to leave German Language for next year, though, since I'm not fully confident of my level and want to make sure I get a good enough score. I'll probably substitute it with Spanish Literature -- after all, that's what I'm studying in my Spanish class right now :) I'm anticipating that AP French and AP Chinese should be quite simple, though. Especially after surviving the HSK Advanced and the DALF C2, they almost seem like jokes! :P 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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