Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5157 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French
| Message 9 of 19 06 October 2010 at 2:37pm | IP Logged |
I’ve found a website called webCEF offering some video examples for speaking abilities in these languages:
Dutch B1; C1
English A1; A2; B1; B2; C1
Finnish B1
French C1
German A2; B1; B2
Italian A2; B1; B2; C1
Polish A2
In the homepage click on ‘Showcase’ in the menu on the left to choose the language you are interested in.
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magister Pro Member United States Joined 6413 days ago 346 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Turkish, Irish Personal Language Map
| Message 10 of 19 06 October 2010 at 3:11pm | IP Logged |
Since I'm ex-military (US), I'm much more familiar with the ILR framework rather than CEFR. Sample oral interviews from ILR levels 0+ to 5 can be viewed here.
Edited by magister on 06 October 2010 at 3:11pm
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songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5019 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 11 of 19 08 October 2010 at 6:36am | IP Logged |
Mcjon77: Thanks for posting this; - Interesting, and inspiring.
It was generous (and courageous) of the ten applicants to give permission for their tests to be videotaped and shared. - I doubt I'd do well at all, if my tests in my L2 were being taped!
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s_allard Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5240 days ago 2704 posts - 5425 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Polish
| Message 12 of 19 08 October 2010 at 7:15am | IP Logged |
Congrats to all. As one who has been ranting continuously about the misuse of the term fluency, I am more than encouraged by these references and examples.
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magictom123 Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5403 days ago 272 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French
| Message 13 of 19 09 October 2010 at 8:15am | IP Logged |
I remember I posted the same link to the Cambridge samples a while back but it is nice to
see examples of the different CEFR levels in other languages. Since I have spent most of
my language learning time on Italian, it was useful to see where I fit in.
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Old Chemist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4983 days ago 227 posts - 285 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 14 of 19 09 October 2010 at 4:40pm | IP Logged |
s_allard wrote:
Congrats to all. As one who has been ranting continuously about the misuse of the term fluency, I am more than encouraged by these references and examples. |
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I agree, I think it is helpful to divide linguistic competency up in thia way, it is descriptive, testable and very helpful.
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Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6913 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 15 of 19 10 October 2010 at 10:19am | IP Logged |
magictom123 wrote:
I remember I posted the same link to the Cambridge samples a while back but it is nice to see examples of the different CEFR levels in other languages. Since I have spent most of my language learning time on Italian, it was useful to see where I fit in. |
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Indeed you did....
CEFR Learning Levels
It's a common theme...
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fireflies Senior Member Joined 4991 days ago 172 posts - 234 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 16 of 19 16 October 2010 at 2:46am | IP Logged |
mcjon77 wrote:
Please check out the video of the individuals speaking at a C1+/C2 level. The woman from Lativa who spoke at a C2 level blew my mind! Maybe it is because I am American and don't get some of the subtleties of the British accent, but If I met this woman on the street I would have ZERO clue that she wasn't from the UK unless she told me. |
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I always find it interesting when people learn English with a British accent. I suppose you might as well take that route if you are close to the UK (or want to deal with the UK) and are starting from scratch. It would be regarded as silly (to both Brits and Americans) for an American to systematically try and talk like a British person in America. I guess Latin Americans don't usually lisp any c's or z's either.
From what I have read the British accent is different because it is less vowel heavy than the American in the sense americans emphasize each syllable more equally.
momentary
american mo-men-tare-y
vs british MO-men-tree
The brits slur over all but the first syllable.
Edited by fireflies on 16 October 2010 at 3:23am
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