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| Tomi Newbie Finland Joined 4521 days ago 6 posts - 8 votes | Message 1 of 3 03 June 2013 at 12:34am | IP Logged | ||
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First of all, I'm sorry if someone considers this forum to be inappropriate for my question, but their number is quite exhausting and I had to take my chances. Mods may feel free to move the topic.
I've been into languages (other than English) for some three good academic years. I started with an introductory estonian course at 25 years of age. I've since completed courses or credits in a total of 16 languages, and do hold particular interest in 10. -finnish (native, not something I actively study) -english (while I see my English as practically native level, I'm still planning to take a test, particularly as it allows me to estimate what the following tests will be like for tougher languages) -swedish -german -russian -estonian -french -spanish -portuguese -italian Out of these languages, the opportunity to enroll in a test and get certified exists for all but portuguese (no testing), estonian (no exams) and Italian (testing only up to B-2). The next examinations to be arranged, in chronological order, would be; English, Spanish and German. Allowing for a little tuning and warming up, I'm expecting to land a fairly easy C-2 with English, but C-1 is a tough goal for every other language, with each of these languages hovering anywhere between a solid B1 and a weak or solid B2 with my current skills. In addition, the test for C-1 and C-2 will be the same; doing it just passably would get one a C-1 certificate, as opposed to the perfect performance of C-2. The first test would be administered in november, and the rest by early spring of 2014. Since I consider a C-1 a realistic goal with hard work and am kind of hungry for it, I'd like to ask what kind of strategies would you guys use to update yourself up there? And how do you see the difference between C-1 and C-2 or B-2 and a flat C-1? Do you have to act fanciful and try to use big words when speaking and writing, and is having complex and flowy grammar more important than a huge vocabulary with obscure words? Are you perhaps aware of some cool book or website which goes into ridiculous detail about this, or that you would simply see as the kind of content to master in this situation? I've done some groundwork myself of course, seen your average websites etc. so anything relating to personal experience would be great. I suffer from chronic hypothyroidism, and I'm also going to see if this will be considered a valid excuse for some additional answering time during the exam. I had a doctor diagnose me as having "slow speech" years ago. Are there any fellow patients here? I'd like to hear any feedback, particularly from people around my age and experience level or any encouragement at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6408 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2 of 3 03 June 2013 at 3:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Are these the YKI tests? I vaguely remember the list of languages...
IDK, why are you interested in taking the various tests? I passed the Finnish C1 a couple of years ago, though I consider myself a C2. I don't think it would be possible for me to pass C2 without living in Finland. I can gladly write more about my experience ;) I recommend starting with the Dialang tests, they give a good estimate for the passive skills+writing, if you remember to be realistic about whether you'd be able to write this yourself and whether you could do most tasks quite effortlessly. (a Spanish speaker can "pass" the Portuguese A2 with a lot of effort and guessing, but this doesn't mean they're actually A2 or would pass a proper exam) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Tomi Newbie Finland Joined 4521 days ago 6 posts - 8 votes | Message 3 of 3 03 June 2013 at 7:26am | IP Logged | ||
My interest derives from a hobby. I imagine that to be the case for most people here. As much as we might like to fool ourselves, intense language study is not that practical IMHO. The tests are listed as belonging to "yleinen kielitutkinto". If your experience relates to my questions, it would be interesting to hear about it. For me and probably for several others as well. Thanks for your input so far. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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