start of the language learning journey, but they can certainly help you at the
right time in the journey.
Just remember that this material is there for a purpose: to improve your
language skills. This is not the same as “teaching” you a language. You can
never truly be
taught a language. But you can use teachers, exams, grammar
books, and exercises to help you solve problems when you are at a stage to
charge on toward mastery.
For more information about CEFRL examinations and any alternatives
for non-European languages, as well as a more detailed explanation of what
each of the various levels means, visit fi3m.com/cefrl.
For a more detailed explanation of the ideas introduced in this chapter,
resources for improving your writing, reading, and listening skills, and how
to combine traditional learning approaches
with an independent learning
approach, see the videos and links at fi3m.com/ch–7.
How to Get Mistaken for a Native Speaker
It’s time to go beyond fluency by adapting to the local culture,
until a stranger mistakes you for a native!
B
y applying what I’ve discussed about academic courses,
grammatical
exercises, and taking exams, I have managed to reach a genuine C2 level
(mastery) several times. This means I can
effectively do absolutely
everything in that language that I can in English, including my work as an
engineer and discussions on complex topics.
But I may still have an accent, and people still know I’m a foreigner.
This is not something that is brought
up on the CEFRL language scale,
because having an accent doesn’t affect what you can actually do in the
language. There isn’t a C3 level—which might be a C2 but without an
accent—and with good reason.
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