{"id":3083,"date":"2022-04-05T05:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T05:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>English ability levels : <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li><strong>Beginner<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Intermediate<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Advanced<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Fluent<\/strong><\/li>"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:04:46","slug":"how-to-describe-your-english-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/how-to-describe-your-english-ability\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Describe Your English Ability?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-1625589959\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>English ability levels : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Beginner<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Intermediate<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Advanced<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Fluent<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Native<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Beginner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If I\u2019m just starting to learn a language, I might call myself a beginner, but I\u2019m more likely to say \u201cI\u2019m just starting to learn English.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I had to describe this beginner level, I would probably say something like, \u201cI have a basic knowledge of English\u201d or \u201cI can understand basic English.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the expressions you can use to talk about basic language skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I know a few words in English.<\/li><li>I\u2019m a complete beginner in English.<\/li><li>I have a basic knowledge of English.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Intermediate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, if we pass past this Beginner level, would we say \u201cI\u2019m intermediate\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of \u201cintermediate\u201d appears like educational thinking that doesn\u2019t always have a lot of relevance to your everyday life or the type of language skills you want in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the expressions you can use to talk about Intermediate language skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I know quite a bit of English.<\/li><li>I speak Intermediate English.<\/li><li>I understand more English than I speak.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Advanced<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step above Intermediate English is to talk about your professional skills in the language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people have to communicate English in professional environments, however they may not feel like they speak fluently. This is absolutely normal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the expressions you can use to talk about Advanced language skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I know a lot of English.<\/li><li>I can speak English fairly well.<\/li><li>I have full professional proficiency.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Fluent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, let\u2019s speak about everybody\u2019s preferred topic: speaking fluently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, we all understand what speaking fluently means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; thinking in English<br>&#8211; not translating from your native language<br>&#8211; speaking automatically<br>&#8211; being capable to deal with informal and expert conditions confidently<br>&#8211; being capable to discuss a huge range of subjects and now not feeling like your language abilities are limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the expressions you can use to talk about Fluent language skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I can speak English fluently.<\/li><li>I\u2019m fluent in English.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Native<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve managed to get a fantastic accent, it\u2019s very difficult to hear that you\u2019re now not a native speaker, and you nearly in no way make mistakes, then you can say you have near-native proficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Near-native proficiency is a step above speaking a language fluently and suggests you are capable to read, write, understanding, talk the language simply as nicely as a native speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also suggests that you are culturally fluent and have a deep understanding of cultural references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the expressions you can use to talk about Native language skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I am multilingual.<\/li><li>I speak English with near-native proficiency.<\/li><li>I am a native speaker of English.<\/li><li>I am a native English speaker.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can describe your language skills as Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Fluent, Native.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,79,261,251],"tags":[29,80,78,37],"class_list":["post-3083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-public-speaking","category-speaking","category-writing-2","tag-english","tag-public-speaking","tag-speaking","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}