Testing yourself
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Testing yourself
My question is as stated: How do you test yourself to figure out where to aim your efforts?
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Re: Testing yourself
Easy: I just read something or listen to something or try to say (or think) something in a language - then I know how well I understand things and how 'fluent' I am when I use it, and I also know where my weak points are. And during those travels where I have spoken to local people in their own language I have got a feeling for how easy (or not) it is for them to understand me - albeit with the caveat that my pronunciation still may be substandard, and maybe I make gross grammatical or lexical error which I don't notice myself. But luckily I don't need to pass any exams for the rest of my life, and if I can have discussions with native speakers where they don't slow down or use simple words to accommodate me then my level can't be totally off the mark.
The main exception to my lack of stringent testing is I have made wordcounts to get a feeling for the size of my passive vocabularies, but there is nothing quite as quantifiable about other aspects of language.
The main exception to my lack of stringent testing is I have made wordcounts to get a feeling for the size of my passive vocabularies, but there is nothing quite as quantifiable about other aspects of language.
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Re: Testing yourself
Speaking the language with people is always going to be the gold standard test for me. Any gaps in vocabulary, ability to manipulate language, and listening comprehension are revealed very quickly, and ones that keep coming up are clearly weak points.
Unfortunately it's not always possible, and if you don't have opportunities to speak then trying to find them can be more effort than it's worth.
Unfortunately it's not always possible, and if you don't have opportunities to speak then trying to find them can be more effort than it's worth.
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Re: Testing yourself
You could use DIA Lang or one of DLI's self-assessment tools.
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You're not a C1 (or B1 or whatever) if you haven't tested.
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Re: Testing yourself
IronMike wrote:You could use DIA Lang or one of DLI's self-assessment tools.
thank you.. could you translate please.... The link in your signature leads to some school's assesment grid, not to any tests.
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Re: Testing yourself
anitarrc wrote:IronMike wrote:You could use DIA Lang or one of DLI's self-assessment tools.
thank you.. could you translate please.... The link in your signature leads to some school's assesment grid, not to any tests.
https://oda.dliflc.edu/
This is the testing area for DFI.
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