PeterMollenburg wrote:Cavesa wrote:Do you self-assess / identify as B1(ish)?
Nobody will test you or throw you out, it's up to you.
In principle, I have nothing against A2 joining, but as it has been stated clearly, the real 6WC is not for B1 or better. But I have nothing against B1-, or there are many people with B1 or better passive skills and A2ish active skills, who do not feel they belong to the real 6wc.
I know you're not saying let anyone in, but I'll just state what's on my mind so I can play the role of being obvious for once:
So as to not 'steal' ppl away from the original 6WC, I suggest only allowing people to join the AI6WC who have a level too high to enter the original 6WC, otherwise you risk (unintentionally) competing for space which
could render the original competition very weak or worse, an eventual non-event. I know, stating obvious things again (I'm not really sure why I'm even typing this).
Again I don't think we're in disagreement here. I just wanted to air my thoughts. I'm not suggesting levels be policed either. I think your relaxed approach (self assess etc) makes sense.
Exactly. I don't want to compete against the original and wonderful 6WC, I want this to be for everyone, who feels they don't fit into the defined rules anymore. Or anyone that others don't feel fits in there.
So, B1 or better.
But from what I've read in the discussion thread, also people with some skills well above B1.
Or even people relearning a previously known language, as it is "easier".
I've entered the last one with Italian. My active skills were A2ish, I've been working mainly with resources A2 and B1, yet I still felt criticised in the discussion thread (even though nobody was openly aiming me with their posts). Because my passive Italian was definitely C1 at the beginning, I was not a true beginner/low intermediate.
What surprised me in the discussion was, that some people don't really see the difference between intensive and extensive skills as a threat to the fairness of the friendly competition, but purely the level. It surprised me, I personally don't agree, but I respect that, they are perfectly in line with the original rules!
And I also didn't agree (as I stated), that the advanced levels are well covered by the other challenges, as I had tried that myself. B1 is in my opinion a bit too early to not do textbookish stuff anymore at all (but one needs some extra motivation for that sometimes), and I failed terribly, when trying to sign up for like four or five challenges, to cover input, reading, writing, and so on.
So, AI6WC is a space exactly for situations no longer welcome in the original 6WC, a way to have the fun and benefits without spoiling it for anyone else!
To give very clear examples:
-my current Italian would have been more fitted for AI6WC, with skills spread from A2 to C1
-my German will definitely fall into AI6WC, as I still need a lot of textbookish and similar work on it at B2, trying to get to C1
-my Hebrew, when I finally get to start it, is definitely for the original 6WC
-Polish or another Slavic language, when I finally start, will be for the 6WC, no matter the fact it is a related language
-my Spanish will definitely fall into AI6WC next year, because I still have C1/C2 passive skills, active used to be B2, but are now barely A1