Level 4
Advanced Professional
| The candidate can understand and participate in: |
| *formal presentations within the range of his/her experience |
| *debates, conferences, broadcasts, press conferences |
| *meetings, seminars, task groups |
| *discussions about editorial and literary material |
| The candidate can: |
| *counsel |
| *persuade |
| *negotiate |
| *interpret informally for dignitaries |
| *represent both sides of an issue |
| *tailor language according to context and audience |
| *express opinions almost as well as in native language |
| *produce highly organized discourse, including extensive use of complex sentence structure and both high- and low-frequency abstract vocabulary |
| *understand all standard and some non-standard dialects including common slang / technical jargon |
| *understand the type of language heard in speeches when sprinkled with idioms and stylistic embellishments |
| *readily and accurately infer meanings and implications” |
| *understand all forms and styles of speech pertinent to professional needs |
| Candidate’s level of linguistic accuracy: |
| *doesn’t readily understand dialect variations and colloquialisms outside the range of experience |
| *may have trouble with extreme dialect, some slang, and speech marked by interference |
| *may have an accent but rarely mispronounces |
| *makes low-frequency errors that a native English speaker wouldn’t make |
| *target language culture dominates |
| *no patterns of pronunciation and communication errors |