Working with foreign languages

[Paolo Emilio I of Trebia]

I have always wondered if we will one day, if as getting powerful enough, we will need to speak multiple languages to reach a wider community. For instance, I already work with a couple of them. In order to show to the whole community how well we work with languages, I developed the LKC (Language Knowledge Chart). I will give you an example on how to do it and then I will show you mine.

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Example: [Insert language here] (native/learned/learning/starter/interested)
Knowledge of grammar: good (good/average/poor/none)
Fluent speaking: (good/average/poor/none)
Vocabulary: (good/average/poor/none)
Understanding of speech: (good/average/poor/none)
Understanding of reading: (good/average/poor/none)
Understanding of alphabet: (good/average/poor/none) (Use this with languages with non-latin alphabet, such as Greek or Russian, or with language with complex latin letters, such as Norwegian, Romanian or Polish)

Definition of the categories:
Knowledge of grammar: Do you understand how sentence building, ortograpy and declinations of this language work?
Fluent speaking: Can you pronounce correctly and speak properly in a conversation or speech?
Vocabulary: How much words do you know in this language?
Understanding of speech: Would you understand if a native speaker spoke to you in this language?
Understanding of reading: Can you understand what you read in a text?
Understanding of alphabet: Can you tell the pronunciation of the words in the alphabet and transliterate the language?

Grades:
Good: you fully mastered this category.
Average: you can work with this category with some difficulty.
Poor: your knowledge is so poor that you cannot work with this category.
None: you know nothing about this category.

And this is my LKC:

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Spanish (native)
Knowledge of grammar: good
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: good
Understanding of speech: good
Understanding of reading: good

English (learned)
Knowledge of grammar: good
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: good
Understanding of speech: average
Understanding of reading: good

Italian (learning)
Knowledge of grammar: average
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: good
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: average

French (learning)
Knowledge of grammar: average
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: poor
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: poor

Latin (learning)
Knowledge of grammar: poor
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: poor
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: poor

Greek (interested)
Knowledge of grammar: none
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: poor
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: poor
Understanding of alphabet: good

Russian (interested)
Knowledge of grammar: none
Fluent speaking: average
Vocabulary: poor
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: poor
Understanding of alphabet: average

[Connor Stumperth I]

I think this would be a great idea, not only to help communicate with others, but also to learn more about each other and become closer. I shall post my LKC, and I invite everyone else to do the same. (Sorry, I can't seem to figure out how to spoiler text, so this may get a bit long.)


English (Native)
Knowledge of grammar: good
Fluent speaking: good
Vocabulary: good
Understanding of speech: good
Understanding of reading: good

German (Learning)
Knowledge of grammar: good
Fluent speaking: average
Vocabulary: average
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: average

Spanish (Starter)
Knowledge of grammar: poor
Fluent speaking: average
Vocabulary: poor
Understanding of speech: poor
Understanding of reading: poor

Russian (Interested)
Knowledge of grammar: poor
Fluent speaking: poor
Vocabulary: none
Understanding of speech: none
Understanding of reading: none
Understanding of alphabet: average

Polish (Interested)
Knowledge of grammar: none
Fluent speaking: none
Vocabulary: none
Understanding of speech: none
Understanding of reading: none
Understanding of alphabet: poor

Swedish (Interested)
Knowledge of grammar: none
Fluent speaking: none
Vocabulary: none
Understanding of speech: none
Understanding of reading: none
Understanding of alphabet: poor

[Connor Stumperth I]

I would like to thank you, Paolo, for bringing up one of my favorite topics to discuss. Languages are all so beautiful.