Most of
the schools gives their learners labors such as Beginner, Intermediate, Upper
Intermediate, Advanced.
Which
labour has your English received? Are you still trying to get a fluent
English?
As I
understand "Fluent" is the natural level of the native speakers,
therefore, " Proficient" is the highest level when describing a
learner's English. But how would you describe it?
As far as
I am concerned, there is not such thing as CFE (Certificate of Fluency in
English), so I wonder why it is so important for Brazilian learners to get it.
According
to the definition of fluency that most people believe, it is when you can speak
as natural as the native speakers, thus, you speak in such a way that not even
a native can recognize that you are a foreigner speaking their language. Great!
The only problem is that you will never be a native speaker.
It is know
that even people who live for decades in USA or any other English spoken
country will never get rid of their accent. There are cases of professors from
Universities such as Harvard or Oxford with dozens of books published in
English, still, they are not considered to be fluent speakers.
At first,
you might think that you have a problem, but if you think twice, you will only
have a real problem if you believe that you have to have a fluent level to work
or deal with the language in a effective way. When you take into account that
speaking effectively the language is an achievable target, learning English is
something possible; on the other hand, turning yourself into a clone of a
native to get your " fluent English" is a vain objective and a waste
of your time.
The issue
remains and it will continue as long as the English schools keep their slogans
and jingles with " get a fluent English in 18 weeks" on it.
What do
you think? I would like to hear from you...
Professor
Frank
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