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[lojban] How good are you at Lojban?
From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group <lojbab@lojban.org>
I dug up the URL for the US government standards on language proficiency.
http://www.dli.army.mil/pages_/catalog/skill.htm
There are standards in each of the skills: reading, writing, speaking, and
listening, and skill level ranges from level 0 to level 5.
I am curious as to the level of skill that people using Lojban feel that
they have acquired. Is there anyone who feels that they have reached level
3 in any skill according to these standards? How many of us feel that we
have reached skill level 2 or 2+.
I'm asking everyone reading this who has actually tried to read and/or
write Lojban (speaking and listening too, if applicable) to estimate their
skill level. (Be honest, but not self-denigrating).
For the record, in Lojban, I for example, am either 2 or 2+ in Reading,
level 2 in speaking, level 2+ in writing, and barely level 2 in listening.
The other question is: how good would *you* need to be in Lojban in order
to say that you could/would use the language effectively. I have generally
considered level 3 to be the highest realistic target that most anyone
could have for an artificial language, unless it comes into general use,
but perhaps even this is too high a standard - one that few will seriously
aim for. Since in general one will not get better in a language than one
is willing to work to achieve, knowing at what level people will be
satisfied (and thereby stop working hard to move up) would be useful.
For those who know other conlangs, I would also be interested in your
self-skill-rating in those other conlangs. I suspect that many
Esperantists are more skilled in that language than they are in Lojban.
I'd like to get lots of responses, so I suggest sending to me personally
unless you have a general comment on the topic, and I will summarize the
results.
lojbab
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Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc.
2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273
Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org (newly updated!)
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