Antici.....pAtion
Let me give you an idea of what I am waiting for tomorrow sometime before or at 1pm. Or 1300 for you real military folks. Anyway, the grade scale for speaking, listening, and reading in foreign languages are done by proficiency. There are five levels of proficiency, well, 6 if you count 0, and also a level + for each. The + shows that you are really in between two numbers. A 0 is when you have no skill in the language what so ever. 0+, you know some words and phrases, like hello, how are you. At a 1 you can speak in sentences and have enough knowledge that you can survive in a foreign country. Where is the bathroom, and stuff like that. At a 2 you can string sentences together and form paragraphs. Innovative, really. At 3 you can state your opinions. Basically, each level is more complex and harder to get to. For me to pass my arabic training I need a 1+ in speaking, and a 2 in listening and reading. Its possible to learn enough to get a 3 in each by the end of the course.
So here I am waiting. I am worried about my speaking and listening. I was very nervous in speaking, and I felt that I was blindsided by listening. Not that I didn't understand what I heard, I just spent most of the test unsure if I had chosen the best answer. The only one I am confident in is reading, but then again most are stronger in that than listening. I wouldn't be surprised if I got a 3.
I am worried because if I fail any one of those, I have no clue what will happen. Will I be re classed(get another job in the air force), or will I stay here in a study course to DLPT(the tests I just took, also a verb here) again. I don't want either of those two because the fastest course to being with my wife again is to pass. I will see her in three short weeks if I pass. If I don't pass, I don't know.
Oi. I'll tell you what the scores are when I know.
So here I am waiting. I am worried about my speaking and listening. I was very nervous in speaking, and I felt that I was blindsided by listening. Not that I didn't understand what I heard, I just spent most of the test unsure if I had chosen the best answer. The only one I am confident in is reading, but then again most are stronger in that than listening. I wouldn't be surprised if I got a 3.
I am worried because if I fail any one of those, I have no clue what will happen. Will I be re classed(get another job in the air force), or will I stay here in a study course to DLPT(the tests I just took, also a verb here) again. I don't want either of those two because the fastest course to being with my wife again is to pass. I will see her in three short weeks if I pass. If I don't pass, I don't know.
Oi. I'll tell you what the scores are when I know.