Quotes About Proficiency

You're fluent in a language once you can explain to someone—in that language—how to tie his shoes"? (I can.)

A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.

Practice makes the master.

I hate nothing more than doing things badly.

example, it has been observed that Japanese students are often reluctant to speak English in communicative lessons despite high levels of motivation to learn the language. Furthermore, when students with high levels of English language proficiency do communicate they often speak with a strong Japanese accent and intentionally produce grammatical errors for fear that they might be perceived as considering themselves to be superior (Greer 2000).

Other studies have measured the electrical activity in brain waves to explore differences in the processing of language input. Some of this research has shown that as an L2 learner's proficiency increases, the brain activity looks more like that of first language processing.

adults and adolescents can make considerable and rapid progress in their proficiency in a second language in contexts where they use the language in social, personal, professional, or academic interaction.

The only real success is when you've done something well.

What's the difference between a novice airplane pilot and a veteran? Ask any expert and they'll tell you: A beginner relies on sight and gut feeling, while an experienced professional relies on instruments.

Mastery requires both the possession of ready knowledge and the conceptual understanding of how to use it.

No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.

You didn't get to his level in Connexion Security without being competent.