How to get the Bilungual stauts?

[asian pharm]

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Most of the jobs here in FL require you to be bilingual (the other language prefered is Spanish), and I am not fluent in Spanish at all. Last I took Spanish in high School.

So, my question is:
Are there any 4 week or a 6 week "learn spanish" course that I can take that makes me "bilingual" for job purposes?
I mean honestly a whole new language cant be learnt in 4-6 weeks, it comes more with you speaking it. However, I just want to be able to put in on my resume, so that I can qualify as"Bilingual"

 

[Eyeless]

No offense, but if you are planning to falsely claim to be bilingual on your resume, why take a course? Bilingual implies fluency. Just be honest, take night classes in conversational Spanish at your local community college, and then put down that you are conversational once you are. I doubt Spanish-only patients will appreciate it if someone gets hired purporting to speak their language, then bungles a few consultations and get someone hurt.

 

[All4MyDaughter]

You can't fake bilingual.

 

[crazybob]

Are you asking how fluent you have to be in Spanish? You could ask a pharmacist who already works in Florida and try practicing your Spanish to see if it would be good enough.

 

[riggylou]

There are certifications that you can get to prove that you are bilingual, but it might take you 4 years to get to that point..not 4 weeks. But, in the same vein as your question, I am curious if anyone knows which of these certifying organizations are the most reputable?

 

[asian pharm]

There are certifications that you can get to prove that you are bilingual, but it might take you 4 years to get to that point..not 4 weeks. But, in the same vein as your question, I am curious if anyone knows which of these certifying organizations are the most reputable?

You hit it rite on the point...Thats what I was trying to ask...WOW!!! I did not know it takes 4 years!

To all the other posters here, that are saying about speaking a lie on the resume, I just wanted to clear that I do not want to lie on the resume. I want myself to learn spanish enough to just have a small conversation with my spanish only patients, but to show that I need a certificate of piece of paper stating that I did it....

 

[riggylou]

You hit it rite on the point...Thats what I was trying to ask...WOW!!! I did not know it takes 4 years!

To all the other posters here, that are saying about speaking a lie on the resume, I just wanted to clear that I do not want to lie on the resume. I want myself to learn spanish enough to just have a small conversation with my spanish only patients, but to show that I need a certificate of piece of paper stating that I did it....

To be truly bilingual..it would probably take at least that long.. Here is a start for you on the list of tests: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_proficiency_tests#Spanish
I have no idea which ones are recognized in the pharmacy world but thinking you'd probably want one that they assign you a level of proficiency based on how you do and one that has an actual person testing your conversation skills and not a computer (the "telc" one on the list seems comprehensive like this).

 

[theSully]

Most of the jobs here in FL require you to be bilingual (the other language prefered is Spanish), and I am not fluent in Spanish at all. Last I took Spanish in high School.

So, my question is:
Are there any 4 week or a 6 week "learn spanish" course that I can take that makes me "bilingual" for job purposes?
I mean honestly a whole new language cant be learnt in 4-6 weeks, it comes more with you speaking it. However, I just want to be able to put in on my resume, so that I can qualify as"Bilingual"

Every job I've had where bilingual status was a thing? I was interviewed in Spanish. Paper certification was never asked for. I can't imagine Florida being vastly different than Texas in that regard.

I'm also sort of impressed at the restraint here. Nobody has made a joke about you already being bilingual or suggesting you learn English before you approach Spanish.

 

[rxdumpme]

Every job I've had where bilingual status was a thing? I was interviewed in Spanish. Paper certification was never asked for. I can't imagine Florida being vastly different than Texas in that regard.

I'm also sort of impressed at the restraint here. Nobody has made a joke about you already being bilingual or suggesting you learn English before you approach Spanish.

If you are under the misconception about English, then I would like you to know that English is NOT my second language....🙂

 

[owlegrad]

Third? Impressive!

 

[All4MyDaughter]

I think most people are born bilungual.

 

[Bier9999]

Hmm...an Asian speaking fluent Spanish like the guys on Univision? What will they think of next? I actually work with a technician who's like you and he speaks great spanish. Then again, he has alot of Panamanian friends. We work at an independent so the boss doesn't need certification proof that he can speak it. Everytime a latin customer comes in, they get spooked by how fluent he talks in spanish...and they love him.

Good thing your not trying learn mandarin because Spanish is one of the easier languages to pick up but it will still take time. You can try Rosetta Stone since alot of my friends had good experiences with it. In my opinion, no book, tapes, classes are going to work if you don't have someone to talk to you everyday in spanish. So get yourself a spanish girlfriend/ boyfriend.

 

[Eichhoernchen]

The key is to study abroad! I was born bilingual and started studying two more languages quite a while ago. But no amount of books and exercises compare to actually going out there to the country and trying your best to fit in with your language skills. Soon enough, you will notice an improvement!