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Listing Second Language On AMCAS?
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If you can't speak the language, it's pretty much useless. I wouldn't list.
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I was in a similar situation and listed my second language. It's highly unlikely you'll have an interviewer who speaks Arabic, but supposing you do, I'd simply explain that you fully understand Arabic, but aren't a fluent speaker. Regardless, I doubt this will be brought up, as it wasn't for me, because Arabic, like my second language, is not particularly helpful for a healthcare professional compared to a language like Spanish.
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Well there is an option for proficiency. So if you can speak some or can hold a conversation with actual speakers, I'd put basic or fair on your app.
Really? Is that new? Or do I just have a poor memory of the application?
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I thought you could indicate your level of proficiency with respect to reading, writing, and speaking, but I couldn't remember if that was true.
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Yeah it looks like this.
On the application:
Using the guidelines below, please identify your proficiency in each of the languages selected on the previous screen.
Native/functionally native: I converse easily and accurately in all types of situations. Native speakers may think that I am a native speaker, too.
Advanced: I speak very accurately, and I understand other speakers very accurately. Native speakers have no problem understanding me, but they probably perceive that I am not a native speaker.
Good: I speak well enough to participate in most conversations. Native speakers notice some errors in my speech or my understanding, but my errors rarely cause misunderstanding.
Fair: I speak and understand well enough to have extended conversations about current events, work, family, or personal life. Native speakers notice many errors in my speech or my understanding.
Basic: I speak the language imperfectly and only to a limited degree and in limited situations. I have difficulty in or understanding extended conversations.
* What is your proficiency in [language]?
Native/functionally native
Advanced
Good
Fair
Basic
* How often was [language] used in your home when you were a child?
Never
Rarely
From time to time
Often
Always
Using the guidelines below, please identify your proficiency in each of the languages selected on the previous screen.
Native/functionally native: I converse easily and accurately in all types of situations. Native speakers may think that I am a native speaker, too.
Advanced: I speak very accurately, and I understand other speakers very accurately. Native speakers have no problem understanding me, but they probably perceive that I am not a native speaker.
Good: I speak well enough to participate in most conversations. Native speakers notice some errors in my speech or my understanding, but my errors rarely cause misunderstanding.
Fair: I speak and understand well enough to have extended conversations about current events, work, family, or personal life. Native speakers notice many errors in my speech or my understanding.
Basic: I speak the language imperfectly and only to a limited degree and in limited situations. I have difficulty in or understanding extended conversations.
* What is your proficiency in [language]?
Native/functionally native
Advanced
Good
Fair
Basic
* How often was [language] used in your home when you were a child?
Never
Rarely
From time to time
Often
Always
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Learn how to say in your fair or basic language:
~Yeah I can speak a bit of ______~
~I hope this interview is in English. I can speak English much better than ____~
