How much knowledge is involved in "a working knowledge" of a language?

Question

In other words, is it just the ability to figure it out with the help of a dictionary .... but no social / conversational skills? What is it exactly?


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Answer 1

alot, you need to understand the grammar, pronounciation, conjugation, sometimes another alphabet before you can even read the dictionary.
In russian for example gavoreet is how you say to speak in russian but it could also be Gavoryou, gavoret, gavoretye, gavoryout, gavoreesh depending on who's speaking, also, it's written in cyrlics so you can't just pick up a dictionary and read it unless your fermiliar with the alphabet.

Answer 2

WORKING KNOWLEDGE of a language depends on the requirement. In the normal course if you are able to speak a language and able to understand you can go to places where the particular language is spoken. If you require to read books and also write letters and articles you require more knowledge in the language. This include referring dictionary too.

In my opinion working knowledge of the language is it is enough to understand and speak to manage the situation.

Answer 3

I believe they mean that you have previously immersed yourself in the language with any particular subject. E.G. You have a worked as a bilingual English/Spanish loan officer. You know the correct dialog/jargon. That's my take on that.

Answer 4

QUE?