I am a native French speaker but not willing to major in French. Do I have to major in French so that I can get a certificate saying that the student is now fluent or do you just list fluent on your resume? I feel that by putting fluent on a resume people wont know how fluent I am unless I get a certificate? Am i right or wrong?
2007-05-02 12:28:15 · 7 answers · asked by avalentin911 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The usual way of proving oral linguistic competence (be it fluency or good working knowledge) is to submit to an interview in the language in question given by the prospective employer, educational institution or other authority to whom you wish to prove such competence, and at the time you wish to prove it. I don't think there is any better way. Just because you've got a college degree, major or minor, does not make you fluent. I don't have a degree of any sort in my second language, and I am fluent.
2007-05-02 12:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by Cosimo )O( 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to take a competency test if you are really worried about documentation. Based on the results you should get some sort of a document stating your level of fluency in the language.
The resume is just the first screening. The next step will be for the potential employer to determine for themselves how good you are. Stating that you spoke French in the home should be enough.
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2007-05-02 13:08:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that if you state that you are a native speaker they should accept without questioning. If they do require a proof the fact that you have been born in a french speaking country, and/or lived there many years, should be more than enough. It is highly unlikely that they would require of you a proficiency test.
2007-05-02 12:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by Choran 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Isn't there a spot on the college resume asking for languages that are fluently spoken? Depends on the college and the country I guess but that would probably be the spot. On a regular resume, you could probably put that on skills but on a college resume, I think there's already a spot for that...
2007-05-02 12:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by naz b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
submit a copy of the resume in french?
2007-05-02 12:59:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just say u r. they'll believe you! I'm apparently fluent in 6 languages!!!!
2007-05-02 12:55:35 · answer #6 · answered by cauliflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confuse the resume completely by using all the adjectives in French and the proverbs in German and the nouns in English.
And throw in some Latin American Lingo as well to beef it up.
By for now and see if that works, if it doesn't then don't blame me that you have taken advice from cyberspace.
2007-05-02 12:39:47 · answer #7 · answered by Drop short and duck 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋