OK, so the next question is coming-
comes in from Robert.
First off, I would like to say how much I like Glossika.
My question is, what do you need to do to move from the B1
to B2 level or B1, B2 level to the C1 level.
Most of the difference here is not necessarily
grammar or syntax. That's the kind of stuff that you should have learned
back in the A levels, especially with Eve and all of the verb tenses
and how the sentences are put together.
The major difference between B1 and B2 and C1
is basically the professionalism with how you speak.
So with my analysis of languages from around the world,
I've gone and learned quite a few aborigine languages,
you'll find that the the customary way of speaking,
these languages are not used in professional settings.
And so there's a lack of vocabulary and,-
and there's, you know, they're not used to write and they're not
used to write papers are scientific things,
even though they may-
do
they do have scientific words for plants and animals,
most of it is botany and flora and fauna.
You're not going to have these languages having the capability to express things
in a more, you know, empirical or scientific way,
and so that's where you're, you're starting to get a big difference between
languages and their professionalism with how they communicate, and how the rhetoric is-
is developed.
Most of that rhetoric is developed because languages have developed writing systems.
And so those writing systems allow the language to be parsed better for people to create better sentences.
And so when you go into a community where a language is spoken, but yet, they've
never learned how to write the language, languages, even for fluent speakers of those languages
are rarely used beyond like a B1 level. And so the major difference between a B1 level
and a B2 level, is just this major expansion of vocabulary and being able to speak in a
more concise way on better rhetoric, better choice of words. In fact, I remember with
a specific aboriginal language that I was working on, I would say that, is there a way
to communicate in a B2 level in that language? I think that yes, there is because there was
some when when you get speakers who can tell you stories, and they're able to elaborate
and use a lot of complex ideas and words and throw them into that story. I feel like, wow,
it's getting harder and harder to understand the story that this person is telling me it's,
it's almost like my level is not good enough,
because they're using such a vast amount of vocabulary.
This is like a B2 level in an aborigine language and- but, you know, define
somebody who can actually tell the story in that way is really, really hard. So I I can
go around and talk to anybody around there in the village. And nobody's going to talk
to me like that at a B2 level in that language, it's just, they're,
they're just physically not capable of doing it,
they just don't use that amount of vocabulary on a regular basis.
And even if they could, it would just kind of sound out of place, they'd be like,
you know, they would only be using that for a specific spot, which is for like, telling
the story and using this great amount of vocabulary.
So that's kind of the big difference, and when you get up into C1 levels,
you're talking about, you know, expressions and the
way of speaking and your delivery, all of these things go into creating that feel of a C1.
As I'm talking to you right now on camera, I'm not even close to using a C1, you know,
way of delivery or speaking because if I were to switch to that it would might be a little bit off putting for you.
If I was just to start using a lot of complex terms and grammatical
terms and words from- from linguistics, you know, I would lose my audience. And so it's
it's not always a good idea to speak to somebody at a C1 level because you have to understand
what your audiences and I'm going to go on stage in front of a bunch of, you know, experts
in the field and they need to be using vocabulary that they understand where we can talk about
these ideas specifically, then that's where C1 would come play- play out.
So if you were a doctor and you're talking in front of- at a medical conference, and you're not talking
to patients, you're talking to other doctors and you're not using the proper medical words,
then people will think there's something wrong with your- with your background and training
in the medical field. You know, if you're a lawyer, the same thing. If you're not citing the-
the legal code and the right way, you're not speaking the right way, people
are going to say you don't sound like a lawyer, you know
you should be speaking at the C1 or C2 levels
for those specific professions, and so that's where the major difference is.
Two. Does the average late language learner need a C1 capacity in that language?
I don't think that that is actually necessary. It just depends on what field you're going into.
So you know, if you're-
if you're a scientist in a specific field and you're going to Germany to work,
you know, maybe that C1 in German is going to be really important for you,
so that you know that vocabulary and you're able to function with that level.