Language proficiency endorsement

[stu]

Jun 23, 2008 16:37:05 GMT 12 flyjoe180 said:

6%, vewy gud.

Much you thanks all alot

Apparently "6" is some magical proficiency number you have to obtain on a scale of 1 to 6 if you are a fluent speaker.

The options are 6 or fail.

If you fail, you get to spend even more money and speak to a real human being and get assessed on whether you spik gooderer enoughly.

The point is stressed by ASL that if English isn't your first language - or a good second language - it pays to skip the automated test and take the assessed one otherwise you could be paying in the region of $350 for both of them.

Righto - back to my usual unintelligible monosyllabic grunts over the comms at work

[Dave Homewood]

I'd be inclined to fake it with the machine so someone has to speak to me, just to confuse them when I speak excellent English and tell them their machine is busted.