The Internal Linkage
- Proficiency Summary
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Survival
Living and working in China without relying on an interpreter.
Social
Having operational Mandarin skill to communicate with Chinese in all social situations.
Professional
Communlcate in Mandarin with native speakers to satisfy all social, cuitural, professional, and business needs.
Proficiency Level Proficiency Level Proficiency Description SURVIVAL 1 BASIC SURVIVAL Able to perform in a very limited capacity within the most immediate, predictable areas of need, using essentially conversational Chinese. 2 SURVIVAL Able to satisfy immediate, predictable needs and basic everyday transactional needs, using predominantly simple sentences in Chinese. 3 TRANSACTIONAL Able to satisfy everyday transactional needs and limited social needs, using conversational Chinese plus basic Chinese characters. SOCIAL 4 BASIC SOCIAL Able to satisfy basic social needs, and routine needs. Able to negotiate for personal and social needs, Able to read simple passages in Chinese characters. 5 SOCIAL Able to satisfy most social needs and routine needs. Able to talk about most topics of routine needs, using complicated language to communicate. 6 COMMUNICATIVE Able to perform effectively in most informal and formal situations pertinent to social and community life and everyday commerce and recreation. PROFESSIONAL 7 BASIC PROFESSIONAL Able to perform effectively in basic professional business related situations. Able to understand the main ideas of business discussion in all kinds of media. 8 PROFESSIONAL Able to perform very effectively in almost all situations pertinent to social and community life and everyday commerce and recreation. 9 NATIVE-LIKE Proficiency equivalent to that of a native speaker of the same socio/cultural variety. Able to function well in all 4 skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
