Level 3
Level 3 Minimum Professional - Level 3 will enable you to speak Chinese with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to satisfy normal social and work requirements. You can handle professional discussions within a specialized field. You can participate effectively in all general conversations, and you can discuss topics of interest with reasonable ease. Your vocabulary is broad enough so that you rarely have to grope for a word and you use the language well enough to establish close friendships.
You are at Level 3 when you can confidently check most of the following language activities.
- I now have sufficient vocabulary and grasp of the grammatical structure to complete any sentence that I begin.
- I can speak at a normal rate of speech, with only rare hesitations.
- I can confidently follow and contribute to a conversation between native speakers when they try to include me.
- I am able to correctly understand any information given to me over the telephone.
- I can understand a speech or discussion on a topic of interest to me.
- I can speak to a group of native speakers on my professional subject and have confidence that I am communicating what I want to.
- I can understand opposing points of view and can politely describe and defend my position.
- I could cope with a social blunder, an undeserved reprimand by an official, or a plumbing emergency.
- I can describe the geography of both my home and host countries.
- I could serve as an informal interpreter for a newcomer in any of the Level 3 situations.
- I feel that I can carry out the professional responsibilities of my work in Chinese.