Updating Your Profile
How do you state your level of Spanish knowledge on your profile?
2 Answers
As far as your level is concerned, you are the judge. There are no tests. From my point of view if someone is answering a question I have in Spanish I have more confidence if they are fluent in that language [though clearly some questions do not require that skill]
If I am correcting an answer in English [my native tongue] I will look at the profile to see someone's language level so that I can give a better answer - there is no point making the answer too difficult - and there may even be a point in answering in Spanish. I am also I hope, more sensitive if it is clear from the profile that the person is not fluent in English or Spanish.
In the end it is helpful to know if someone asking a question is a complete beginner or fluent - for example if someone asks for a piece in Spanish to be corrected they may have expressed themselves in a way that requires the subjunctive but not have reached a level where they have been taught it.
Most people do not amend their profiles as they improve so many people are a level higher than yo may expect.
In the end it is a guide which is hopefully for your benefit.
If you go to profile and click the edit button by your name, you then will see spanish a english and you would chose what level you are.
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