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Conversational vs Fluent

I've read on italki things like:

 

"I'm conversational in Spanish and I'm now looking to become fluent"

"I want to become conversational by september and fluent in a year"

 

Those who use or would use these expressions, what do you or would you mean by 'conversational'?

Those who read these expressions, what do you think is meant by 'conversational'?

 

In expressions like the ones above, could 'conversational' be a level? If so, which one? If not, what does it mean?

 

Thanks a lot for your answers.

 

 

التعليقات · 4

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To be conversational in any language is being able to carry on a basic conversation, like the way people talk to friends and family. Like: ¨Hello, how are you? I am fine, thank you.¨ etc.

To be fluent is to be able to talk about any subject intelligently. Example: ¨The economy is in a slump. Please give me your opinion on how we can make it improve.¨

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I think they want to say: I can talk in Spanish,but not very fluent. 

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Thank you, Toni. I can't recall having used this term when I was deep in language teaching methodology a long time ago. I'll have to try and find it in more recent papers. 

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first time I hear this word

we need one explain it

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