Foreign Service Level 3

 Definition of Foreign Service Level 3 ability:

   Interagency Language Roundtable, level 3 (Professional Proficiency)

   Pronunciation:     Sometimes foreign but always intelligible

   Grammar:           Good control of most basic syntactic patterns;
                      always conveys meaning accurately in reasonable
                      complex sentences

   Vocabulary:        Adequate for participation in all general conversation
                      and for professional discussions in a special field

   Fluency:           Rarely hesitant; always able to sustain conversation
                      through circumlocution

   Comprehension:     Understands most of what is said to him;  can follow
                      speeches, clear radio broadcasts, and most
                      conversations between native speakers, but not in
                      great detail.

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