French citizens fail language tests for foreigners seeking residency
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You're, work out?, practise, every day?
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We took the US citizenship test in the first session of my first political science class back in college. Myself and a couple of others were the only ones to pass.
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Brb I have to enroll in the thot school.
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The text states anyone applying for nationality must “provide evidence of a level of language enabling them to at least understand the essential context of concrete or abstract subjects in a complex test, to communicate spontaneously and to express themselves clearly and in detail on a wide variety of subjects”.
I mean, this is a challenge for a lot of people including me even in their birth tongue.
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🟦🫐BOO
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Maybe the two spaces after the period?
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Really hard language and shitty education system!
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IDK what platform you are using, but the 2 spaces are to make new line work.
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Here (Denmark) the test is based on a book used to prepare for the test. I've always been able to pass when I tried, without having read the book.
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I have never seen someone use that spelling of practice in the USA.
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I moght be wrong but is not practice a noun and practise a verb?
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Not in the US.
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Nothing to do with the browser, FYI, just the markdown interpreter - regardless of whether your client is a web app or otherwise.
As you say, two spaces before a carriage return indicates a line break in most flavors of markdown. Two carriage returns indicates a paragraph break.
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I see two spaces rendered on Jerboa, but only one space rendered on the Lemmy web app. I mean specifically after "wrong."
Weird.
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This article misses a lot of details regarding the actual proficiency.
The way language proficiency in Europe is measured is with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (Abbreviated as CEFR, CEF, or CEFRL).
The date that the required French proficiency will change is January 1st 2026.
Most important proficiency changes:
- Up to 10 year temporary residency will change from A2 to B1.
- Permanent residency will change from B1 to B2.
French courses seem to teach these levels within these durations:
- A2: up to 200 hours
- B1: up to 400 hours
- B2: up to 600 hours
A2 can be reached with short form apps such as Duolingo. B1 often requires books or courses. B2 is where you'll most likely have to start conversing in French. (Duolingo is said to be able to teach B2 French, but I consider this questionable).
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Well shit, I never thought I’d value the German bureaucracy. I’m an immigrant who teaches German classes in Germany and they waived my language requirement. I was honestly surprised, I figured I would just pay the stupid money and have the most relaxed oral exam in my life, but they were somehow organized enough to recognize my master’s degree in German.
I married a German though, and getting the marriage license took about five months, and it was only valid for six weeks.
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That reminds me of French lessons in my kids' school. In my daughters class were two French native speakers who nearly failed the course.
And the group of French teachers at the school were wondering why pupils usually dropped that subject at the first possible moment, I.e. in class 9.
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Well then I am wrong.
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So I'm old enough and from a poor (at the time) enough area that I was taught French from middle school to the first years of high school... I learned nothing.
I learned English by myself just by reading stuff online.
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getting the marriage license took about five months, and it was only valid for six weeks.
That sounds about right for government efficiency.
