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Bookmark or Share- What am I? (If I can only speak and understand a language but can't ...Fluent in [language] and [language] Proficient in [language] reading and writing; Conversant in [language] [number] years of high school and college [language] education; Certificate in conversational [language] Examples. Here are a few examples of how you could list your language levels: Bilingual - English and Spanish
- prepositions - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeEven actual Anglophone scientists aren't renowned for their language skills. I suggest you stick with difference/s between your subjects. And forget trying to assign some different nuance to difference/s among - just avoid it. –
- formality - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeFor example, a school teacher might talk about a student who has "poor English language skills"; she might want her students to "speak English well". (Notice that "well" is an adverb, which modifies "speak".) The student might just care about whether he has "good English" or "bad English".
- 'dust off' vs 'brush up on' a language | WordReference ForumsThus. to brush up [to a shine] has the idea of taking an object (say a language) that is currently acceptable and improving it. To dust off has the idea of taking an object, cleaning it and then finding out how effectively it can be used without further practice. Last edited: Oct 30, 2018.
- Other ways to say "His English has got rusty"An extended period of disuse is already strongly implied when you use "gotten rusty". This doesn't quite apply to the others, even though that's generally the way one's language skills worsen. The above are similar to your example of "He has experienced a decline in his English skills after years of disuse", but just rephrased to be less verbose.
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