Language classification

[Jenny Carr]

Relative "difficulty" of languages for English speakers in terms of time
needed to learn them is given in
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/november/learningExpectations.html
- based on information from the Foreign Service Institute of the US
Department of State.
There is an explanation of the levels on the same page. 
 
Jenny Carr
The Scotland-Russia Forum
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-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Francoise Rosset
Sent: 11 December 2007 16:21
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Language classification

Mnogouvazhaemye kollegi:

Could you please help me track down language classifications.
I (and others) have asked this question before but I cannot find the 
answer or the reference.
I do apologize for repeating the request, especially during this bisy 
time, but I need a specific reference for a department report.

What is the name of the scale or system that lists languages by level 
of "difficulty of acquisition," where, if I remember correctly, 
Spanish is a 1, German a 2 and Russian a 3?
Where might I find this scale, who produced it?

Searching the net for "level 3" got me proficiency levels, and other 
combinations mostly called up language programs for sale.

ANY help will be greatly appreciated,
-FR
-- 

Francoise Rosset
Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766

phone:  	(508) 286-3696
fax #:    	(508) 286-3640
e-mail: FRosset at wheatonma.edu

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