misscrystal Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I am a native English speaker but I am not bilingual. Why is the choice for “native” also including bilingual? So I chose “fluent” which sounds like English is not my first language.Should these choices be:NativeFluentBilingualrather than:FluentNative and Bilingual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegow Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 It’s “Native or Bilingual” actually. It means that it’s either your native language, or a second language that you speak with the same level of proficiency as a native, thus making you bilingual. Since theoretically both a native and a bilingual person would have the same level of proficiency, they opted not to make a difference.This in turn is probably related to them willing to be able to use language proficiency as a filter down the line. Imagine you’re a customer and want to deal only with sellers who are highly proficient in a certain language. Since (again, theoretically) a native and a bilingual speaker have the same level of proficiency, you’d select “native or bilingual” in your search. Having a customer selecting either native or bilingual would be unfair (as in, why would someone who speaks like a native be discriminated against just because he wasn’t born speaking that language?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Thank you for answering!I still think it’s confusing. And what is the difference between native and fluent?Someone who is native is also fluent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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