A week or so ago I wrote on Facebook a micro-critique about the question a language learner usually gets asked when the topic of their language studies comes up in a conversation.
"So, are you fluent [yet]?"
Fluency is a highly subjective term that, for lack of any better measurement, gets tossed around as an awkwardly reductive and inaccurate way to assess a person's skill in a language. This post explores why this question doesn't work and suggests a more engaging way to talk about someone's language ability.
