Andrea M. Ducas, MPH, is a program officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working with programs related to payment and delivery system reform, purchaser and consumer engagement, health care price transparency, community-driven health improvements, and strengthening health departments.
fluent adjective. âº (of a âperson) âable to âspeak a âlanguage âeasily and well, or (of a âlanguage) âspoken âeasily and without many âpauses: She was fluent in âFrench by the âtime she was five. He âspeaks fluent Chinese. fluency noun [U] us /ËfluÂ·ÉnÂ·si/ âº This âjob ârequires fluency in two or more âAfrican âlanguages.
And to be fluent you need to speak a language with no foreign accent. And then âfluencyâ isnât a synonym for âfull language proficiencyâ which stands for the term ânativeâs levelâ. To speak like a native means to not just be fully understood, but also to be pleasant at the way you sound, so to be culturally accepted.