are considered irrelevant for a professional context. Check out this example of a language skills section on a resume: Language Skills American English – Native/Bilingual (ILR Level 5) Mandarin ­– Native/Bilingual (ILR Level 5) Japanese – Professional Proficiency (ILR Level 4+) Canadian French – Professional Proficiency (ILR Level 4) Colombian Spanish – Professional Working Proficiency (ILR Level 3+) Experience descriptions The benefit of mentioning language skills through your experience descriptions is that it provides context and quantifiable results to your language proficiency levels