Does your proficiency level in English or the proficiency level of the lingua franca in the region where you are determine your level of intelligence? Can oratory skills be used as an indicator of high IQ?
Proficiency in language is an indicator of intelligence as shown by a number of studies. Proficiency should include vocabulary. The reasoning: people think using words or concepts; many intelligence tests are actually vocabulary tests (as far as language section is concerned). Google "Language proficiency and intelligence" and you will be bombarded with a large number of studies correlating intelligence as measured by traditional tests and language proficiency. Oratory skill is a different aspect and one rarely sees studies correlating oratory skills and intelligence. A parrot can be trained to recite a passage with apparent oratory skills.
Dr. Hassan Hameed , what if you proficient in one language and not very good at the another one? Does that make such a person less intelligent?
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