And the same approach is also common in language schools – including those in Switzerland. AdvertisementWhether in business or social life, “language isn’t academic, it’s performative,” Eveline Rosa, founder of XLINGUA, a Zurich-based language learning startup, tells The Local. And though purists may disagree, in reality language training for career purposes should not be based on perfect grammar, she said. Therefore, attaining a language level mandated by SEM and taught in schools “creates a false sense of readiness,” Rosa says. You’re learning the language for life, not for a classroom,” she says.