I read on the State Dept website that they were looking for all versions of Arabic. I am a Level 3+ (or above, according to their language reference website) speaker in Syrian "a3meya" or Colloquial Arabic. I also read and write Arabic.
If the phone test is in "Foos-ha" or Formal Arabic, for sure I will fail.
It makes more sense to me - with their broad interest in the Arab region- that they would first ask the test-taker what their specialty is and then match an appropriate test administrator to them.
Any words of wisdom and/or encouragement now would be greatly appreciated!
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