Categories of English-speaking proficiency (speaks English only, very well, well, or not well) and education were grouped (Table 1) according to the distributions for each subgroup to overcome sparse numbers in the sub-categories.
The four dependent measures were CT skills (CTS), CT dispositions (CTD), English listening, and speaking proficiency.
Moreover, the purpose of the study was to assess whether prospective teachers of one year teacher education program improve their level of proficiency in English speaking skills without the inclusion of any Speaking Module/ course in the syllabus, despite the fact that all courses are taught and assessed in English.
A review of the International English test and its suitability in assessing proficiency in English speaking for nurses should be conducted.
Funded by the National Philosophy and Social Science Project, the team spent 3 years in drafting and validating a pool of descriptors of speaking proficiency for tertiary-level English learners.
As more and more international students are travelling to English speaking countries for higher education, it has become essential that they attain a sufficient level of English language proficiency since academic lectures, assignments, and communications are all conducted in English.
An English speaking population?
Participants were eligible if they belonged to a CALD community, identified by country of birth; language other than English spoken at home and English language proficiency, and lived in a region with a high prevalence of chronic disease [ 12].
A vast store of research shows that bilingual education, when it is well-designed and implemented, can be at least as good, and often better at helping immigrant and other non-English speaking students gain academic proficiency.
This paper presents a description and evaluation of SpeechRaterSM, a system for automated scoring of non-native speakers' spoken English proficiency, based on tasks which elicit spontaneous monologues on particular topics.
