The language competence of our high schoolers fell steeply in the 1970s and has never recovered.
Children are routinely tested for language competence (in Bremen at 4½).By some measures, indeed, Germany is in good shape.
For more than a decade, Ielts has also been the main way that people applying for migrant worker visas demonstrate their language competence.
"We're reaching the position where language competence is a prerogative of the privately educated elite, and language degrees are restricted to Russell Group universities".
People confuse language competence with technical ability .Theoretically yes, in practice noWhat's more, few Chinese engineering and computer graduates are as good as their qualifications suggest.
As many as 23% have no member of staff with language competence higher than GCSE level and up to 8.5% may have no language expertise at all within their school.
For example, studies of individuals being treated for epilepsy in whom the corpus callosum has been severed, allowing the two hemispheres to function largely independently, have revealed that the right hemisphere has more language competence than was thought.
Contrary to Mr Green's claim, according to the school's website, "all applicants should have evidence of excellent English language competence" and that "this may require an English language test".
This framework consists of three main components: language competence, strategic competence, and psychophysiological mechanisms.
When testing language competence at B2 level, mistakes tend to repeat.
