"competence in English" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to someone's knowledge and skill in the English language, typically the ability to understand and communicate effectively in English. For example, "A successful student must have a high degree of competence in English in order to excel in school."
All applicants must demonstrate a basic competence in English.
Asked what evidence Ubani provided, a spokeswoman said: "Competence in English is something that is normally picked up during the application process".
In 1998, he was appointed, again by Blunkett, to chair the committee to devise a test of minimum competence in English language and British culture which immigrants should undergo before being given permanent residence.
According to state figures, Roosevelt had 16.7percentt of its eighth graders scoring in the top two of four levels of competence in English last year, up from 11percentthehe year before.
Subjects will need to have a 'reasonable' competence in English but … (P1).
… NNS refers to non-native speakers of English with a 'reasonable competence' in English … (P1).
Over the past years, there has been a growing interest in intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in English language education.
Key skills were the tests introduced to promote basic competence in maths, English and information technology but, as reported in Education Guardian last year, universities did not take kindly to the new tests.
Having leapfrogged into the internet age, and with a high level of competence in both English and Russian, few countries are better placed than Estonia to fight a propaganda war in cyberspace.Estonia's biggest advantage is Russia's stupidity.
Most parents who want their children to learn to use a computer effectively also want them to improve their competence in the English language.
The first is Widdowson's [Widdowson, H. G. (1983). Learning purpose and language use. Oxford Oxford University Presss.] idea of capacity in relation to the development of a discourse competence in written English.
