Sentence examples for existing proficiency from inspiring English sources

In this study, reading descriptors from existing proficiency scales, curriculum standards, and test syllabi at all the learning stages in China and out of the nation were assembled and classified (see the "Materials" section for detailed information).

Conversely, the modest improvement seen in the management of dental infection may be due to pre-existing proficiency as such presentations are common in medical practice [ 25].

This may be explained in several ways; firstly, the participants may already have pre-existing proficiency in this topic prior to the workshop, the workshop may not have been effective, participants may not have had opportunities to practice skills that they had learnt at the workshop or the survey tool failed to capture differences, for example due to limited recall.

*At the same time, state officials in Connecticut, Colorado, Michigan and elsewhere are revisiting their standards for academic proficiency, concerned that existing benchmarks may be too high for poor, minority and special education students to reach, even within the law's 12-year timetable for closing achievement gaps in reading and math.

Through documentation, we collected a wide range of existing documents such as English proficiency scales (e.g. CEFR, Canadian Language Benchmark), teaching syllabuses, curriculum requirements (e.g. College English Curriculum Requirements), test specifications and rating scales (totally 42 documents, both in English and Chinese) which may contain descriptors of listening ability.

The educational data existing in most schools was teachers' teaching data, followed by students' learning proficiency data and students' academic achievement data, respectively.

Utilizing storytelling interventions may be especially powerful among immigrants because often limited English proficiency minimizes access to and affects the applicability of the existing health education opportunities [ 12].

Digital storytelling interventions for chronic diseases, such as diabetes may be especially powerful among immigrants because often limited English proficiency minimizes access to and affects the applicability of the existing health education opportunities.

Existing measures of motivation and confidence, fitness and physical activity were combined with novel assessments of motor skill proficiency [ 17] and knowledge and understanding.

Barely existing.

Existing home sales rise.