Sentence examples for initial proficiency from inspiring English sources

There was a significant difference between the two groups (t = -3.39, df = 161, p < .001), such that those at lower initial proficiency made greater gains (0.40) compared to those at higher initial proficiency (0.02).

To observe score gain on tests such as IELTS, it has been suggested that a considerable amount of time and intensive preparation is typically required, especially at higher levels of initial proficiency (Green 2005; Read & Hayes 2003).

Studies have shown that there is considerable individual variation in score gain (Elder & O'Loughlin 2003; Green 2005; Humphreys et al. 2012; Read & Hayes 2003) and a greater likelihood of score increase for those at lower levels of initial proficiency (Elder & O'Loughlin 2003; Green 2005; Humphreys et al. 2012).

However both readers passed the initial proficiency panel on the first occasion, and had similar performance in intra and inter-reader variability (Reader 2 had slightly lower rate of errors).

First, for those schoolchildren with a stronger initial English proficiency, there was a moderate positive impact.

The three groups had similar initial English proficiency levels before the intervention.

For many researchers, reaching this goal involves two intersecting aspects: developing very specific skills in English as an additional language, often from an initial intermediate proficiency level; and learning to meet the discipline-specific expectations of English-speaking journal referees and editors.

To investigate whether the increase in speaking scores was more likely to occur for participants at a lower initial speaking proficiency (i.e., speaking score on Test 1), mean scores for those whose initial score was between 3.0 and 5.5 (n = 103), and those whose score was between 6.0 and 8.5 (n = 60) were compared using an independent t-test.

Results of initial analysis on language proficiency of the two groups of the study showed that they were statistically equal in terms of language proficiency.

As a results of the first two Elispot proficiency panels, initial harmonization guidelines for Elispot [ 10] were developed.

For both calculation and drill arithmetic, there were no significant differences between the groups with regard to initial performance, indicating similar proficiency at the beginning of training (p values > 0.27).