Sentence examples for intermediate level of proficiency from inspiring English sources

To achieve this goal, 50 EFL learners at the intermediate level of proficiency were selected as the sample of the study.

Results based on Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient indicated that at the intermediate level of proficiency, learners did not feel anxious during reading test performance and no correlation existed between test anxiety and performance on reading comprehension tests.

In this respect, as strategies could be either explicitly or implicitly embedded into language tasks (Chamot & Rubin, 1994), the researchers decided to narrow down to implement the three higher order thinking strategies in implicit fashion of practice at university level with volunteer participants attending reading course who possessed intermediate level of proficiency.

One difference between the groups that might have caused the observed discrepancy is the average level of proficiency.

The participants of the study included 60 EFL learners at the intermediate level of language proficiency who were divided into two equal groups.

Generally speaking, the sample was at intermediate level of English proficiency according to their NMET (Chinese national matriculation English test) score (mean = 95.4 on a 0 – 150 scale).

Preliminary English Test or PET for short is language proficiency test developed by Cambridge University and functions as placement test putting students on the spectrum of pre-intermediate to intermediate level of language proficiency.

In the next stage, ten experienced English language teachers with at least 5 years of teaching at the intermediate level of language proficiency were asked to comment on the non-congruent nature of collocations.

Using the interventionist approach, Pishghadam et al. (2011) investigated the effect of C-DA procedure on EFL reading comprehension by Iranian students at an intermediate level of English proficiency.

The data for this study comes form the consultations between a teacher and three third-year-exchange students from Japan with high intermediate level of English language proficiency.

The best Broadway shows were produced by networks with an intermediate level of social intimacy.