They now take state tests in math, English language arts, social studies, science and technology, with those students who have studied a foreign language expected to pass a language proficiency exam as well.
The IELTS Test (www.IELTS.org) is an established and widely used international English language proficiency exam that comes in two formats, each for a different purpose: Academic and General Training.
Spanish fluency is certainly not a requirement for completing an IHE in South America, and a majority of physicians interviewed spoke English with comfort, especially since most must pass an English language proficiency exam in order to graduate from medical school.
As part of the residency selection process, similarly to that of other medical specialties, applicants take a general medicine written exam and, based on their score, are granted an interview, which may entail an oral examination of medical knowledge, case simulations, and an English language proficiency exam.
A Québécois teacher who passed an English language proficiency exam would be granted a temporary teaching license, which could be upgraded to a full Alberta Teaching Certificate with five months' study at a normal school.
And Helen Hamlyn, an official with Language Testing International in White Plains, an arm of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, says the number of language-proficiency exams administered by companies to employees has soared by nearly 1,000 percent in 12 years.
Take a language proficiency test such as the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) to show potential clients that you are indeed fluent in your specific language.
Their language proficiency level was determined through the scores they obtained on university entrance exam.
"Because of his foreign language proficiency, he brought social skills.
All three companies provide assessments of students' foreign language proficiency.
