The phrase "proficient in speaking" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means that someone has a high level of skill or ability in communicating verbally. Example: "The job description requires candidates to be proficient in speaking English, as they will be expected to give presentations and communicate with clients from different countries."
"And foreign students, even those studying English language degrees, don't even have to be proficient in speaking English.
Of the 8% who spoke a different main language, most were proficient in speaking English.
Explaining the measures, Rudd said: "Foreign students, even those studying English-language degrees, don't even have to be proficient in speaking English.
A second novel feature in our design was that we tested semantic and phonemic fluency abilities in participants who were proficient in speaking at least 2 different languages.
On average, participants rated themselves equally proficient in speaking Russian (M = 3.5; SD = 0.63) and speaking German (M = 3.3; SD = 0.66); their rating indicated good (with a trend to perfect) language proficiency (see Table 1).
They were both proficient in spoken English and had no difficulty communicating with the researcher in English.
A reporter from the Newark Daily Advertiser visited Jackalow and found him to be intelligent, noting that he spent most of his time reading but was not proficient in spoken English.
Candidates were included if they: (1) had any experience of using e-health in a post-conflict setting; and (2) were proficient in spoken English.
Patients with diagnosed pathological changes such as fractures or ruptured discs, malignant disease, psychiatric diesease, or those not proficient in spoken and written Swedish were excluded.
Further inclusion criteria included being between the ages of 18 and 61 years old, having a permanent residence in Norway and being sufficiently proficient in spoken and written Norwegian.
And the Chinese hot line offered information only in Mandarin at first, although elderly Chinese immigrants, who are less likely to be proficient in English, speak Cantonese.
