"However, in my studied opinion, based upon the results of the range of tests and analyses described above, she does not yet have sufficient English language proficiency to function adequately as an elected City Council member".
Eligible participants were at least 18 years old and had sufficient French language proficiency to complete the assessments.
Inclusion criteria included: aged at least 18 years old, working at least three days per week, and with sufficient English language proficiency to complete study tasks.
All couples with healthy firstborn infants, sufficient English language proficiency to complete telephone interviews, both partners of which were willing to participate in the study and aged over 18 years, were eligible.
Trial participants will be first-time mothers who: reside in the same LGA and receive care from one of the 48 selected MCH centres, have given birth within 2 weeks prior to enrolment, and have sufficient English language proficiency to complete structured telephone interviews.
As more and more international students are travelling to English speaking countries for higher education, it has become essential that they attain a sufficient level of English language proficiency since academic lectures, assignments, and communications are all conducted in English.
Women whose English language proficiency was sufficient to give consent and complete structured telephone interviews were eligible to participate.
This inference is supported by the evidence provided by other inferences in this chain and proved that score-based interpretations are relevant, useful, and sufficient for evaluating the adequacy of test takers' English language proficiency.
The study did, however, include a large proportion of women from non-English speaking backgrounds, facilitated by the use of interviewer administered questionnaires that required only English language ability that is sufficient to understand simple verbal questions, rather than English language proficiency or literacy.
