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A NOTE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, YEARS OF LANGUAGE STUDY AND MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Saegert Joel,
Scott Sue,
Perkins John,
Tucker G. Richard
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1974.tb00237.x
Subject(s) - psychology , language proficiency , language assessment , linguistics , english language , arabic , english as a foreign language , foreign language , first language , mathematics education , philosophy
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between measured English‐language proficiency, years of English‐language study and the use of English as a medium of instruction for samples of Arabic‐speaking Egyptian and Lebanese university students. The results of multivariate regression analyses indicated no systematic relationship between years of EFL study and English proficiency. A better overall predictor of proficiency was whether the students had received any instruction via a foreign language. We emphasize the need to begin a more systematic search for factors related to increases in English‐language proficiency at various stages of study under diverse circumstances.