The report offers valuable insights into test-takers performance across various CEFR levels, highlighting key trends and challenges in English language learning.
Tracktest Assessment, a leading provider of online English proficiency tests, has published an in-depth analysis of English test results collected from its platform during the calendar years 2023-2024. The report offers valuable insights into the performance of test-takers across various CEFR levels, highlighting key trends and challenges in English language learning.
Key Findings:
- CEFR Level Distribution: The B2 level (Upper-intermediate)
emerged as the most popular among Tracktest users, accounting for about one-third of all exams taken. This level is often seen as the minimum proving an "active command of the English language." The A2 (Elementary) and B1 (Intermediate) levels were also commonly taken, while the C levels (Proficient English User, C1 and C2) together accounted for 14% of all exams. - Success Rate: Approximately 67% of test-takers passed successfully, scoring more than 65% on the Core or Complete test. The average score for the Core test was 71%, while the Complete test, which includes all four language skills, had an average score of 62%.
- Skill Challenges: The Core test evaluates Grammar, Reading, and Listening comprehension. Grammar posed the greatest challenge with an average score of 69.4%, followed by Reading at 70% and Listening at 73%. Speaking was the most difficult part of the Complete test, with an average score of 59%, while Writing had an average score of 61%.
- Grammar Challenges: Modal verbs and Prepositions were identified as the most difficult grammar categories, each appearing in 20% of test feedback.
Performance by Profession, Age, and Location:
- Legal professionals excelled in Reading comprehension due to their need to analyze and understand complex texts.
- Younger test-takers typically performed better in grammar and writing, likely due to their recent and ongoing education in these areas.
- Test-takers living in English-speaking countries achieved the best scores in Listening and Speaking, benefiting from immersion in an English-speaking environment.
The detailed feedback provided by Tracktest helps learners identify and focus on their weak areas, setting realistic goals and ultimately leading to better performance and greater confidence in using the English language.
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