Proficiency has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The letters STEP stand for the Society for Testing English Proficiency. | |
| 2. | He has increased his proficiency in English greatly. | |
| 3. | Her proficiency in English rapidly improved. | |
| 4. | Last year, I sat for the Level N3 Japanese Language Proficiency Test examination. | |
| 5. | On a scale of 1 to 10, please rate your proficiency in the following languages. | |
| 6. | In my day oral proficiency was neglected because professors maintained that the purpose of studying a foreign language was to become acquainted with its literature, and not to strike up a conversation with the illiterates who happened to be its native speakers, which leads us to the conclusion that what constitutes a natural sounding sentence may be quite subjective. | |
| 7. | I've heard it said that there is no way for you to ever reach native proficiency in a language if you haven't started studying it before the age of twelve. | |
| 8. | To become a world champion boxer, technical proficiency is not enough; you need to be driven by a real fire in the belly. | |
| 9. | With my limited English proficiency, I'm not able to translate this adequately. So I hope someone will agree to translate this. | |
| 10. | He has to prove his proficiency level in Berber. |