Here’s a little round-up of how our students did in their French tests October (if you like, you can compare to September 2013’s French test stats)
French Tests taken by type (CEFR and Kwiz “smart” tests)
On the left, a breakdown of our CEFR test gradings; on the right, percentage of French tests that were CEFR level placements versus Kwizzes (our smart French level tests).
We saw a similar breakdown in French CEFR level to last month, with greater numbers of students at the lower and higher levels, and few students in the middle, especially at B2 level. (If you want to find out how you compare to these, sign up and take our French CEFR test.
This month’s Top Testers – Improvement Scores
| Rank | Test this month | New Ground Covered* | Relative Brain Gain** | |||
| 1 | 38 | 25.4% | 32.0% | |||
| 2 | 36 | 26.3% | 28.5% | |||
| 3 | 10 | 15.6% | 25.8% | |||
| 4 | 5 | 15.0% | 34.6% | |||
| 5 | 4 | 13.9% | 31.5% |
*NGC is percentage of new topics tested up to CEFR level B2.
**RBG is a measure of test-demonstrated knowledge in the new topics covered.
We had less testing activity in October which is largely my fault as I was away in Los Angeles on a research trip for my novel (I write science fiction when I’m not busy being an entrepreneur) and so I didn’t do much in the way of blogging and system development. Sorry about that, but I’m back on the case. Nonetheless, our top French testers made some really great progress!
October’s Top French Tester’s Improvement Timeline
- Here’s how our top tester did during the month (anonymised data, of course). This is quite a typical improvement timeline with a big ramp at the start as Kwiziq learns the student’s level and then a steady climb…
How does French testing relate to number of tests taken?
Top 5 testers improvement versus number of tests taken: there is a clear correlation which is no surprise. Regular testing has been proven to be one of the most effective learning strategies.
That’s it for this month. Look out for our November stats next month!
Author info
[Follow on Twitter: @gruffdavies] Despite the very Welsh name, Gruff is actually half French. Nowadays, he's a tech entrepreneur (and some-time novelist) but he used to be a physicist at Imperial College before getting hooked on inventing things. He has a special interest in language learning, speaks five languages to varying degrees of fluency and he often blogs about language learning, science, and technology. As well as co-founding Kwiziq, he is the author the Amazon best-selling SF thriller, The Looking Glass Club and the inventor of the Exertris gaming exercise-bike and Pidgin, a free online tool that makes drawing flow charts and relationship diagrams as quick and easy as describing them in pidgin English.