Young Learners English Tests, Starters (YLE Starters) – for 2008

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YLE Starters - Reading & Writing

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 46.2% 38.5%
Algeria 0.0% 0.0% 21.2% 57.6% 21.2%
Argentina 0.3% 3.6% 14.0% 43.0% 39.0%
Austria 0.0% 10.0% 40.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Bahrain, Kingdom of 9.1% 27.3% 9.1% 36.4% 18.2%
Bangladesh 0.0% 6.7% 22.5% 42.1% 28.7%
Brazil 0.7% 4.9% 17.4% 44.4% 32.7%
Bulgaria 0.8% 2.7% 6.8% 32.2% 57.6%
Chile 0.0% 2.6% 26.5% 47.0% 23.9%
Colombia 0.4% 4.4% 16.7% 46.3% 32.2%
Croatia 0.0% 1.1% 7.7% 32.8% 58.5%
Cyprus 0.1% 2.2% 10.0% 40.7% 47.0%
Czech Republic 0.0% 5.8% 20.5% 43.6% 30.1%
Ecuador 3.6% 10.2% 21.6% 34.7% 29.9%
Egypt 4.0% 4.0% 8.0% 32.0% 52.0%
France 0.3% 5.3% 20.8% 42.7% 31.0%
Germany 0.0% 5.0% 9.1% 36.5% 49.3%
Greece 0.2% 2.0% 9.2% 37.1% 51.5%
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China 2.2% 9.5% 19.7% 34.9% 33.7%
Hungary 0.0% 0.0% 5.8% 37.7% 56.5%
India 0.6% 4.0% 12.5% 35.7% 47.2%
Indonesia 0.8% 5.3% 10.2% 44.7% 39.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0% 3.4% 15.0% 39.8% 41.8%
Ireland 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 50.0% 10.0%
Italy 0.4% 3.7% 15.8% 43.1% 37.1%
Japan 12.9% 30.2% 29.5% 19.0% 8.5%
Jordan 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Korea (South), Republic of 0.4% 2.5% 15.4% 50.3% 31.4%
Latvia 0.0% 4.5% 19.3% 43.2% 33.0%
Lebanon 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 51.3% 41.0%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) 1.8% 10.7% 21.4% 28.6% 37.5%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Malaysia 0.0% 0.6% 3.5% 27.6% 68.3%
Mauritius 4.8% 9.5% 19.0% 38.1% 28.6%
Mexico 0.6% 3.6% 14.6% 44.7% 36.6%
Morocco 12.5% 25.0% 20.3% 29.7% 12.5%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.0% 0.6% 3.4% 28.2% 67.8%
New Caledonia 6.3% 6.3% 31.3% 50.0% 6.3%
Paraguay 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 60.0%
Peru 0.2% 0.5% 8.9% 39.9% 50.5%
Poland 0.5% 0.8% 8.1% 39.3% 51.3%
Portugal 0.1% 2.0% 13.7% 48.2% 36.0%
Romania 0.0% 3.5% 11.2% 33.5% 51.9%
Russian Federation 0.5% 4.1% 13.2% 41.4% 40.8%
Saudi Arabia 12.7% 14.3% 18.7% 25.0% 29.4%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 8.3% 66.7% 25.0%
Slovenia 0.0% 4.2% 6.9% 41.7% 47.2%
Spain 0.3% 4.1% 15.5% 42.7% 37.4%
Sri Lanka 0.7% 6.6% 19.1% 38.3% 35.4%
Switzerland 0.3% 2.8% 14.1% 38.4% 44.5%
Taiwan 0.4% 3.9% 12.9% 39.1% 43.7%
Thailand 2.9% 14.8% 24.2% 35.7% 22.3%
Tunisia 0.0% 7.0% 14.0% 54.4% 24.6%
Turkey 0.1% 1.8% 11.6% 39.9% 46.5%
Ukraine 0.8% 1.5% 10.8% 51.5% 35.4%
United Arab Emirates 2.8% 9.2% 28.4% 41.3% 18.3%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 33.3%
Uruguay 0.0% 2.2% 14.7% 44.5% 38.6%
Vietnam 0.9% 7.2% 19.3% 39.9% 32.7%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 1.4% 21.7% 34.8% 42.0%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 75.0%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 14.6% 58.3% 27.1%
Qatar 0.0% 16.7% 26.7% 41.7% 15.0%
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 0.0% 5.9% 17.6% 64.7% 11.8%
Kuwait 0.0% 25.0% 62.5% 12.5% 0.0%
Maldives 1.0% 1.0% 5.8% 40.4% 51.9%
Norway 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Serbia 1.1% 6.5% 15.2% 37.0% 40.2%

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YLE Starters - Listening

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

~Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 7.7% 15.4% 38.5% 23.1% 15.4%
Algeria 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 12.1% 78.8%
Argentina 0.9% 6.1% 15.2% 35.0% 42.8%
Austria 0.0% 20.0% 50.0% 20.0% 10.0%
Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 81.8%
Bangladesh 2.8% 8.4% 15.7% 24.2% 48.9%
Brazil 1.4% 7.9% 13.5% 31.0% 46.2%
Bulgaria 0.4% 1.9% 3.4% 8.3% 86.0%
Chile 0.0% 5.1% 35.0% 33.3% 26.5%
Colombia 0.8% 6.4% 13.2% 36.3% 43.3%
Croatia 0.0% 0.5% 2.2% 19.7% 77.6%
Cyprus 0.1% 2.8% 12.3% 24.9% 59.8%
Czech Republic 0.0% 7.7% 19.2% 34.6% 38.5%
Ecuador 14.4% 12.6% 18.0% 27.5% 27.5%
Egypt 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0% 80.0%
France 1.0% 6.1% 14.6% 37.7% 40.6%
Germany 0.0% 5.5% 13.2% 28.3% 53.0%
Greece 0.3% 2.9% 10.6% 28.4% 57.8%
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China 0.7% 2.9% 8.6% 22.9% 64.9%
Hungary 0.0% 1.4% 2.9% 14.5% 81.2%
India 1.3% 5.6% 16.6% 33.9% 42.6%
Indonesia 2.3% 6.4% 7.9% 22.2% 61.3%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0% 3.4% 11.6% 33.3% 51.7%
Ireland 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 30.0% 70.0%
Italy 1.3% 8.0% 18.1% 31.2% 41.4%
Japan 4.7% 21.7% 23.7% 18.6% 31.2%
Jordan 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Korea (South), Republic of 0.3% 6.7% 30.5% 42.8% 19.7%
Latvia 0.0% 5.7% 13.6% 31.8% 48.9%
Lebanon 0.0% 5.1% 7.7% 23.1% 64.1%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) 5.4% 26.8% 16.1% 8.9% 42.9%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 30.8% 53.8%
Malaysia 0.1% 0.3% 2.8% 14.2% 82.6%
Mauritius 0.0% 4.8% 4.8% 57.1% 33.3%
Mexico 1.1% 7.3% 20.9% 36.8% 33.9%
Morocco 8.1% 33.9% 11.3% 17.7% 29.0%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.3% 1.2% 8.3% 28.8% 61.3%
New Caledonia 0.0% 0.0% 31.3% 31.3% 37.5%
Paraguay 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 90.0%
Peru 0.9% 3.8% 7.5% 38.7% 49.1%
Poland 0.0% 1.6% 6.8% 24.9% 66.8%
Portugal 0.1% 2.9% 11.1% 29.4% 56.5%
Romania 0.0% 4.0% 16.1% 29.3% 50.6%
Russian Federation 0.1% 2.7% 10.6% 30.9% 55.6%
Saudi Arabia 8.8% 8.4% 18.9% 19.7% 44.2%
Slovakia 0.0% 2.8% 13.9% 63.9% 19.4%
Slovenia 0.0% 1.4% 5.6% 38.9% 54.2%
Spain 0.7% 6.5% 15.9% 33.2% 43.6%
Sri Lanka 0.9% 6.1% 16.7% 36.2% 40.2%
Switzerland 0.0% 3.9% 10.2% 27.6% 58.3%
Taiwan 0.1% 2.3% 8.4% 27.4% 61.8%
Thailand 2.4% 11.2% 17.0% 29.2% 40.2%
Tunisia 0.0% 14.0% 8.8% 33.3% 43.9%
Turkey 0.6% 4.4% 12.9% 29.6% 52.4%
Ukraine 0.0% 1.5% 7.7% 25.4% 65.4%
United Arab Emirates 0.9% 2.8% 18.3% 45.0% 33.0%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7%
Uruguay 0.7% 4.8% 17.3% 38.6% 38.6%
Vietnam 3.8% 15.3% 22.7% 31.0% 27.2%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 1.4% 10.1% 24.6% 63.8%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.3% 91.7%
Philippines 0.0% 2.1% 6.3% 33.3% 58.3%
Qatar 0.0% 3.3% 13.3% 33.3% 50.0%
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 0.0% 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 76.5%
Kuwait 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 62.5% 25.0%
Maldives 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 10.6% 88.5%
Norway 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Serbia 0.0% 2.2% 17.4% 27.2% 53.3%

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YLE Starters - Speaking

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 30.8% 46.2%
Algeria 0.0% 6.1% 6.1% 3.0% 84.8%
Argentina 1.1% 5.0% 10.3% 18.1% 65.4%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Bahrain, Kingdom of 9.1% 0.0% 18.2% 36.4% 36.4%
Bangladesh 0.0% 1.1% 9.6% 15.2% 74.2%
Brazil 0.8% 4.8% 9.8% 23.5% 61.2%
Bulgaria 0.0% 0.4% 2.7% 4.9% 92.0%
Chile 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 16.2% 68.4%
Colombia 2.1% 5.5% 7.5% 14.7% 70.2%
Croatia 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 5.5% 94.0%
Cyprus 1.7% 3.6% 8.1% 14.5% 72.1%
Czech Republic 0.6% 2.6% 5.8% 26.3% 64.7%
Ecuador 2.4% 13.8% 6.0% 22.2% 55.7%
Egypt 4.0% 4.0% 0.0% 16.0% 76.0%
France 1.0% 9.0% 13.8% 19.3% 56.9%
Germany 0.0% 1.8% 6.4% 16.0% 75.8%
Greece 0.4% 3.1% 6.7% 13.7% 76.1%
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China 0.3% 1.4% 3.2% 8.7% 86.4%
Hungary 1.4% 0.0% 8.7% 10.1% 79.7%
India 0.1% 1.1% 3.4% 10.8% 84.7%
Indonesia 1.9% 1.9% 3.0% 9.4% 83.8%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0% 2.5% 2.3% 11.9% 83.3%
Ireland 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 60.0%
Italy 1.7% 7.8% 12.2% 20.9% 57.4%
Japan 6.8% 9.8% 15.6% 23.7% 44.1%
Jordan 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Korea (South), Republic of 98.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6% 1.1%
Latvia 2.3% 2.3% 6.8% 10.2% 78.4%
Lebanon 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 10.3% 82.1%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) 3.6% 21.4% 3.6% 19.6% 51.8%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Malaysia 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 11.6% 87.2%
Mauritius 0.0% 0.0% 9.5% 33.3% 57.1%
Mexico 1.6% 5.0% 8.9% 21.4% 63.1%
Morocco 3.1% 15.6% 9.4% 21.9% 50.0%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.0% 1.5% 7.7% 18.7% 72.1%
New Caledonia 6.3% 50.0% 12.5% 6.3% 25.0%
Paraguay 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 40.0% 50.0%
Peru 0.0% 1.9% 7.0% 19.7% 71.4%
Poland 0.0% 1.0% 3.4% 17.8% 77.7%
Portugal 0.2% 4.0% 10.2% 18.2% 67.3%
Romania 0.0% 0.5% 4.2% 9.9% 85.4%
Russian Federation 0.9% 4.0% 9.5% 19.4% 66.2%
Saudi Arabia 1.6% 6.0% 9.1% 21.4% 61.9%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 19.4% 69.4%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 2.8% 13.9% 83.3%
Spain 0.7% 4.5% 7.1% 15.8% 71.9%
Sri Lanka 0.3% 3.3% 8.7% 16.0% 71.7%
Switzerland 3.0% 7.7% 6.4% 16.3% 66.6%
Taiwan 0.9% 2.7% 6.1% 16.9% 73.5%
Thailand 3.8% 11.0% 11.3% 15.7% 58.2%
Tunisia 0.0% 10.5% 10.5% 22.8% 56.1%
Turkey 1.7% 4.5% 8.8% 17.6% 67.4%
Ukraine 0.0% 1.5% 3.1% 16.2% 79.2%
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 1.8% 0.9% 34.9% 62.4%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Uruguay 1.1% 7.0% 8.8% 21.7% 61.4%
Vietnam 4.0% 13.5% 16.3% 22.7% 43.6%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 7.2% 91.3%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 25.0% 58.3%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.6% 85.4%
Qatar 1.7% 10.0% 8.3% 1.7% 78.3%
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 11.8% 82.4%
Kuwait 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Maldives 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8% 96.2%
Norway 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Serbia 0.0% 2.2% 4.3% 9.8% 83.7%

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