1. How is English Pro more reliable than other communication tests?
Most tools depend heavily on ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), scoring your answer based on whether the model "heard the right words."
English Pro goes further by:
Breaking speech into phonemes and evaluating how well each sound aligns with native benchmarks.
Using acoustic models to analyze stress, pitch, and intonation - not just correctness.
Factoring fluency, spontaneity, and prosody to ensure you’re being understood, not just “correct.”
✅ Result: Higher scoring consistency, less bias from accents, and fewer false negatives.
2. How does English Pro ensure the validity of its communication scores?
Traditional tools often fail to simulate real-world contexts, instead testing isolated skills (grammar, vocab).
English Pro evaluates:
Real-world workplace tasks: Write escalation emails, explain data on a call, summarize meetings.
Multimodal communication: Blends listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one test.
Role-specific rubrics: Scores are interpreted differently for a sales rep vs. a tech support engineer.
✅ Result: Scores directly reflect job-relevant communication ability, not abstract English knowledge.
3. Is English Pro more accurate for non-native accents than Duolingo or Versant?
Yes. Most ASR models penalize non-American/British accents due to biased training data.
English Pro uses:
Accent-aware models trained on diverse global English speakers.
Intelligibility scoring, not “native-likeness” scoring.
Noise-resilient audio pipelines and contextual error tolerance.
✅ Result: Indian, Filipino, Nigerian, Latin American English speakers get fairer, more realistic scores.
4. How do you detect and penalize speaking mistakes that aren’t visible in speech-to-text?
Most tools only detect errors that result in incorrect transcripts (e.g., mishearing "three" as "tree").
English Pro also catches:
Syllable stress errors (e.g., REcord vs. reCORD)
Rhythmic fluency breakdowns
Pauses, filler words, unnatural cadence
✅ Result: Candidates can't game the system by “sounding robotic but correct.” Expressiveness counts.
5. Can candidates fake answers using ChatGPT or AI tools?
Yes - in many other tools. Candidates can paste AI-written essays or parrot audio responses.
English Pro if used with Sherlock eliminates most risks such as:
AI answer watermarking detection
Plagiarism & similarity checks
Interactive follow-ups (e.g., "Can you explain why you wrote that?")
Video proctoring and audio behavioral cues
✅ Result: Proof of originality, spontaneous thinking, and actual understanding.
6. Is English Pro adaptive like Duolingo’s test?
It’s better. English Pro doesn’t just adapt difficulty - it adapts context, question type, and modality.
Struggling in speaking? You’ll get more open-ended questions.
Excelling in reading? You’ll be pushed to analyze tone or intention.
✅ Result: A truly personalized experience that pushes toward the candidate’s real level.
7. How does English Pro assess writing beyond grammar and structure?
Other tools use LLMs to score grammar, but overlook tone, audience awareness, or coherence.
English Pro adds:
Discourse coherence metrics
Pragmatic tone checks (e.g., Was that email appropriate to a client?)
L1 interference patterns (e.g., overuse of passive voice in Indian English)
✅ Result: You assess whether someone can write well for the job, not just correctly.
8. What makes English Pro more integrity-driven than traditional assessments?
Most tools assume the candidate won’t cheat. We don’t.
Sherlock-style video and audio proctoring
Barge-in detection, background voice alerts
Tab-switch, screen-record, and prompt-detection
Behavioral anomaly tracking in test responses
✅ Result: Enterprise-grade security + academic-level integrity in remote settings.
9. Can we trust the score to make hiring or promotion decisions?
English Pro is not just a test—it’s a measurement system:
Normed across thousands of global users
Psychometrically calibrated with Z-scores, band levels, and confidence intervals
Transparent scoring rubrics and auditable logic
✅ Result: Decision-makers get actionable, explainable, and defensible scores.
10. How is English Pro better for use in corporate environments compared to academic-focused tools like IELTS or TOEFL?
IELTS and TOEFL are great for universities. But they test academic English, not professional communication.
English Pro focuses on:
Email writing, call participation, live video responses
Cross-functional comprehension (e.g., understanding project updates)
Listening to accents across geographies
✅ Result: English Pro is the only test designed around modern work, not just English exams.