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A newly updated index ranks English proficiency around the world

44 点作者 respinal超过 5 年前

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hmwhy超过 5 年前
Highlights and comments:<p>&gt; These results are not comprehensive, however. Nor are they representative. EF’s index is based on the results of a free online test taken by 2.3m volunteers in 100 countries. Only people with an internet connection and time and willingness to take a test are included in the sample...<p>I almost stopped reading at this point.<p>&gt; Such biases aside, the EF’s index produces results that are interesting...<p>I was taught that in scientific research one should never claim that her&#x2F;his own research is interesting, not least because it&#x27;s something that&#x27;s up to the audience to decide.<p>&gt; ... interesting, if not entirely scientific.<p>At least they are honest about it not being entirely scientific.<p>&gt; This correlates with another factor: EF repeatedly finds that English skills are highly correlated with connections and openness to the rest of the world.<p>Openness...? By what measure?<p>Edit: typo.
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esharte超过 5 年前
Look how Europe corresponds with this map of which countries dub foreign language TV shows and Movies versus which ones use subtitles.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;europe&#x2F;comments&#x2F;59zyal&#x2F;map_of_european_countries_who_are_dubbing_foreign&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;europe&#x2F;comments&#x2F;59zyal&#x2F;map_of_europ...</a>
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snowl超过 5 年前
Article is based off <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ef.com&#x2F;__&#x2F;~&#x2F;media&#x2F;centralefcom&#x2F;epi&#x2F;downloads&#x2F;full-reports&#x2F;v9&#x2F;ef-epi-2019-english.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ef.com&#x2F;__&#x2F;~&#x2F;media&#x2F;centralefcom&#x2F;epi&#x2F;downloads&#x2F;ful...</a>
playing_colours超过 5 年前
I am surprised to find Germany that high in the rank. Outside of large international cities, and particularly in former DDR lands in my experience it is not that good.<p>Among my neighbours, in an area of Eastern Berlin, far from gentrified places only 1-2 out of 10 adults between 30 and 50 years old can speak English fluently, half can somehow communicate.
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henrikschroder超过 5 年前
Interesting that countries where English is an official language scores lower than countries where it isn&#x27;t, like Singapore, Malaysia, and South Africa.<p>The full report had a list of cities though, where Kuala Lumpur scored higher than Malaysia, so that&#x27;s an interesting phenomenon how it&#x27;s a city thing rather than a country thing.
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hoi超过 5 年前
Since this is based off tests does it stipulate whether there is a diffrence in reading, listening and writing comprehension vs ability to speak? There are many countries where written English is exceptional, but when it comes to conversation, it&#x27;s lacking.
gumby超过 5 年前
Amusing German anecdote: my German son went from German school in California (English was taught by native-speaking, non-german-speaking teachers with a California teaching license, and of course spoken outside school) to Germany (English was taught by a native English speaker who spoke no German (moved with her husband to Germany)). What subjects was he behind in when he arrived? English.<p>Coincidentally his English teacher his last year in California and when he got to Germany were both Australian.<p>All that being said, outside big cities I haven&#x27;t really encountered anyone in Germany with strong English.
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cmrdporcupine超过 5 年前
I&#x27;ve always intuitively felt that the Dutch were the best non-native English speakers out there, it&#x27;s nice to see this confirmed with data.<p>Not surprisingly the areas with native Germanic languages do the best in this survey.
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natmaka超过 5 年前
The variance is non-neglectable. In China, for example, English proficiency is WAY higher in huge cities (say, Shanghai) than in the countryside!
ashwinaj超过 5 年前
Yeah right. I was in Beijing last week, how in the world is China ranked alongside India in terms of English proficiency? I could hardly find anyone even at the Beijing Capital airport to speak a coherent English sentence, let alone grammatically correct.
irrational超过 5 年前
What is up with the gray countries? I spent 2 weeks in Iceland and everyone I met was absolutely fluent in English (strangely they all sounded like Americans - I expected them to have English accents for some reason). It should be marked as high or higher.
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durnygbur超过 5 年前
In Europe DACH and Scandinavia are understandable, Portugal and Poland are outliers (here we are serving in your low cost centers).
englishrookie超过 5 年前
Yes! We Dutch are the bestest in English!