Thursday, November 7, 2013

Study: Malaysia has best English language speakers in Asia; Malaysia apparently has the best English language speakers in Asia, beating out Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, China and Kazakhstan - according to a Singapore-based English Language school. BUT WE STILL STRUGGLING AT THE UNIVERSITY'S LEVEL ON ENGLISH TEACHING FOR JOB MARKET REQUIREMENT

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/11/07/msia-best-english-asia-study.aspx
The school, Education First, which released the findings of their English Proficiency Index on their website Wednesday, ranked Malaysia as having the highest level of English proficiency out of 13 countries in Asia.
On the global scale, Malaysia was ranked 11th out of 60 countries, with four of the top five slots going to Scandinavian countries, with Sweden and Norway taking the top two spots and Malaysia outperforming Singapore, Belgium, Germany, Latvia and Switzerland - countries which took the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th spots respectively.

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