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Was in Jakarta last week when during a discussion, my associate there commented that the level of English there sucks, and that communication on professional issues were disadvantaged when they are restricted to Bahasa Indonesia. That is very true. In this, Singapore stands out very well. Although we muse here about Singlish, and use it without any consciousness, many are able to switch to proper English in their work, without any difficulty. Obviously, it helps to be multi-lingual (I am disadvantaged in this, crappy Mandarin ability), but if one is able to speak only one language, then it better be English. Even in China, those with a good command of English are able to land better jobs. We see our neighbouring countries struggling with English use, and somehow feel for them. Somehow, I wish the media here would not use Singlish (some DJs use it), I suppose its ok at kopitiam level, but should not be encouraged for public speaking.

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2...oficiency.html

Top 10 Asian economies with highest English proficiency ,

China Daily/Asia News Network | World | Fri, November 06 2015, 11:04 AM

China is losing ground to other emerging markets, including Brazil and Pakistan, in the drive to learn English, according to the Financial Times citing a recent study ranking worldwide proficiency in the international language of commerce.The study shows that the Chinese mainland fell 10 places to 47th in a ranking of 70 countries compiled by Education First (EF), which based its rankings on test data from more than 900,000 adults taking online tests.In Asia, it ranked at 11th, while Singapore ranked first.The education group said the country had initially scaled the top ranks by devoting plenty of class time to English instruction, whereas continued improvement would require "more sophisticated approaches focused on communicative mastery rather than testing abilities".

Some of the economies with high English proficiency in Asia:

1. Singapore
2. Malaysia
3. India
4. South Korea
5. Vietnam
6. Japan
7. Taiwan
8. Indonesia
9. Hong Kong, China
10. Pakistan


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