{"id":82,"date":"2017-09-13T08:52:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T11:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:59:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T16:59:54","slug":"well-people-asia-speak-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/well-people-asia-speak-english\/","title":{"rendered":"How well people in Asia speak English and why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b> <strong>English is the <i>lingua franca<\/i> of the world. It is by far the most popular second language learnt, and it is being taught in almost every country. Sometimes well, sometimes not so well.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/bilder\/Talking-Heads-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Resultado de imagen para Asian English speaking countries\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b>In 2015 and 2016 I worked in schools in India and Thailand, and visited many other countries in Asia.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I noticed some incredible differences between people\u2019s ability to converse in English. I\u2019ve decided to give a rating out of 5 to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">average person\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ability to speak English.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>Thailand 2\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Except for in <em>tourist spots<\/em>, most people in Thailand speak almost no English. This is because the public education system does not have the resources or teachers to support a good English education.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the contrary, there are many private schools that teach English very well, many of which call themselves \u2018bilingual schools\u2019. They often employ foreign staff, both native English speakers and Filipinos. Students who grow up in these schools do become bilingual.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>Philippines 5\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reason that Thai schools employ Filipinos is because of their fantastic English skills. Almost everyone I spoke to in The Philippines spoke English well, from the city bus driver to the small town market seller.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Most street signs are in English, and a lot of media is in English. Foreign, particularly American, culture is popular. Although the national language is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K5lZKMoCsYk\"><i style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tagalog<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only a third of the people speak this as their mother tongue, which means that Filipinos are used to learning another language simply to communicate in their own country. Unlike in most other countries in Asia, Latin-Script is used to write Filipino languages and they <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">borrow <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a lot of English words. Both private and public schools use Tagalog and English as languages of instruction, from a young age.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>Malaysia 4\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Due to some similar reasons, such as having no universal language, being a mixture of ethnic groups, and being heavily influenced by foreign culture, Malaysians learn English well. It is an important part of the education system, although officially it doesn\u2019t have to be used as a language of instruction.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both in Mainland Malaysia, and in Borneo, almost everyone I spoke to was able to speak English. And I talk to a lot of people!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>China 1\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apparently, China has the most English learners in the world. However, it is widely known that the Chinese are normally unable to hold a conversation in English. I\u2019m not surprised, because they have a very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/es\/translation.asp?tranword=self-contained\">self-contained<\/a> society, and over a billion people speak Chinese as a mother tongue.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>Japan and Korea 2\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both of these countries are trying hard to promote English, however their native languages are extremely different grammatically and phonetically, so it is very difficult. Most South Koreans or Japanese that I have met who speak good English are young people who have made a <em>conscious effort<\/em>. According to the North Korean government, they teach English at school too, but, they are probably lying.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>India, Nepal and Sri Lanka<\/b> <b>3\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From speaking to people throughout India, I could see that the <em>social divide<\/em> is clear \u2013 people from wealthy families are educated in English (as was the case in the school where I worked) and people of poorer backgrounds have little contact with English throughout their education. In fact, I found myself accidentally stereotyping people simply by hearing their English ability.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>Indonesia 2\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, the only people that seem to have a good grip of English are people in locations with lots of tourists or business, like Bali or Jakarta. However, most of Indonesia\u2019s 260 million people know little or no English.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b>Singapore 5\/5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Singapore has an internationally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/es\/translation.asp?tranword=commended\">commended<\/a> education system, and its primary language of instruction is English. Even though most children speak Malay, Chinese or Tamil to their parents, their mother tongue is taught secondarily to English.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some older people in Singapore have strong accents and poor vocabulary, however, after a week or so in the country, I never met anyone with whom I couldn\u2019t speak.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unsurprisingly, the difference I can see between these Asian countries\u2019 English abilities is the education system. In countries in which the curriculum is written in English, or focuses heavily on English, the children will learn it well. In countries that don\u2019t have the will or ability, children must go to a private school if they are to learn to speak English well. I\u2019m sure that in the Philippines teachers mostly speak to their students in their local language, but it doesn\u2019t matter. When most of the books and resources that a child sees are in English, they will absorb English anyway.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0To conclude, i<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n this Globalised world that we live in bilingualism is a real gift to give to our children. 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