Summary
Japan’s English proficiency ranking dropped to 92nd out of 116 countries, the lowest ever recorded.
The decline is attributed to stagnant English proficiency among young people, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Netherlands ranked first, followed by European countries, while the Philippines and Malaysia ranked 22nd and 26th, respectively.
tbf, the Japanese proficiency of English-speaking nations is probably lower.
This was in line with my immediate thoughts too.
It seems grossly unfair to judge Japanese people on their ability to speak English.
What are you on about? This is a survey of every country where English isn’t their primary language. This article is from Japan about Japanese proficiency in the English language.
Here is the link to the report. It wasn’t in the article.
It’s still higher than the United States.
My mother in law who is an english teacher in Japan says the social media the children are consuming is distracting from their studies 😂.
“So…how long will you be staying?”
So, for comparison, how do English speaking countries rank in ability to speak Japanese?
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America is the past, why learn the language? China is where the future is
Doesn’t matter if America is the past. English is the language the world has settled on as the lingua franca. Yes, there are advantages to dealing with China if you speak Mandarin, but good luck trying to raise your voice while dragging out every syllable and getting yourself understood anywhere outside of China.
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Lets start with an English homework diving into WHY the passive voice is so bad in this particular case, that you felt the need to call it out in particular? There is nothing grammatically wrong with the passive voice, and it can be a valid stylistic choice. In this case, it was used because I as the author chose to emphasise the subject (English) as opposed to the responsible party (the world). The usual reasons to avoid passive voice do not seem to apply here. Would you care to explain why you decided to be a nitpicky asshole?
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Why conflate English with the US? And English being easy to learn makes it the equivalent of the “common” language in fantasy universes.
Lemmy users do not like this take!
Americans on Lemmy aren’t a reasonable bunch
