Correlation between English proficiency and wealth? (EF English Proficiency Index)

English as a Second Language What do you want to talk about?
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What do you make of the following statements? Do you agree or disagree with them?

  1. Exports per capita, Gross National Income per capita and innovation all correlate positively with English proficiency.
  2. English proficiency levels are evolving at different rates in different countries, including a few countries with declining English skills.
  3. Europe as a whole has the highest proficiency in English, while the Middle East averages the lowest.
  4. Women speak English better than men on average.
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I don’t think I can agree to all, particularly 1 and 4.

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Well, those statements are taken from EF English Proficiency Index - Wikipedia and I think that EF is promoting colonialism with their so-called ‘English Proficiency Index’ and I find the entire concept wrong on so many levels.

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I do not take Wikipedia always for granted, Torsten.

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Regardless of what you think of Wikipedia, it’s a fact that EF exists and that they have been running their EF Proficiency Index since 2011.

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