Thailand English Skills Below Asean Partners

[Kanok Karn]

Thai students' English-language skills rank 42nd out of 44 those of countries surveyed, at least three other member countries of Asean, according to a recent survey by Education First (EF), an international language school

1. Norway 69.09 Very High Proficiency
2. Netherlands 67.93 very-highNetherlands
3. Denmark 66.58 Very High Proficiency
4. Sweden 66.26 Very High Proficiency
5. Finland 61.25 Very High Proficiency
6. Austria 58.58 High Proficiency
7. Belgium 57.23 High Proficiency
8. Germany 56.64 High Proficiency
9. Malaysia 55.54 High Proficiency
10. Poland 54.62 Moderate Proficiency
11. Switzerland 54.60 Moderate Proficiency
12. Hong Kong 54.44 Moderate Proficiency
13. South Korea 54.19 Moderate Proficiency
14. Japan 54.17 Moderate Proficiency
15. Portugal 53.62 Moderate Proficiency
16. Argentina 53.49 Moderate Proficiency
17. France 53.16 Moderate Proficiency
18. Mexico 51.48 Moderate Proficiency
19. Czech Republic 51.31 Moderate Proficiency
20. Hungary 50.80 Moderate Proficiency
21. Slovakia 50.64 Moderate Proficiency
22. Costa Rica 49.15 Low Proficiency
23. Italy 49.05 Low Proficiency
24. Spain 49.01 Low Proficiency
25. Taiwan 48.93 Low Proficiency
26. Saudi Arabia 48.05 Low Proficiency
27. Guatemala 47.80 Low Proficiency
28. El Salvador 47.65 Low Proficiency
29. China 47.62 Low Proficiency
30. India 47.35 Low Proficiency
31. Brazil 47.27 Low Proficiency
32. Russia 45.79 Low Proficiency
33. Dominican Republic 44.91 Very Low Proficiency
34. Indonesia 44.78 Very Low Proficiency
35. Peru 44.71 Very Low Proficiency
36. Chile 44.63 Very Low Proficiency
37. Ecuador 44.54 Very Low Proficiency
38. Venezuela 44.43 Very Low Proficiency
39. Vietnam 44.32 Very Low Proficiency
40. Panama 43.62 Very Low Proficiency
41. Colombia 42.77 Very Low Proficiency
42. Thailand 39.41 Very Low Proficiency
43. Turkey 37.66 Very Low Proficiency
44. Kazakhstan 31.74 Very Low Proficiency

[Joy Thaigirl]

Wow that is very bad, maybe they Thai gov should pay for better teachers and make sure the teachers are reals.

[idelvice]

They did not include the Philippines in the list.

[Joy Thaigirl]

Strange I wonder why they did not do that?