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The Netherlands is at the top as expected. We are pretty good at English in my personal opinion. One thing we often lack however is proper pronunciation. Back when i was in school most of our English lessons were just translating and grammar so we barely got to learn how to speak. I managed to get decent at speaking due to seeking out native English speakers but a lot of people never get that experience.

@yvs6663

2 жыл бұрын

i can always spot a Dutch person speaking English. not coz its bad, but you do have a tendency to make s sound like it should be sh.

@hathi444

2 жыл бұрын

Jullie spreken meestal beter Engels dan ik Nederlands spreek. 😢

@purple.9919

2 жыл бұрын

Same here in The States. If we decide to take a class to speak another language, I notice the pronunciation is not that great. Even those who choose to learn a second language normally forget most of it after that semester is over. Even if they take 2 semesters, too. The classes practically teach you to read BASIC things of that language.

@bhami

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect that a small amount of personal tutoring could often be a great help to improve that "last 10%" of quality. E.g. I follow a Dutch KZreadr who drives me crazy because he keeps saying "welcome in..." instead of "welcome to..." (Sorry but English is different from both Dutch and German on this point.)

@ronnieince4568

2 жыл бұрын

Menthos Dutch speakers in the Netherlands speak Dutch with regional accents but there seems to be a standard accent when speaking English .

English is the primary medium of instruction in the schools here in the Philippines, not Filipino (Filipino is the name of our national language - a combination of Tagalog and other local dialects). Almost every signs on the street, menus in the restaurant, or written words that the eye can see here are written in English. Even the first language I learned to speak as a kid is American English. My first job was working as a telemarketer for an American company. Almost everyone here speaks American English with various accents. I'm just stating facts, Olly. Just in case you didn't know. 😉 Oh, I agree about India. A lot of them speak good English too. ☺️ Gotta read that EPI study to learn more. ☺️

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you'll find Philippines on the EPI list as they're number 18. Filipinos do speak English very well, but this list is the top 13. :)

@julietaimperial732

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisanarramore222, thanks for the info. I really appreciate it. 😉

@pagophilus

2 жыл бұрын

Filipinos speak English interspersed with Tagalog, sometimes so much that even in classes in English for foreigners at university the foreigners don't understand because he teacher clarifies points in Tagalog.

@alonsochanakya538

2 жыл бұрын

Well I disagree about Philipines Some of them do not speak English Just few people .. Of course Big cities yes.

@luke211286

2 жыл бұрын

I am from the Philippines. And contrary to public perception, not everyone can speak it. Many college graduates who have used English as medium of instruction and de facto written language have rudimentary understanding of the language. Things don't help when we love to use code-switching (using phrases of English, Tagalog, and/or another regional language/dialect in a single sentence). Our parents' and grandparents' generation probably have spoken better English than us which is justifiable because they were still fresh from colonialism. Right now, those fluent in English has been scaled down to the upper economic classes and those in the academic field

I LOVE your videos! You spend a lot of time and energy on them and I can feel it! 🌟🌟🌼🌼😊😊Thanks Olly! I love your work and the way you present things

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely comment, thank you!

Like how u insert clips of how different countries speak English and even more impressed on the fact that u knew about Singlish & also the speak good English movement. 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you Ollly for your interesting videos. I'm Austrian, 65 years old. It's true that nowadays especially young people here in Austria speak English rather well and often have to use it at work or university. Also they need to pass B2 in English when graduating from highschool When I was young, we studied English in school (grammar and Shakespeare) but couldn't really speak and understand well. My kids grew up in the 90ies with Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings (books!), videogames etc. So we all reached a new level, also through travelling. Now in the era of KZread and Netflix we watch a lot of English series/movies of course and I especially love language learning (Spanish B2) through Spanish series, como Casa de Papel (with subtitles) or just Mexican telenovelas haha. I also enjoy watching a lot of KZread channels in English, Spanish and also French (beginner) ....It's so much fun and rewarding to dive into languages and it keeps the brain young I reckon :-) Thank you Olly

Haven't watched the video yet, but I've looked at the list linked in the description. I'm not surprised by most of the countries in the top 15. One of the thing they have in common is that the countries use subtitles on their TV and movies, so they get to *hear* English. Experience gained from living in Finland and Germany.

That’s odd, I thought India or the Philippines would’ve made the list given they have an impressive number of English speakers

@cosmicflower5891

8 ай бұрын

as a Filipino who's native language was english. I would've thought so too. But honestly, I learned later on, that English isn't as spot on, used later on in life. Even though there's english all around us

@belle_pomme

7 ай бұрын

It's about the population, considering there are a billion people in India. Most don't speak English well, those who do are the educated ones.

@tuaninhcong6954

7 ай бұрын

@@belle_pommeindian is the most impressive English speaking country i ve encountered. Their vocab is incredible, they use words that even native speakers rarely use. The only funny thing is the accent. If the level of English of citizen is the main topic, not the percentage of population , i will put india at number 1

@belle_pomme

7 ай бұрын

@@tuaninhcong6954 i think the whole population is taken into account to determine the average English proficiency. Of course a high percentage speaks English, some speak really well, while some don't at all. The data doesn't seem accurate tbh.

I thought Dutch is also quite similar to English, or specifically there is a language Frisian that is related to Dutch that is EXTREMELY similar to English. So a Dutch speaker might have an easier time learning English than most others.

@DenUitvreter

11 ай бұрын

No, not really. It doesn't work the other way around, that's for sure. It's mostly about exposure and especially at a young age. Most kids can already converse in English a bit before they get any lessons. As soon as they get lessons, it's going quick becuase the exposure and the lessons amplify eachother. English was my best subject because I didn't like to study and I did like to listen to music and watch television.

Interesting list. I come from Zimbabwe. A country formerly colonised by Britain. I was fluent in English (English is the second language that I speak) before I started primary school age 5. In primary school, we learnt subjects such as Maths, English, Social Studies and Science through the medium of English. In High School, you then add on Chemistry, Geography, Technical Drawing, Biology, English Literature, History, Woodwork, Metal Work, Commerce (Those were subjects that I studied) taught through the medium of English. I doubt most of the countries on your list Olly could boast or even replicate the Zimbabwean model (It's not a competition ofcourse😉) of education. The majority of older folks who never received formal education can at worst understand English but most do speak it in Zimbabwe (population 15 million). Up until the year 2000 when I sat for my O"levels (GCSEs in Britain), Cambridge University used to design and set our exams. I wrote all this to say most countries that were colonised by Britain probably have a system similar to what we have in Zimbabwe. Most people in these countries could never speak English certainly like we do due to the fact that we had from ages five to 18 daily exposure; interaction and schooling in this language that the majority of the countries in this list can only dream about. Good list regardless of my opinion and personal take on this topic. Well done Olly👍

the biggest asset i have for language learning is consuming media in a given language... My japanese has skyrocketed ever since i devoted at least 1 hour a day to watching anime... and the more i watch it, the more i learn just by osmosis (but you do actually have to have a decent foundation before you can use this method, 300+ hours without this foundation did me no good since i was ignoring the language itself and relied on subtitles only).. its the same way i learned english... by watching stargate and other tv series back in the day.. my parents would scold me for watching 5+ episodes a day.. but now they consider it a time well invested (and i do too) One thing i also noticed, is that even 5 hours a week at school is not enough, it doesnt do anything. you have to immerse yourself

Not surprised at the Netherlands coming first. Prior to a trip there I asked a Dutch colleague for a few Dutch words (hello, goodbye, please, thank you etc) to get by. She said "Don't bother. Everyone speaks English". And so it proved to be.

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

You should learn Dutch anyway! it would be fun. :)

@stuartofblyth

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisanarramore222 Sorry, Lisa - currently learning Russian ... slowly ... ;-)

@ania3795

2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartofblyth haha yeah or when I started speaking in Dutch they changed on English also when I was speaking good and they undesrtood me

I think Belgium and Netherlands is largely because we consume a lot of English media and barely bother translating any of it except for children. When Disney bought Marvel they had a Flemish dub of Iron Man 3, and that version was mocked so hard they never tried again.

Really cool to see which countries speak the best English. Great for travelers and those considering moving abroad.

6:16 It would be cool if you could make a video about the Finnish language. It's my native language as I'm from Finland myself. It's also a very unique language - it's not an Indo-European one even though it's spoken in Europe between two Indo-European-speaking countries. It's also more inflected than other European languages because nouns have 15 cases, for example.

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@corinna007

2 жыл бұрын

Kyllä! Oon samaa mieltä. I've been learning Finnish for almost 7 years and I love it. It has given me a lot.

@manfredneilmann4305

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget your cousin language Hungarian which has probably a similar number of noun cases.

Amused at Netherlands. I am from Barbados and I have cousins in Saint Maarten, which is Dutch. I visited as a teen, back when I was trilingual. Literally, everybody spoke English all the time. I had to beg my cousin and his friend to speak some Dutch for me so that I could hear what it sounded like. (I grew up pre-KZread… same age as Olly. Lol)

On the plus side: Great concept for a video! The list is credible, the reasons clearly explained, and the sample of natives speaking English well chosen. And the suggested language-learning sources could clearly be helpful! Thanks. Less important, but to be honest, on the minus side: Some people may love your enthusiasm, but I found your frenetic or frantic arm waving and very rapid speech distracting. All the plugs for learning sources made this feel like a 13-minute commercial. Of course, this isn't just a commercial. --See "On the plus side."😊

i'm Dutch and i often write in US slang, get called a "stupid american" online a bit too often for my liking.. thankfully my vocal accent is quite distinct haha.

@xXJ4FARGAMERXx

2 жыл бұрын

That just speaks to how good your English skillz are! (Or should I say "American"?)

@JJadx

2 жыл бұрын

@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx haha, fair!

A German once told me, "Yeah, in primary school we learn German, English and a foreign language." 🤣

@shiva_689

2 жыл бұрын

German and English sure but I've never heard of anyone learning a foreign language in elementary school in Germany. English lessons started from 3rd grade onwards where I grew up here in Germany.

I'm one of the many who started learning Finnish because of metal music. I've been to Finland twice, but wasn't confident enough to actually use any of my Finnish, so to my chagrin I had to use English. Thankfully it's very easy to get along with English, and Finns are very understanding that most foreigners have a hard time with the language, but I really hope I'll be more comfortable using Finnish next time I visit.

Très intéressante Olly !

Hi I'm from the Philippines and I thought Singapore would be in top 1 on the list because most of the people that I encountered in some certain application that I use for honed my English communication skill by putting the list between which country can actually speak better than others for me is Singapore I spoke those people that you've mentioned often a lot I regularly met those different ethnicity as you were you mentioned but majority of people that usually actived are indians

I have two Swedish friends and one Finn there English is exceptional. Barely any mistakes!

"In Luxembourg they speak excellent English!" *makes an error three words in* 😆 Croatia surprised me. There are a lot of former Yugoslavian expats living in my city in Australia and about 20% of them speak English poorly enough that it makes communication a struggle. But thinking about it now, a lot of those people have turned out to be Bosnian or Serbian, rather than Croatian.

It is just me or do some of the audio where Olly sounds really loud and other parts I can barely hear him.

@AnnaJ2023

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. The sound quality is really low.

Love your videos just wish this audio was fixed so it would be easier to watch

The best non-native English speaker I've come across was a Belgian guy who had never visited a native English speaking country before. I thought he was American or Canadian before he mentioned in passing he was Belgian. Also, I know a number of Croatians who are very, very good at English.

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Yes there are phenomenal individuals everywhere you go.

@catherinebraza7259

2 жыл бұрын

For me, it was my Icelandic friend! When I first met her, I actually assumed she was from the U.S. because of her accent (which made sense anyway, since we were in the U.S. at the time) until she mentioned three days later that she was from Iceland. I had noticed that she sometimes worded her sentences a little strangely, but I hadn't thought much of it because even native English speakers do that sometimes. 😂

I was in Zadar Croatia about 15 years ago, nobody could speak English at the bus station when we arrived at the airport so we had to use German instead because we meet an old man who spoke it. It was however not a problem to use it during the city split, but we also had issues using English on the island of Hvar.

As a Norwegian I remember our English teacher telling us that we shouldnt breathe in while talking. And as an 8 year old I paniked and asked "so Im not allowed to breathe??". It still weirds me out that the rest of the world doesnt breathe freely while talking

@ishaanmalhotra3008

2 жыл бұрын

How do you breathe in while talking? Isnt talking all about exhalation?

@abdihalimyusufmohamed8903

2 жыл бұрын

Hhhhhhh

@TheRealJoseramirez

2 жыл бұрын

The Spanish speak so quickly that they frequenty gasp for breath mid-sentence. It's like having an underwater conversation with Jacques Cousteau.

@manfredneilmann4305

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRealJoseramirez But wasn't Jacques Cousteau French?

I am from Austria and when I travel the US, people ask me from which state I am from. State, not country. Which is really nice to hear, because I was bullied at school when I put on an accent-free tongue in my English classes. I would also argue that the Austrian English had a lesser accent than the German English. Although a Viennese is easily recognizable and older generations have a poor command, even in top level management. What most German speakers get wrong with English is the "looking forward to" clause. They mostly don't use the gerund, but there is not a logical rule for its use, so people don't get it.

Portugal has an unmentioned advantage over their romance peers... no TV shows, movies, documentaries, etc etc are ever dubbed (except for kids stuff) which makes the contact with the English language an everyday thing.

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know! Portugal is an appealing destination...

@MrCph2200

Жыл бұрын

In Denmark and the other Scandinavian nothing is dubbed too. Children learn it from TV, movies and gaming. My Nephew understood almost everything before even starting first grrade

@dragonvpt17

11 ай бұрын

I'm Portuguese, I know few about dubbed. Mostly cartoon but some Anime, Some Live Action Movies(which is for family) and Some Videogame has the Portuguese dubbed.

I just clicked to check if my country is on the list. Was not disappointed.

I am surprised the Philippines didn't make the cut since English is almost everywhere in that country

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

Philippines came 18th in the EPI test. That's really good!

@NorKavon

2 жыл бұрын

Having lived in PI off and on for 40 years I can say while they used to speak good English, sadly that's no longer true. Used to be High school graduates all spoke English but that's not the case anymore. And of the ones who do, they likely were taught by a non-native English speaker who has never even traveled to a English speaking country.

Here's a honourable mention: Zambia I'm from Zambia🇿🇲.Here in Zambia English is compulsory in all schools and I believe that almost everyone can understand basic English. Another reason why so many people in Zambia, especially the younger generation, is that many people enjoy watching American movies and TV shows.

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

For sure!

i’ve heard that english is so ubiquitous in the netherlands that asking someone if they speak english is as offensive as asking someone if they can read.

I hear that the Dutch are so good at English that it can actually make it difficult to learn Dutch as a second language. Everyone speaks such good English that they often prefer to switch to that, rather than listen to you mess up in Dutch.

@alwaysuseless

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on how good your Dutch is. In Germany, even Germans whose English is C2 (almost native) are happy to converse in German, if you're at B2 and they can tell how excited you are to converse in their language. I suspect my experience would have been similar in the Netherlands, if my Dutch were as good as my German.

@TheRealJoseramirez

2 жыл бұрын

That's the hardest thing about learning Dutch. Even if their English is inferior to your Dutch, most will insist and persist in speaking to you in English. You get to the point where you're so pissed off with them that you just don't bothet.

@TheRealJoseramirez

2 жыл бұрын

@@alwaysuseless No it wouldn't. I can assure you from experience.

@janthecoo4964

Жыл бұрын

just like you want to speak dutch, we want to speak english... and we are stubborn lil feckers

Yeah, I find the EF Index to be misleading because there’s no random sampling, just people who want a free English test take it. People who know no English at all probably wouldn’t take it. But the relative ranking might be a better resource than anywhere else for so many countries.

Olly, I recently saw your video about countries that officially speak English, but it's so different that we can't understand it. One country was Guyana. Could you tell me the name of that video? Thanks.

Norwegian is not the only language where you can find words or even whole sentences pronounced while breathing in, it also occurs in Icelandic.

@MrCph2200

Жыл бұрын

And some words in Danish

please could you do a video on albanian and the different types of dialects e.g. tosk and gheg

Gosh, I REALLY didn't know about that only 8% of population in South Africa speak English as a first language. Wow....

En España estudiamos inglés desde que entramos en el colegio hasta que terminamos el bachillerato e incluso en la prueba de acceso a la universidad es obligatorio, sin embargo el sistema no es efectivo puesto que la amplísima mayoría de estudiantes no tiene un inglés fluido, algunos apenas hablan cuatro palabras. ¿Por qué será? ni idea 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Hi Olly. With all that's going on in the world I want to relearn Ukrainian; I haven't used the language for 40 years. I am having a difficult time finding online books, etc written in Ukrainian. Do you have any specific websites that you use to help with Slavic languages? I'm sure there are other people who may want that answered as well. Love your videos and I'm trying to follow your first principle of immersion. Thanks.

Not surprised in the least that Japan didn't make the list, but what I have noticed between my first trip in 1996 and my most recent trip in 2018, that English skills over there have improved remarkably, especially among the younger crowd. It's true everybody in Japan learned English in school from an early age, but the challenge comes from the language being so much different than their own so it usually takes a fair bit of immersion to achieve proficiency. I could usually tell if someone in Japan had been abroad for any length of time or not. In more recent times, a lot more English words have entered the Japanese language but the pronunciation is usually so butchered that I don't understand what they are saying, even though I know enough Japanese to get around.

Had a German student for a year. He got the top English grade in the American HS but when he went back to Germany he was told that he had an American accent which wasn't good English.

@methos4866

2 жыл бұрын

I got the same complaint from my teacher back in highschool. In Europe we are taught British English and teachers can be quite annoying about that. I myself am mostly self taught so by the time i got my first English lesson in highschool i could already understand and speak it. Being self taught caused me to pick up an American accent which irked my teacher. Still had the best English grade of my class though lol.

@kolli7150

2 жыл бұрын

As a German I unfortunately have to admit this is happening. And it's always uncomfortable to tell your younger siblings or your children that even teachers can be rather narrow minded...

Well alot of Croatians live or have someone in countries like USA so English is learned very quickly but considering that South Slavic countries are dialect continuum you do have use for Croatian outside Croatian and actually you can talk to people from Slovenia to Black Sea withouth knowing any other language.

The only person I spoke to in-person from the Netherlands had zero accent from your typical Canadian/USA speaker. I had many questions afterwards.

I just completed the Lingoda super sprint for German a week ago! My German is now better than when I actually lived in Germany 🥴 and of course it's because so many Germans speak good English 🤣

Singaporeans being on top 4 is a surprise LOL. Although to be fair frankly, many of the older and some of the younger Singaporeans are actually garbage at English, but fluent in Singlish lol. As a Singaporean myself at times I suffer mild strokes when I talk to other Singaporeans who can't speak in simple proper grammar, or even pronounce some words clearly. Which leads to miscommunication or even lack of communication lmao. Don't underestimate how Singlish can be a really different language than English at times.

It is worth it. Lingoda offers an incredible value, and I believe the sprint is not too difficult to achieve. I achieved the super-sprint, which is taking 90 days of continuous classes, and offers100% refund. The super-sprint is not easy, but it is worth it.

For decades Germany was divided into four sectors so you do get very varying degrees of proficiency in English. I was lucky enough to have grown up in the British sector and I do speak and write British English. Others weren't so lucky 🤣

@nonnativeme

2 жыл бұрын

What are the other 3 sectors? Just curious. 😁

@martinlinger544

2 жыл бұрын

Russian, French and American

Just 10 years ago, I probably would've needed subtitles to understand what you are saying. But now, I speak English just like I'd speak my native Bengali, or Hindi, maybe the fact that most Indians are kinda "born multilingual" , it helps.

For real, Austria really teaches English very much, we literally grow Up with it Like we do with German

Anyone has any idea about english speaking situation in Switzerland? I'm curious how's life gonna be there for some who doesn't know french or german fluently

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

I know a few Swiss people and they all speak very good English.

@Tiqerboy

Жыл бұрын

I lived there in 1982-83 and English in general was NOT spoken much at all anywhere and we travelled extensively across the country. We even found the German side spoke little French and the French side even less German, even though they learn it in school. Speaking in generalities, English was only spoken in tourist areas or big cities. Of course things were a lot different back then. Would be interesting to revisit today to see how much easier it is to get by in English. I think what I just said would be true for a lot of Europe in general at the time.

And my country, Latvia, is only 26th in that list. Though all my friends of different ages do speak good English and we do need to use it at work. But maybe it's just in capintal. 😅

Quite useful.

They speak English quite well in Iceland too. 🇮🇸 Ça serait intéressant de faire une vidéo sur les pays où l'on parle bien le français, en tant que langue seconde. Merci.

@raywa5821

Жыл бұрын

poland as well, i checked the source and it's placed on 16th spot

@elintocable0072

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for parler en Français where you from. Actually in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 whe speek inglish pretty good too even my and I hate English 😅.

Nice to see South Africa on the list.

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

Aside having a language which is similiar with English as mother language, dutch people also expose themselves to the langugage constantly, maybe that's why they occupy the highest position in the ranking.

When I was in HS, we went to an international school in NL but lived in Germany. The Dutch people were so friendly and willing to speak English. Lol I can’t say the same for Germans, but that’s ok. Maybe it’s a cultural thing. No worries

I’ve got a good friend from Rotterdam and he maintains when he goes to Amsterdam it’s pointless speaking Dutch because everyone there speaks English

Wait - Italy's not up there? WHAT A SURPRISE! 😄😄😄

Besides Croatia people from the countries of ex Yugoslavia have good English. We have similar education system and our kids live with English almost 24/7. Most of kids these days speak English better then own language since parents invest a lot of courses even before school age.

Croatians can actually communicate in their native language in countries of former Yugoslavia. most Slovenes understand it(due to similarity, frequent visits to their sea side and a large number of native speakers who refuse to learn Slovene) and while the native speakers won't admit it, Croatian is a version of Serbo-Croatian which means ppl from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro basically speak the same language. Austrians speak English rather well if u manage to get them to speak it. not sure about Germans.

I was watch a Dutch youtuber names PJiggles and until he mentioned he was Dutch I thought he was a native English speaker

I learned the Queen's English in Germany

@slightlyconfused876

2 жыл бұрын

You'd have been better off learning the English that ordinary people speak. Liz has an awful accent.

The Ph is 18 on the scale and considering that English is also a national language along with Filipino I would have expected better especially since students from our neighbouring countries come to the Ph to learn English. I would say that 80% of our channels are English like HBO CNN etc and when watch movies we don't have subtitles because we are all expected to understand so I guess there is a difference between understanding and speaking. I would say most understand English but not all are comfortable speaking it. I also felt let down after this video because I learned Portuguese last year and to find out that everyone there speaks English I feel like I wasted my time LOL... time to focus on Russian more.

@ajmosqueda6698

Жыл бұрын

eh ano naman kung hindi tayo kasale? wag ka na ma-down hahaha. sa totoo lang bumababa na efficiency natin sa english, majority ng tao dito hindi kaya maka buo ng conversation (it's either nahihiya or nagpapanic or nahihirap mag construct ng sentence) kasi pulpol ang educational system natin sa english (kahit teacher mo sa english iba-iba ang accent, minsan hindi kaya makipag konbersasyon sa english) kasi puro base lang sa libro kaya puro academic english ang nalalaman, nawawala yung conversational english kaya bagsak sa real-world application (pag nagtry ka magenglish minsan naweweirduhan yung iba or "nasososyalan" kaya nagiging awkward), pati sanay tayo sa taglish or any Philippine language with english, kaya nagiging BYElingual-mahina sa filipino, mahina din sa english- isa na ako do'n at aminado ako, hindi ko kaya makapag conversation ng matagal sa native speaker nang hindi nagta-taglish.

Frankly speaking this ranking is a bit misleading….except for the Netherlands other spots are not reflecting the reality very well. I am Polish and have been living in Luxembourg for almost 8 years now. Used to live in the UK and Singapore before and have traveled extensively to more then 70 countries. Seeing Luxembourg lower then Germany is far from true. No Iceland on the list. There is Croatia but from the experience of my circle my native Poland is performing better in that sense. Also Portugal, Austria and Belgium are too high on this list. Nevertheless it is a fun video to watch as it gives you some idea :)

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

They redo the EPI test every year, so hopefully over time there will be more people taking part and we'll get a highly accurate survey result.

All countries with high level of education & not surprisingly European, English is our common ground language. In Europe when we do Erasmus we use English at the destination country to start mingling. While studying there we end up learning the local language as well. 😊 In most European countries contracts, government information can be sign & read in English and considered official. Having worked & interviewed many highly educated Indian professionals, I must say they’re level is rather low on average.

@Tinil0

2 жыл бұрын

You missed South Africa and Singapore, which are definitely not European (Well...colonized by Europeans, but not European)

Use consistent audio levels. Please.

Interesting video! But kinda surprised and disappointed not seeing Philippines and India on the list tho. Both countries have a massive population of non-native English-speakers and also has English as their official languages: Philippines (Filipino & English) India (Hindi & English) Also, Filipinos are known for their ability to naturally code-switch as a part of their daily speech. Much like Singaporeans have Singlish (Singaporean + English), Filipinos have Taglish (Tagalog + English), Bislish (Bisaya + English), Davao Conyo (Bisaya + Tagalog + English) and much more combinations of Filipino Language + English. Kinda sad tho but I guess that's just a challenge for us to improve our English speaking skills. Not hating here Olly, just ranting 😅 Love your content as always 😁

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Yes… it’s the wrong conclusion to draw that other countries don’t have good English. It’s just that when you measure populations as a while you get certain statistical outcomes.

@snowdolphvov4193

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning slovenia?

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

This list is only the top 13 out of the entire world. Lots of other countries have great English. :)

@psychmaestro8528

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning Yes, I agree. I hope I don't come across as complaining too much about, I was just expressing my initial shock upon seeing the video. Cheers Olly!

@psychmaestro8528

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisanarramore222 Yup! I saw the EPI study and we actually did fairly well. Thanks for pointing that out! But I hope more Filipinos in the future can participate in it in order for us to have a better representation

I am not sure most of the countries on this have a better grasp of the English language better than Nigerians and Ghanaian, but I don't know the metrics that was used to arrive at the list

The completely different mic volumes between takes is REALLY distracting Olly!

I have many Bhutan Facebook friends who are English fluent.

I wonder why Switzerland isn't included (at least the German-speaking part). Based on my experience visiting Europe, they speak as good as Austrians and Germans

@DelfinaKS

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously Switzerland did not make it because of the French-speaking part who can't never speak one decent sentence in English!

@nutzungsbedingungen1980

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe in Zurich and Basel, but not in Western and Southern Switzerland

To the Norwegian girl. The Faroese language also has the "in-breath" speaking feature, so Norwegian isn't alone. ;P

My country Philippines is also speak english more than a half of our population.

What about countries that speak the best spanish?

my girlfriend is dutch and speaks english very very well

Comme d'habitude your video is interesting Olly. You are 100% correct about quantity, not quality. Music, shows podcasts, books. I like to walk through shops and name the fruit and vegetables etc. I also have an imaginary French interaction with shopkeepers while I am buying things! I think that English-speaking countries may be among the worst at having second languages. I have little stickers on things like my lawnmower has written on it. Je tonds la pelouse. BTW your sponsor's school is an amazing tool to learn the target languages.. As well as the things you mentioned I like hearing French accents from all over the world, how you can book a class at any time of the day or night and that Lingoda is a graded course of study with units of work (e.g. time, work etc.). There are great notes and follow-up activities. Je pense avoir fait plus de progrès en français au cours des dix semaines depuis que j'ai commencé Lingoda que durant toute l'année précédente. Merci pour les vidéos.

But Michael from Luxembourg said "if you would have children in Luxembourg" instead of "if you HAD children in Luxembourg", and so he clearly has never heard of the English subjunctive. The QUALITY of the English spoken in Europe is variable, as this example shows.

Where the hell is Sweden lol

Germany is Nr. 10 in the 2022 ranking. But one has also to keep for many countries certain circumstances in mind. Before the unification East Germany had not English but Russian as second language which means that West Germans today are better as the ranking says while older East Germans lower the position. Switzerland (rank 29) has a similar but still different effect: it is very likely that the German speaking part is much better as the position and the other languages parts (e.g. the French one) lowers the Ranking ...

That Dane really seems to be a Finn :)

I think the video should be about the European countries which speak English...I think in all the commonwealth countries mostly they have english as there first language and in Indo-Pakistan subcontinent there official language and the medium of education is more english then rest of the world even europe

I am glad that 🇭🇷 is in this list

After 5 minutes I just read the 13 in the description. Video doesn’t need to be that long… or clever ;)

Norway is not the only country speak on a in breath, in Ireland we do it a lot too!!

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to hear that :)

@Taggez1

2 жыл бұрын

And Swedish!

@mogges

Жыл бұрын

@@Taggez1 at least norrländska 😊

There's a good reason the Belgians speak English: it's a neutral language. The Walloons generally can't speak Dutch, the Flemish might be able to speak French but don't want to, so English is the compromise. I feel guilty lapsing into English there regardless!

I'm glad there was a country from the Balkan peninsula - congratulations to Croatia from Bulgaria. 😅👏🏻

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@chrisjohn7823

2 жыл бұрын

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@ariaibrahim1291

2 жыл бұрын

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@chrisjohn7823

2 жыл бұрын

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@ariaibrahim1291

2 жыл бұрын

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@steceymorgan814

2 жыл бұрын

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I wonder on what place is Czech Republic

Olly: "Beyond their borders Croatians have little use for their own language" The other three countries that speak the same language: "Are we a joke to you?"

As a Russian speaker I can say that Croatian accent is quite similar on Russian. So don't think that any Slavic accent is Russian.

I can't believe Sweden is just number 8. They are great English speakers

netherlands norway sweden denmark; iceland, germany austria , singapore , philippines , india

Philippine english accent is very neutral that is why it has become the most preferred call center site for American companies

@manfredneilmann4305

Жыл бұрын

Unlike call centers operating from India: their English accent, most of the time, gives me a hard time to understand them.

- aint chewing tobacco swedish thing.. (snus) -sorry, some Finns speak while inhailing

You forgot about the Philippines. It is now the call center capital of the world.

In Finland people are so good at English not because of a sauna or rock-music. It's because they study all subjects at schools in English, except their mother tongue and literature. And they watch TV which has all series, TV-shows, movies only in English

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously. But this was meant to be funny, not too serious. A video about everyone learning English at school would be boring. ;)

@lazybaby525

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisanarramore222 the video was made for inspiration, to inspire us to learn foreign languages. And he provides as an example Sweden, Finland, Portugal. But it's not because people from these countries are so aspiring and they are willing to learn foreign languages. It's because it's nessesary for them even if they don't want to have higher education. Because at least they should take exams, take tests for all subjects at school in English.