Bad survey

Most of the time, the silly governments in the world would use the so called strong data and survey from the press and company to fulfill their wishes.



This is one of the example, but alas, these governments or other organisations which are promoting the use of imperialist language are thrilled to tell the world, the English is widely spoken. Yes, it is the bad English widely spoken and will make English into Panglish.

Read it for yourself.

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I would humbly wish to question the genuineness of the statistics appended herewith.Many countries , who are part of British Commonwealth and still prefer English most are not included.On the other hand position of China,Russia,Japan,France,Germany,Saudi Arabia is very much confusing.i would request the author/writer to furnish the sources or basis.
With Thanks


I am just curious, may I know if the countries involved were pre-selected as study sites or those were just on the upper list of the survey results? I am from the Philippines and though the English Language is our primary medium of instruction in our schools and english words are typically included in everyday casual conversation, it would be nice also to see how we rate vis a vis other countries. Thanks

It is no secret that the common language of today's world is badly spoken English; and that this use of English is a great asset for diplomats from English-speaking countries. That is why UN resolutions are so tedious and so ambivalent.

This testing fails to register the social relevance of language. In India, but no country in continental Europe except perhaps Scandinavia, English is the language you can use all over the place.

In the Caribbean and possibly some other parts of the world where the British have reigned, you can even find two parallell English languages: the Queen's English and the local dialect. Educated persons use either, according to social context.


http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills