English: Who speaks English? | The Economist - 3 views
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This was not a statistically controlled study: the subjects took a free test online and of their own accord.
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But Philip Hult, the boss of EF, says that his sample shows results similar to a more scientifically controlled but smaller study by the British Council.
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Several factors correlate with English ability. Wealthy countries do better overall. But smaller wealthy countries do better still: the larger the number of speakers of a country’s main language, the worse that country tends to be at English.
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