China scores low in English test
April 1st, 2011 - 9:42 am ICT by IANSBeijing, April 1 (IANS) Chinese have “poor” English skills despite huge efforts by the government in language training, according to a study.
China was ranked 29th in the English Proficiency Index, behind other Asian countries like Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, the Shanghai Daily reported.
Test-oriented, memorised learning habits did not give Chinese students the real language skills, education experts said.
The report was based on a free online English test, where two million adults from 44 countries where English is not the native language took part.
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