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Argentina: Argentine women are the most fluent English speakers in Latin America

2015/11/09

Although initial place went to Sweden, as it earned 70.94 points according to the English Proficient Index point system used, Argentina was well ahead of its neighbours with a 60.26 point score that is considered a high level.

Argentine women scored higher than their male counterparts, as they scored 59.66 in comparison to the men’s 57.66. Although Argentina continued to top the regional English proficiency ranking that has existed for the completed five years, it did not move up in the world rankings. Although Argentina continued to top the regional English proficiency ranking that has existed for the completed five years, it did not move up in the world rankings.

Argentines are the majority fluent English-speakers in Latin America according to the EF English Proficiency Index 2015 statement — a study that analyzes the National of Worldwide English Proficiency. Globally the country came in 15th place out of the 70 nations that participated in the study, which uses test data from 910,000 adults.

The Index shows Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay as following Argentina in the Latin America rating.

The EF statement highlighted that while Latin America has continued to improve its English fluency, the English ability of adults continues to be low compared with the rest of the world. Of the 14 Latin American nations included in the index all except one improved in comparison to last year.

Despite the low English levels, the study found encouragement in the government programs being implemented across the region to improve English fluency, a lot of of which have been created in the completed three years. It highlighted that a lot of Latin American politicians have promised to add additional English teaching programs, but that it was still too early to determine the impact of these promises.

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