Why some countries are better in the learn of english

Hi all,


I found a really interesting site which explains why the french or the other latin countries are bad in english.

Do your conclusions yourself after reading the tables


ENGLISH KNOWLEDGE
Pays anglais
Royaume-Uni 100
Irlande 100
Suède 73
Pays-Bas 72
Danemark 61
Norvège 58
Finlande 48
Allemagne 44
Luxembourg 44
Autriche 42
Suisse 40
Belgique 34
France 31
Grèce 28
Italie 16
Espagne 12
Portugal 12


GERMAN KNOWLEDGE
Pays allemand
Allemagne 100
Autriche 100
Luxembourg 89
Suisse 88
Pays-Bas 67
Danemark 45
Suède 35
Belgique 19
Norvège 17
Finlande 14
Royaume-Uni 9
France 9
Grèce 5
Italie 4
Portugal 3
Irlande 2
Espagne 1



FRENCH KNOWLEDGE
Pays français
France 97
Luxembourg 89
Belgique 71
Suisse 63
Pays-Bas 31
Royaume-Uni 21
Allemagne 16
Italie 16
Espagne 10
Danemark 9
Suède 9
Irlande 9
Grèce 8
Portugal 8
Autriche 5
Finlande 5
Norvège 2

As you can notice, latin countries have more difficulties, because their languages are far away from english instead or Germans, seweden, danish...

sorry,

Pays-Bas = Netherlands

The French and Germans and other people always complain about the Brits not learning other languages, but according to those lists the same percantage of Brits understand German as the French, and a higher percentage of Brits understand French than both the Germans and Italians.

Understanding is very different from speaking...

And eh , hehehehe...it seems The Netherlands are always in the top 5 ...

Because...

Es stimmt das wir gut in Sprachen sind.
C'est vrai nous sommes bien de langue etranger.
It's true we are good at languages.

nico,

As seen in your data,German is a 100 % in Germany, and English is 100% in the UK,but why does France have 97%?

=>Allemagne 100

Royaume-Uni 100

France 97 <=

but why does France have 97% for French?

SANDER: The reasons the Dutch people are good at speaking foreign Languages are:

1 Their country is physically small
2 They are close to countries with widely spoken Languages
3 The Dutch Language is of no practical use outside
the Netherlands where nobody understands or speaks it.

You can't argue against those facts. With respect.

Sure I can!

=>The Dutch Language is of no practical use outside
the Netherlands where nobody understands or speaks it.<=

This sentance tells me that Dutch is spoken outside the Netherlands but in the Netherlands nobody understands or speak it? ;)

Sander "c'est vrai nous sommes bien de langue etranger" You should have written "c'est vrai nous sommes bien EN langueS etrangerES"

But you knew what I was trying to say, right Jerome?

or you could say : "c'est vrai, nous sommes BON en langues étrangères."
me I knew what your were trying to say Sander !!

I don't know why 97% of french people can speak french...maybe the others 3% are from the "dom-tom" ( french islands...)

sorry if I made mistakes. :)

Alright...a slight rewording so that Mr SANDER gets the true meaning of what I said (but he knew what I meant anyway).

Outside the Netherlands practically nobody speaks or understands Dutch! Maybe in some of the former Dutch colonies, yes...but elsewhere....nope!

I admit my sentence was badly set out.

Well DAMIAN its good that you admitted your own fault,and you know that if you ever have any questions about the English language you can always ask me.I don't care how many times I have to explain it to you,Im here to help you.

"C'est vrai nous sommes bien de langue etranger. "
"This sentance tells me..."

...that Sander is not good "de langue etranger."