ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDEX 2014 (MALAYSIA)

I refer to the numerous comments that have been circulating in the social media on the standard of our English which has been taken out of context.

I was specifically referring to the EF English Proficiency Index for Companies (EF EPI-c) which is an evaluation of global workforce English skills.

The EF English Proficiency Index for Companies (EF EPI-c) is an evaluation of global workforce English skills. This is the second edition of the study, following an earlier report in 2012. It measures English proficiency levels in 22 industries and 63 countries, in companies with an annual turnover ranging from under $1 million to over $100 billion.

The report aims, first, to set national and international benchmarks for workforce English, against which individuals and companies can evaluate their communicative competitiveness; and second, to assess why companies in some countries and sectors perform better than others, and to highlight examples of best practice.

In their latest rankings for English Proficiency, Malaysia was ranked higher than Singapore under the High Proficiency category.

Please refer to this link for details of the rankings -> www.ef.edu/epi