Japan ranks 92nd in English proficiency, lowest ever: survey - The Mainichi
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TOKYO -- Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the native language,

Summary

Japan’s English proficiency ranking dropped to 92nd out of 116 countries, the lowest ever recorded.

The decline is attributed to stagnant English proficiency among young people, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Netherlands ranked first, followed by European countries, while the Philippines and Malaysia ranked 22nd and 26th, respectively.

  • leftzero@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    3·
    17 hours ago

    also ん can he pronounced in way too many ways

    If English speakers¹ can deal with oo being pronounced at least six different ways (moon, book, door, blood, cooperation, brooch) they should be able to deal with this…

    1— Disclaimer: as a non native speaker, I not only can’t deal with it, but at this point have absolutely no intention to.