覆盖面较广的调查得出了相同的结论。对63个国家75万名成年人的测试成绩进行分析得出的英孚英语熟练度指标(EF English Proficiency Index)显示,香港的英语熟练程度远远落后于马来西亚和新加坡。调查发现,韩国、日本、印尼和台湾的英语水平都好于香港。
For the first time ever, the survey said, Shanghai had overtaken Hong Kong in Englishproficiency.
该调查表明,上海的英语熟练程度有史以来第一次超过了香港。
Answering a question in the Legislative Council in December on how this had happened, EddieNg, Hong Kong’s education secretary, said the EF index was based on the responses of self-selected online participants and that more objective tests, both internal and external,showed that Hong Kong’s English was either steady or slightly improving.
去年12月在香港立法会回答为何会出现这个局面时,香港教育局局长吴克俭(Eddie Ng)表示,英孚指标是基于自行选择的在线参与者的应答,而更客观的测试,无论是本地的还是国际测试,都显示香港人英语水平保持平稳或有轻微进步。
It is true that the EF index is not a scientific survey. And worries about declining Englishstandards in Hong Kong are not new.
没错,英孚指标并非科学调查的结果。而对香港人英语水平下降的担忧也不是新鲜事儿。
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