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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
The EPI said the problem is more difficult in countries where proficiency has been decreasing over time and “where education systems are teaching English less well than before.”
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
There has been a decrease in proficiency in Japan for nearly 10 years.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
Ikebe said he could believe the EPI results because of the way English is taught in Japan. “It makes nobody want to learn English more.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
It is not practical at all and really boring
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
However, working adults, people 26 years old and older, have been improving their English since 2015.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
The EPI said this might be because the value of a shared language is most recognized in the workplace.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
English creates possibilities for individuals and productivity for organizations.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
Men’s proficiency has improved by 14 points since 2015, while women’s has decreased by 19 points.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
The lack of women in international jobs could be one reason for the gender gap the EPI said.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
But the gender gap among those aged 18 to 25 might demonstrate “a problem engendered by educational systems themselves or a societal problem schools are failing to address,”
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
the report said. An exception was the Middle East.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
The average score for women in that area has increased by 44 points, placing them ahead of men there.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
average scores than in 2022. This could be a possible effect of the pandemic on learning, travel and in-person communication.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
The Czech Republic is one country whose score dropped in 2023. Sabina Wyrob is with the Czech office of EF Education First.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
She told the Czech News Agency online teaching during the pandemic affected children’s English skills.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
Schools and students are trying to catch up on what was missed, she told the news organization, but they are still not moving forward.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
These skills, the report said, remain beyond the reach of AI, or artificial intelligence.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
But Ikebe said in Japan: “now AI and translation are being developed well. So, they don’t need to learn English if they just do their homework.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
I think they don’t use it as a tool to communicate, just a subject to pass the entrance exam.” Jeannie Tse is a country manager at EF Hong Kong and Macau.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
She spoke to The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
Tse said that while AI has changed the way young people work and learn, the importance of schools, teachers, and face-to-face instruction remains.
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Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
"I do not believe that AI can completely replace language learning,” Tse said, “but educators can harness AI to enhance language learning methods.”
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