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    1. Majestic-Lunch-338 on

      I barely can believe we rank so low. Is it because of the French and Italian speakers in CH?

    2. fryxharry on

      Maybe unpopular opinion but I’d guess it’s because of the romands. Look how France is faring in the ranking.

      Also in many countries english is the first foreign language you learn in school, in switzerland it’s usually one of the other national languages, so you spend much less time in school learning english.

    3. swagpresident1337 on

      Because of the big french & italian part.
      The german speakers have an easier time.

    4. TailleventCH on

      Considering the source, I wonder how it’s done. If it’s an internal EF data, it may only be about people buying their courses, which is not exactly a representative panel.

    5. MantisPymp on

      I think there is no immediate need for many swiss people to learn English if they speak French and German, as there are good job opportunities in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and France. Also the boomers who didn’t grew up with the internet and never learned English in school.

    6. siriusserious on

      France and Italy rank even lower, so I assume the ~30% of the country that is French or Italian speaking is drawing down the average.

    7. beeftony on

      Maybe because we also learn high german and french in school next to english.

    8. CrowLess9682 on

      Pure coincidence statistics. Germany and Zcech in front of switzerland. lol

    9. Astroduce on

      Because of the French speaking part. French is a Latin language and English a Germanic one. It’s easier for German speaking people to learn English. I also think it’s pretty recent that we learn English in school

    10. many of the nations higher up than Switzerland begin studying English in first grade as a second language.

      In Switzerland they start in 8th grade, and it is the 4th language

    11. Astraya_44 on

      You should travel more in switzerland if you don’t understand why !

      Also swiss reddit are full of expat.

    12. sw1ss_dude on

      I call BS, being Hungarian I 100% confirm they are rather close to the other end of that snake. Also Portugal that high on the list? No way

    13. Astraya_44 on

      Personally, I get the impression that it’s coming from the countryside, especially in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, which is densely populated, but they don’t give a damn about English in their villages.

    14. anomander_galt on

      Have you tried to speak in English in any shop in Geneva?

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