Indians better at English than Britons, say teachers

[Francis Hult]

The Times of India

 

Indians better at English than Britons, say teachers

 

Students from India and other former colonies have better English language skills compared to their local British counterparts, academics feel. 

Many undergraduates in British universities have such low competence with spelling, punctuation and grammar that despairing lecturers often spend time teaching the basics of English to the English. Lecturers say that international students from India and other former colonies often have higher standards of basic English than their British colleagues in the same classroom.

 

Full story:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/Indians_better_at_English_than_Britons_say_teachers/articleshow/3339388.cms

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