Indians better at English than Britons, say teachers

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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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