ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDEX
People often talk about English as a lingua franca. More than 350 million people around the world speak English as their rst language and over 900 million speak it as a second language. Education First (EF) is an international education company in the USA. It produced English Prociency Index (EPI) in 2011. It ranks how well non-native English speakers can speak the language in their countries. In the most recent edition of the EF index for the Asian region, Singapore ranks 1st – its EPI score is 611. Second is the Philippines with an EPI score of 562. Việt Nam ranks 13th with an EPI score of 473. In Việt Nam, the development of most aspects requires better English. More people are interested in learning English. Hopefully, the EPI in Việt Nam will be higher in the years to come.