Where do you speak the best English in Europe?
Whether you’re on a trip to Barcelona, skiing in Austria, or a café terrace in Greece, it’s always a good idea of learn a few essential phrases in the local language, if only to integrate a minimum with the premises. You can at least [learn the word beer](link_id:27211 ""Better" in all languages") and know how to pronounce it correctly. However, if you're too faining or are really bad with languages, despite a good English , you may have the chance to express yourself in Shakespeare’s language abroad. English is a universal language that everyone knows a minimum but in which country can you practice it? And how much?
Below you will find a very convenient map , compiled by Czech linguist Jakub Marian, who presents the most competent European countries in English, and in which you are likely to find a local with whom to speak English. Marian used the data collected in the 2012 Special Eurobarometer 386 report.
Source of the map
Of course, you will find English speakers in the UK and Ireland, although their accents can make the conversation incomprehensible. The countries of the North of Europe such as the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, where more than 80% of the population speak a perfect English, will be for you a perfect English. best destination if you want to speak English , the accent being much less strong. Austria also ranks very well. In these countries, don’t be afraid to engage in conversation in English, everyone is relatively well accustomed to answering you in a perfect English.
Marian indicates on her website that almost every citizen of Europe has already had a contact with English during his life . However, this does not mean in any case that you will be helped to find your way if you are lost at the end of Hungary (20% of the population masters English) or in a paumé Spanish village (25% in Spain).
Even happy that Hungarians are easy to learn!
With these statistics, one can clearly imagine what a Hungarian could say to a Portuguese for example... At the same time, are travellers not open to others so much that they speak English? It should also be taken into account that in the major European cities, the rate of practice of English is much higher than the rest of the country.
If this card and article have made you react, you should read these three articles: - Why is English essential to travel? - 7 methods not to follow to learn English - What my visa in Australia allowed me to do
Are you speaking English? What level? Do you have an anecdote of conversation abroad? Comment!
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