One consequence is an emphasis on using the Indonesian language, which puts Indonesian graduates, like Thais, at a disadvantage to Indians, Filipinos, Malaysians and Singaporeans who speak better English.
Moreover, the strength of the other British nations better enables English players to carry a genuine threat down under when the Lions tour.
The problem is that many Swiss parents, not to mention businessmen who want to talk to colleagues abroad, would like more Swiss children to go out into the world with a better command of English.
They will say that between January and June 2012 it was decided that too many students were going to get a C grade or better in GCSE English, so a decision was taken to push up grade boundaries for the exams marked in June to bring down the numbers of good grades for the year as a whole.
Most Americans have more attractive options, in part because their English is better.
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His English is better than that of most of his compatriots, so he has become valued by Signal's foremen as a translator.
He was not hired exclusively to tackle the Zimbabwe issue, more to sell English cricket better than it had been sold in the past.
These elite performers actually do better than many native English speakers.
The Welsh government argued that Welsh councils are better funded than their English counterparts and that Welsh taxpayers pay less council tax than those in England.
Nevertheless, Scottish meat processors have built a strong UK market, achieving better prices than their English competitors, based on a reputation for quality and comparatively low incidence of BSE.
"I don't think there is any other composer who set the English language better to music, " says tenor Nicholas Phan, who has recorded two albums of Britten, and will perform in the "War Requiem" next November with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony.
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Some judges have also looked to Constitutional antecedents like English jurist William Blackstone to help better understand the context and thinking of the Founders and their foundations in English common law.
And I have to say that your English is much better than my Portuguese.
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Christine Russell of Boston University reviewed 300 studies and found that 78 percent of them concluded that bilingual education was no better or actually worse for English learners than doing nothing!
Mr Ackroyd might have done better if, with an English love of the miniature and the biographical, he had traced the nature of the English imagination through this one particular life.
They will also consider other sources of income for the eisteddfod, sharing resources with the Urdd youth organisation, increasing visitor numbers, including among non-Welsh speaking families, and better assistance to new and English speaking visitors.
They will also consider other sources of income for the eisteddfod, sharing resources with the Urdd youth organisation, increasing visitor numbers - including non-Welsh speaking families - and better assistance to new and English-speaking visitors.
And let me say -- Sawatdee khrap. (Laughter.) I will say that the Prime Minister's English is much better than my Thai. (Laughter.) But I want to say thank you so much, Madam Prime Minister, for your very warm welcome, your generous words, and the sense of partnership that you bring to our work today.
Credo finds that students in poverty and English language learners fare better in charters.
"So it's been an unusual season, hopefully a one-off and that English teams do much better next year, " he added.
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Since Aryeh's English was only slightly better than my Hebrew, I never learned much about the technical aspects of windsurfing.
But in December 2011 the High Court upheld the requirement that a foreign spouse learn basic English before joining his better half.
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You can hire local specialists who may cost a little more but bring better knowledge, reliability and the English language to your project.
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The percentage of 14 year olds achieving the expected level was almost in line with statistical neighbours and was better than the national average for English, mathematics and science.
He is better produced as something exotic, English.
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Ofsted also said that the money the government makes available for summer schools to help disadvantaged children bridge the gap between primary and secondary education could be better spent on extra maths and English classes once they start secondary school.
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Poor pupils, those in urban environments and English-language learners fare better in charters (see article).
The first is that English clubs have done a better job of marketing themselves and securing good broadcast deals than rivals elsewhere.
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