台灣就英語能力而論落後於其他亞洲國家。
根據美國教育測驗服務社（ETS）公佈的數據，台灣的英語能力遠落後於其他亞洲國家。以最常用來檢驗英語能力的多益測驗來說，台灣的去年平均分數為539分──聽力295分、閱讀244分。這不僅是過去四年來最低的一次，也比中國平均分數的747分、菲律賓平均分數的678分和南韓的628分低。
根據ETS台灣總經理王星威所說，台灣和中國之間分數的鴻溝可歸因於中國多數跨國企業都使用多益作為評估依據。因此，中國許多應試者都是來自頂尖大學，所以分數較高。
另外，高中學生整體表現比大學生好；而高等教育的分析顯示了大學生一般而言分數高於技職學校的學生。
(Education) Taiwan Falls Behind in English Competency
The country is trailing its Asian counterparts in terms of English proficiency.
Based on data released by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Taiwan is lagging further behind other Asian countries in English proficiency. For TOEIC, which is one of the most commonly used tests to assess English proficiency, Taiwans average score last year was 539 V 295 for the listening section and 244 for the reading part. This was not only the lowest in the past four years, but also lower than the average score of 747 for China, 678 for the Philippines and 628 for South Korea.
According to ETS Taiwan general manager Wang Hsing-wei, the wide gap in scores between Taiwan and China can be attributed to the fact that the test is used by most international companies in China for assessment. Consequently, many of those who take the test in China are from high-ranked universities, thus resulting in higher scores.
On another note, high-school students generally performed better than college and university students, and breakdown for post-secondary education showed that university students, by and large, achieved higher scores than technical and vocational college students.
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