International scholars who are applying for J-1 Exchange Visitor visas must comply with the U.S. State Department requirements to demonstrate English language proficiency that is sufficient: (1) to ...

Vietnam has advanced to the “moderate proficiency” group in the English Proficiency Index (EPI) released by Education First (EF) on Wednesday, a notable improvement over its placement in the “low ...

EF English Proficiency Index ranks Argentina highest in Latin America for English skills. Language fluency now shapes ...

English is arguably the most important language in the world. It is among the top 3 most popular languages, a list which also includes Mandarin and Spanish. It is also the most common official or ...

ZURICH, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EF (Education First), a global provider of culturally immersive education, released the 2025 edition of its EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), the world's ...

Costa Rica ranked as the Central American country with the best English language skills, according to the English Proficiency Index 2022. In addition, the country ranks second in Latin America, just ...

Every year EF Education First, a Switzerland-based company that provides language learning services and assistance in countries around the world, prepares its English Proficiency Index (or EF EPI) ...

Ghana has been ranked as the sixth best English-speaking country in Africa and 36th globally in the 2025 Education First (EF) English Proficiency Index, reaffirming its position as one of the ...