Philippines: World's best country in Business English

GlobalEnglish Business English Index Reveals Skills Shortage and Unequal Odds for International Business Success in 2012

Countries including Brazil, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Turkey are at a disadvantage
 Nearly four out of ten workers can’t understand the basic information shared on global conference calls, read or write emails in English, or deal with complexity and rapid change

Brisbane, CA, U.S.A. – April 3, 2012
— GlobalEnglish Corporation (www.GlobalEnglish.com), the leading provider of cloud-based, on-demand software to advance Enterprise Fluency™ for global organizations, today announced the results of its annual Business English Index (BEI), the only index that measures Business English proficiency in the workplace. The 2012 BEI shows that a lack of Business English proficiency is threatening the productivity of companies, industries and country-specific economies this read more



Struggling, Fast-Growth and BRIC Economies at a Disadvantage 
Only the Philippines attained a score above 7.0, a BEI level within range of a high proficiency that indicates an ability to take an active role in business discussions and perform relatively complex tasks. This is particularly interesting because the Philippines, a country with one-tenth of the population of India, recently overtook India as a hub for call centers.4 Joining the Philippines in the top five were Norway (6.54), Estonia (6.45), Serbia (6.38) and Slovenia (6.19).

It is not surprising that both the Philippines and Norway—the only two countries in the top five in both 2011 and 2012—are improving their economies, based on the latest GDP data from the World Bank. The increased Business English capability for global workers from these two countries is an indicator of continued economic growth and business success.

Both struggling economic powers (Japan, Italy and Mexico) and fast-growth emerging markets (Brazil, Columbia and Chile) scored below a 4.0 in Business English proficiency, placing them at a disadvantage when competing in a global marketplace. Three out of four BRIC countries did not attain a spot in the top-ranking 25 countries, including Brazil (2.95), Russia (3.60) and China (4.44). India earned a BEI score of 5.57, placing it within the top 10 countries.

Shifts in global talent have put even English-speaking countries at risk. Surprisingly the BEI score for global workers in the U.S. declined from 6.9 to 5.09 since the original 2011 BEI benchmark, which is attributed to a majority of test takers being foreign-born engineers and scientists. One in five global workers employed in the U.S. across the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields are foreign-born, according to a U.S. Department of Commerce Report published in 2012. read more

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Update: July 2014
Taken 2 weeks before the opening of the much awaited Worlds largest Arena.
Photo below courtesy of Skyline Philippines.

Philippine Arena - Bulacan, PH

Inside the Philippine Arena

MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, Philippines
— The construction for the world’s biggest dome-arena was recently inaugurated at Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue town.


Named the Philippine Arena, the dome is a centerpiece project of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), which is expected to be completed within 30 months in time for the INC’s centennial celebration in 2014.

It has a seating capacity for 50,000 to 55,000, a floor area of 74,000 square meters and its domed roof is nearly 36,000 square meters which make it the largest dome arena in the world.

The project, which is now starting its civil works, will be conducted in design-build process with an estimated construction value of US$ 212 million or a whopping P9 billion.

Staple Center 

Los Angeles, California, USA.

It is twice bigger than Staple Center in Los Angeles, California with 21,000 sitting capacity and beating O2 Arena in London with 30,000 seaters,” said Andrew James, structural design consultant from Populous.

O2 Arena 

London, UK.

Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium 

Seoul, South Korea.

“The Philippine Arena is three times bigger than the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium, Korea’s largest indoor arena,” Kim Hyun-chung, CEO of Hanwha Engineering & read more 

Photo courtesy of  their Photographer.


Published in Manila Bulletin News online on September 21, 2011.


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