Government-driven EFL training: Is Mongolia left behind? | Ubpost News: "Mongolia is an example of an EFL, or English as a Foreign Language, country. The first and official language here is Mongolian, and English is just one of the foreign languages that Mongolians speak aside from Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. In comparison, there are also ESL, or English as a Second Language, countries. The United Arab Emirates is an example where Arabic is the official language, yet most, if not all, of its citizens and residents speak English.
Another EFL country is Tunisia where the government has implemented a national training initiative that targets its jobless youth for enhanced skills training. There was a time when unemployment was chronic in Tunisia, reportedly at around 30 percent, and many experts believe that this was one of the major reasons that contributed to the recent revolution there."
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