How Good Are Srilankans At English? | Street Interview

[@paulsam4063]

Like Japan,German,Russia we study in our srilankan language and we are proud of it.

[@Bamb188]

People in Sri Lanka and people in India speak English in two different accents.

[@teraaaa4505]

Because srilanks usually speak in sinhala and indians speak in hindi

[@Ajith-c2h]

It's actually to do with who taught them. Indians were taught by the Welsh

[@Hemalatha-od6jz]

I am from India.I speak Tamil but i speak English in way of Indians accent not only Hindi people speak way of Indians accent @teraaaa4505

[@rubo111]

I disagree. People from India have varying accents depending where they are from. Also in Sri Lanka itself, based on English proficiency the accent changes, that is there is a class system where English is used as frequently as the native tongue (when interacting with people within the same class). This is of course associated with wealth. Not sure, if India has evolved a similar system.

[@lewflwefkmkm]

The Second person you are speaking is a vascular surgeon 😊

[@PasanMahindapala]

The second guy has the perfect "Sri Lankan English" accent

[@danielcharles189]

The last girl has a soothing voice!

[@shamaleeshamalee1529]

english will remain as an international language for further few years. same thing happened to Latin and some such languages time to time.

[@-lokadeepa3876]

Indian English Accents is Spicy Curry Accent.😂😂😂 its unic and epic

[@KalylKennedy]

Colombo and 2nd is Kandy

[@ruwanfonseka]

This is a good example (Refer the link mentioned in this comment ) of the state of the country where a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament in the current government frets nervously sweating unable to comprehend what this reporter is asking him in English. Unfortunately this is an example that although English language is taught daily in the School Curriculum in schools in Sri Lanka every week, even such MPs don't take the trouble to learn English and make an attempt to be fluent at using English to communicate accordingly. The reporter realizes and asks the Minister in the government the same question in Sinhala and then he answers the question. Related Video "ඒයි.. ඉංග්‍රීසි බෑ.. සිංහලෙන් අහන්න..? රාජ්‍ය ඇමතිව අසරණ කරපු මාධ්‍යවේදිනිය" => kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4KupJSwbtx-mrs

[@stinnywee1945]

Nobody in these interviews could speak English except for one guy and yet some here claim Sri Lankans can speak English 🤦🏽‍♂️ The lack of English skills even amongst the educated populous is embarrassing. Watch the indian interviews by the same interviewers there is a stark difference in fluency.

[@ReactWithSammy]

Sri lankans can not speak fluent english. Coz we study in mother tongue. Almost 90% of the students study in mother tongue. But in india, their studying medium is english and they lack in mother tongue. I know many educated indians they cant even write and read their monther tongue. But every sri lankans are fluent in either sinhala/tamil. So for indians, this is not somethig to be proud about

[@hansaapiyumali399]

English is not our native language. I don’t see any reason why we should feel embarrassed... 🙆🏻‍♀️

[@stinnywee1945]

@@hansaapiyumali399 If this is the results of language skill after 13 years of English education like they say in the video it is indeed embarrassing

[@hansaapiyumali399]

@@stinnywee1945 If you’ve been to a Sri Lankan school, you’d know that the English lessons alone won’t make you a fluent English speaker. And if you’re Sri Lankan, you’d get that we don’t really use English every day. We mostly use Sinhala or Tamil. As long as we can say what we want, it’s good enough.. English isn’t some fancy IQ test. It’s just a language . But being good at it can help you out with lots of things. But dats a whole different story..

[@stinnywee1945]

@@hansaapiyumali399 You have a better grasp of the language than the people in this video but you dont want others to have the same fluency. It seems that you don't want others to capture the opportunities you can with language skills you have acquired. Spare me of the rancid patriotism and love for local languages. A country which fought a 30 year old for language still not ready to see where things went wrong.

[@ruwanfonseka]

In this video titled "Band 9.0 IELTS Practice Speaking Exam (mock test) - with feedback - Saskia (2) from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰" gives an example of how a Sri Lankan who goes by Saskia uses English to effectively communicate, which is lacking with those that speak to Balnur (who is interviewing these people in her video "How Good Are Srilankans At English? | Street Interview" on this @justbefreee KZbin channel) . "Band 9.0 IELTS Practice Speaking Exam (mock test) - with feedback - Saskia (2) from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰" is an example of how Sri Lankans can improve to be being fluent in English (Click link to check the video) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5C5hYSGabqDjac

[@OMGHommies]

Hey! Are you the vascular surgeon currently works in England ? 🤔

[@ruwanfonseka]

​@@OMGHommies I am not the vascular surgeon (Ruwan Fonseka at Consultant Vascular surgeon at Glan Clwyd hospital and Wrexham Maelor hospital, Kinmel Bay, Wales, United Kingdom) whom I think that you are referring to, but you are not the first who had mistaken him with me, while we both have the same name Ruwan Fonseka. 🙂

[@salmanismail4371]

Sri Lankan english is better than Indian English

[@ShadoMaster-jg8xf]

Yes

[@shaunratnayake5957]

Look guys, last two ladies given little bit of good interview. Rest of them weren’t success. If you want do it more successful way, speak to some people who finishing offices and also speak some students. Let me give some advice. I am Sri Lankan origin but brought up in England. Also I am secondary school teacher in England. Sri Lanka is Former British colony and Sri Lanka has same education system. England has GCSE OL and AL, Sri Lanka also has same curriculum. I am not Sri Lanka citizen but I love my country and follow much about education. As I know, 2002 start English medium again in national schools in St Lanka, but it’s optional, most of the school had both medium. In addition, since monitory, English is subject and it’s mandatory. Even AL, they are required to study English as mandatory subject and it’s equal to ILTS. There is no truth about people who lives in city, they can speak English. Even rural kids can speak perfect English. My parents from near Ella, and my relatives kids studying government schools in Badulla and they have perfect English. Please dont compare with Indian and Sri Lanka has perfect education but better accent. As last lady explained, it’s base on singhala native speaks. Sri Lankan always speaks with ‘R’ silent. Not Bud or Rrr 😂😂😂 I always watching you guys episode. I like your interviews with foreigners. God luck !!

[@thereislightattheendofever6393]

You are capping, mate. For someone who proclaims to have been brought up in England and to be a secondary school teacher, you have poor command of English. Get down from your high horse. You aren't any better.

[@thereislightattheendofever6393]

You are capping, mate. For someone who proclaims to have been brought up in England and to be a secondary school teacher, you have poor command of English. Get down from your high horse. You aren't any better

[@stinnywee1945]

Dude for someone claiming to have been brought up in England your English is terrible. Now I have doubts whether English is even taught or spoken in the UK if you're a product of England 🤣 Maybe that's why the Queen died 🤣

[@Darts-fr3sw]

For what speaking english inside the srilanka as locals..because we have to protect sinhala language from foriegn languages

[@lahiru-madushan]

Lol.only your personal idea

[@lahiru-madushan]

Lol.only your personal idea

[@SharonTheDexterGeorge]

That's your crazy idea.

[@nimashmalshanthennakoon3562]

Most are good at english

[@TheBasedDude]

Not fluent

[@chamikadhanindu]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@stinnywee1945]

If this is the level of English in proficiency in Sri lanka. Seriously nobody can speak English 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@kasunmahesh1862]

​@@TheBasedDude neither a Ph.D holder is perfect.

[@TheBasedDude]

@@kasunmahesh1862 PHD doesn't make you fluent in English unless the PHD has a relation to English Lit or something 🤣😅

[@ShadoMaster-jg8xf]

I like to talk with someone in english. Can i talk with you? i'm in sri lanka

[@ruwanfonseka]

Not sure if the person interviewed at 3:38 / 10:46 in your video is from Sri Lanka or is from India, and she seems to speak and sounds with an Indian English accent . Once in another video she states that there are some differences between Tamil language of India vs the Sri Lankan Tamil language, while she stated that she uses the Tamil language as it is spoken in India (and does not speak the Sri Lankan Tamil language). In the video she states at 3:36 / 10:46 that about 85% to 90% can speak in English, but unfortunately the reality is not that, and you will find it when trying to come up with a general conversation with everyone.

[@Uni125-n1g]

She is probably a srilankan tamil.Not indian

[@ruwanfonseka]

@@Uni125-n1g Just found this video from the same channel , and yes she is possibly Sri Lankan but may have been heavily influenced while learning other languages from India such as Tamil and Telugu, and that person states that she can speak 6 languages and Sinhala language is her mother tongue, and that may be why She mentioned in a video that she speaks Indian Tamil language (Dialect) and not the Sri Lankan Tamil language (Dialect), as she may have learnt Tamil from an Indian Tamil Education source and eventually got more closer to an Indian English accent. (Video) Sri Lanka, how many languages do you speak? 🇱🇰 => kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKDYc3eYfKmVrck

[@ReactWithSammy]

​@@ruwanfonsekashe learned indian tamil by watching tamil movies

[@Uni125-n1g]

@@ruwanfonseka but she is still a srilankan.accent doesnt change her nationality.

[@ruwanfonseka]

@@Uni125-n1g Yes an accent can change over time, but a nationality received at birth as a Sri Lankan Citizen remains, unless one denounces to become a Foreign Citizen and loses the Sri Lankan Citizenship without applying to become a Sri Lankan Dual Citizen. 🙂

[@chamikadhanindu]

It's so deplorable to notice that not a single person in the video can speak good English ! They can only mange to speak English . What's even more unfortunate is that none of them seems to have understood that they must do a lot more to get their English to the next level . 😢😢😢😢😢😢 It's time the immediate measures were taken to enhance the English education in Sri Lanka ! HOW SAD !!!

[@TheBasedDude]

They're not fluent, it's not their fault but they understand

[@Bamb188]

If you don't know your own language, you should be ashamed and sad. There is no need to be ashamed or sad if you cannot speak English, the main thing is to understand the language. Shame on you Hemakumara

[@lalithka1805]

English they spoke was good enough....you don't have to know Shakespearian stuff or Sajith style English. It's a problem if you don't know your mother tounge

[@stinnywee1945]

​​@@lalithka1805 Its not Shakespeare or Sajith to speak the language the way it is intended. This level of fluency is embarrassing. Shows how bad the education system in Sri Lanka is. Check the indian videos by the same channel. Sri Lanka has a long way to go.

[@ruwanfonseka]

This is a good example (Refer the link mentioned in this comment ) of the state of the country where a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament in the current government frets nervously sweating unable to comprehend what this reporter is asking him in English. Unfortunately this is an example that although English language is taught daily in the School Curriculum in schools in Sri Lanka every week, even such MPs don't take the trouble to learn English and make an attempt to be fluent at using English to communicate accordingly. Related Video "ඒයි.. ඉංග්‍රීසි බෑ.. සිංහලෙන් අහන්න..? රාජ්‍ය ඇමතිව අසරණ කරපු මාධ්‍යවේදිනිය" => kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4KupJSwbtx-mrs

[@KalylKennedy]

Why arent they articulated because they dont practice at home with their children or husband, if you think this language is important in various aspects u must practice at home then u wont find any difficult, any interviewer like u ask numerous question one should immediately understand reply accordingly. Through ur knowledge during this period u ve discovered and understand how one should jump over this hurdle as a british colonized country.

[@kasundewage167]

We do not speak English at home because we love our language. I only use english because I have to, specially when I have to work with people do not speak my language. I do not even like to hear anyone speak english with me when they can speak my native language.

[@shamaleeshamalee1529]

Though english is an international language these days , its not a very rich language . Comparing with most asian languages , english is a very poor language .

[@hansaapiyumali399]

@@kasundewage167 agree 👍🏼

[@lahiru-madushan]

​@@shamaleeshamalee1529??

[@BtwinUnW]

​@@shamaleeshamalee1529why do you think so that way?

[@thulararanawaka3692]

the second guy told lies