
In Brazil, there are around 70 companies that exclusively teach other languages with a network of more than 6000 affiliates. If you are really serious about learning English properly you have to attend a private English tutoring institute like The English Language Centre … and pay exuberant fees. Unfortunately, neither Public- nor Private Schools are able to educate students in speaking, reading, listening and writing English adequately. Because of this, Brazil has one of the largest numbers of non-native English students in the world. During this period, Brazilian students learn English and Spanish in Public and Private Schools.

34.7 million in Elementary School and 9.1 million in High School. I found this out after living as an ex-pat for many years.ġ) In Brazil, (almost) everybody studies English but nobody speaks it.Ī survey done in 2011 by Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP) - Anísio Teixeira Research and Studies for Education Institute - showed there were 57 million students attending the Primary and Secondary educational system in Brazil.

Some Brazilians actually realised this whereas others were still in the dark. What happened to all those many years of English study? This has been the reason many Brazilians have lost golden opportunities around the world. But you arrived in the United States and couldn’t communicate effectively.

How long do you study English in Brazil? Have you ever had the interest to study other languages like Spanish, French or Italian? Maybe you thought about Mandarin, after all, we are experiencing a Chinese invasion.
