The best non-native English speaker countries

I read sometime ago Dutch was on the top with some Asian countries...Can some provide me the links or infos? Thanks.

I think most Scandinavian countries are meant to be pretty good

The best non-native English speaking countries would be those that were under British rule in the past and are a part of the commonwealth. India would be my first choice because the British rule in India left as its leagacy the English language long after India achieved Independence. I have heard that in India they still speak English as it was spoken in the old days and many schools there teach the English langauge as they would have in English schools of the past. There are so many Indians living and being educated in Britain, and many of them then go back to India on holidays or to live. Sri-Lanka is another commonwealth country where the past British rule has contributed to her people speaking the English language alongside their native tongue within their own country (that is, they speak english from a young age and all throughout their life without having been to any English speaking countries).

Scandinavia, they learn from a very young age and all the tv programs are subtitled in English, or so I've heard.

English is a dialect of old Norse. That is why Scandivavians are so good at English.

What about non-native English speaking countries that were (or still are) under American rule, namely the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands? English is the official language in all four countries, along with their respective native languages. Many Filipinos are hired to teach English in other Asian nations like Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and S. Korea.

I don't know....the Scandinavians are pretty damn good. They often have very little trace of an accent.

english is NOT a dialect of old norse ! it is a dialect of anglo-saxonne.

Some scands I met were pretty TERRIBLE.

But the scands as well as the germans haven´t a very strong accent, and learn English since very young ( today !). Perhaps that´s why they can be so good most of the time.
The italians are crappy speakers of english, and outside the completely different accented language, they don´t learn so much English as the Norse or Germans do. I know that, I work at Telecom Italia and the italians here sound like russians or whatever; but english...

I have always thought that the Greek language sounds like a cross between Castilian Spanish and Russian.

In Asia: India, Singapore, Malaysia. Their English are excellent!

Yes, I have been far more impressed by highly educated Dutch, Germans, and Belgians. Of the Scandinavians I have met, the best also tend to be highly educated anyway. But your everyday Scandinavian can be pretty skit [linguist joke, Clark might laugh].

Every person from India I've met has had really good English although it sounds more like British English than American. They must have a good education system there, at least in the schools where people have money. They have an accent but can speak English really quickly without having to think at all about what they are saying, which I think is more important than the accent itself.

Ryan

The way the person from India speak English are like the native speakers. A friend of mine, who is from India, says that he speak English since he was a child. He can speak English well and he can also speak his own language.

I still don't understand how they (Indians or Singaporeans) can speak English quickly without hesitation like the native speakers, and they can use all the prepositions and the articles without a single mistake!