Originally posted by ly1
> I think there is a racist touch to Andrews comment on Indians not
> being able to score in IELTS. Some kind of colonial hangover i think
> Mr. Miller.
>
> I studied in English all thru and never scored top grades in English
> in India yet I scored band 9 on both Speaking and Writing.I think
> IELTS is not exactly a great exam to measure English skills.You got to
> remember statistics show that Indians have always scored better in
> exams Like TOEFL/GRE/GMAT/IELTS. Indians are the also the largest
> community to pass microsoft exams outside the US.Thats why even the
> Americans aren't ignoring the Indians.They realise the huge potential
> of that community. India is the only third world country with the
> highest turnover in Software and IT exports,most of which are in
> English. 25 % of developers in Microsoft (The office suite you use
> widely) are Indians for you information.
>
> If you thought Indians couldn't speak english you would be
> surprised to know that most companies in US and UK are outsourcing
> the call centre jobs to Indians in India,so next time you think you
> called a service company in your country you may actually be
> speaking to an Indian.
>
> Obviously if you couldn't bear the success of a third world nation
> like India you end up criticizing them.
Ly1,
I agree with your observations entirely . Mr. Miller's comment is
clearly an erroneous generalization and unfortunately, has the added
racist tinge .
rosina
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