A leading newspaper, Chosun Ilbo reported that Korea ranked seventh in Asia with 81 points after Singapore (98), the Philippines (88), Pakistan (88), Malaysia (88), Bangladesh (83) and Bhutan (82). It had the same average score as Hong Kong and did better than North Korea (78), Indonesia (78), China (77) and Japan (70).

Educational Testing Service, the company that administers the test, warns against generalizing from the average national scores as they can be deceptive.the privately administered English proficiency test is still widely used to evaluate applicants for American universities. It has four parts worth 30 points each.

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