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The Netherlands in Three Circles of English Model of Kachru
What is the best country in Europe to travel for somebody who can only speak English?
It is the Netherlands. I have visited seven countries in Europe and the best country where I feel
comfortable to speak in English with people was the Netherlands, except for the UK. That is
the reason why the Netherlands has to be moved to the outer circle from the expanding circle
in the three circles model of world Englishes suggested by Braj Kachru, an prominent Indian
linguist. There are three reasons which support this suggestion: the highest English proficiency
of people in the Netherlands, its history and circumstances becoming more globalized.
Everyone who has interest in world Englishes may have studied the three circles model
of Kachru. Because his model has been evaluated as the most acceptable among many other
models developed by other linguists. The reason is Kachru classified countries with their
colonial history and internal purposes of using English into three circles, compared to other
