If you look at the countries in Europe that are good at speaking English it's actually two big factors you see: - The consumption of English media you mentione

If you look at the countries in Europe that are good at speaking English it's actually two big factors you see: - The consumption of English media you mentioned - Other Germanic languages. Even though English has moved away quite far from the other Germanic languages, there's still quite some Germanic heritage in for instance in how to generally express yourself. The problems arise when things are actually different. Swedes for instance often have a problem pronouncing the /tʃ/ sound and pronounce chip like ship. But for speakers of Germanic languages the problems are fewer.