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AFTER CANCELING IFR WITH RSW APCH CTL; I CONTACTED APF TWR AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH FOR RWY 31. AS I BEGAN TO TURN FINAL (ABOUT 3 MI) FOR RWY 31; AND THEN ACFT CALLED APF TWR AND STATED IN 'VERY BROKEN ENGLISH' THAT HIS ENG WAS NOT DEVELOPING PWR AND HE WAS RETURNING TO LAND IMMEDIATELY. APF TWR ADVISED HIM THAT ANY RWY WAS AVAILABLE; WINDS FAVORED RWY 31 AND TO RPT 1 MI N OF THE FIELD. WHILE THIS CONVERSATION WAS GOING ON; I BEGAN A L TURN TO BREAK AWAY FROM RWY 4 FINAL APCH. AS I WAS TURNING; APF TWR TOLD ME TO BREAK OFF THE VISUAL APCH AND HE SAID TO ROLL WINGS LEVEL AND HE THOUGHT THE TFC WAS AT MY 3:00 O'CLOCK POS. AS I LOOKED R THERE WAS NO TFC; AND; AS I BEGAN MY L TURN; I SPOTTED THE TFC WITH ENG PROB AT MY 11-11:30 O'CLOCK AT ABOUT 100-200 FT HORIZLY AND 50 FT VERT. I MADE AN IMMEDIATE CLBING R TURN TO MISS THE ACFT. IT WAS MY BELIEF THAT THE OTHER PLT NEVER SAW OUR ACFT. BASED UPON COMMENTS BY THE TWR; IT APPEARED THAT HE SAW THE NEAR MISS OCCUR AND HE INSTRUCTED THE OTHER PLT TO CALL THE TWR UPON LNDG. 1) I FIND MYSELF GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS AND PLTS; STUDENTS ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA WHO HAVE VERY POOR ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS. IN MY OPINION BASED UPON THE PLT'S DISCUSSION TO THE TWR; THE TWR THOUGHT THE PLT DEPARTED TO THE N. 2) WITH THE HVY AMOUNT OF CORPORATE AND COMMUTER TFC IN AND OUT OF APF; I FIND IT RIDICULOUS THAT APF DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN APCH CTL FACILITY NOR THEIR OWN RADAR COVERAGE. THIS IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY RSW FACILITY. I BELIEVE IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A MIDAIR OCCURS AT APF.