UKers know anything about this new language test?
UKers know anything about this new language test?
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 7,10507795^421,00.html
Given that someone with a degree in English who's lived in Britain for 44 years has failed the test, I'm thinking it's more of some asinine testing of pronunciation and dialect rather than fluency in the language.
Given that someone with a degree in English who's lived in Britain for 44 years has failed the test, I'm thinking it's more of some asinine testing of pronunciation and dialect rather than fluency in the language.
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The link broke because of the carat or something. Hopefully this will work...
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 21,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 21,00.html
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I have found no references to this test on the BBC or Reuters websites. However, I found the following information sheet at the Home Office website:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en ... on_as.html
It makes reference to the legal requirement that Your knowledge of the language must be sufficient for you to fulfil your duties as a citizen, and to mix with people with whom you live and work. If because of a disability you cannot speak the language, it will be sufficient if you can communicate, for example, by writing or using British sign language. If you are aged 65 or over or suffer from physical or mental disability, you may not have to meet this requirement.
That then links through to the following information on who decides on whether somebody has the sufficient knowledge of the language:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en ... ement.html
Taking this evidence at face value, the story from the Australian mystifies me. In an INXS stylee.
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en ... on_as.html
It makes reference to the legal requirement that Your knowledge of the language must be sufficient for you to fulfil your duties as a citizen, and to mix with people with whom you live and work. If because of a disability you cannot speak the language, it will be sufficient if you can communicate, for example, by writing or using British sign language. If you are aged 65 or over or suffer from physical or mental disability, you may not have to meet this requirement.
That then links through to the following information on who decides on whether somebody has the sufficient knowledge of the language:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en ... ement.html
Taking this evidence at face value, the story from the Australian mystifies me. In an INXS stylee.
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