Saturday, June 24, 2006

Language games / Propsect Magazine, July 2006

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7537
Bernard Crick
"The government talks about integration but is denying migrants free English lessons. In an overloaded institution like the home office, good initiatives sometimes get forgotten. An advisory group produced a report three years ago entitled "The New and the Old," which recommended new regulations for naturalisation and citizenship. Almost all were accepted and implemented—including citizenship ceremonies and language tests. The one recommendation not accepted was on the funding of language lessons." [Sub Required]