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Article: Failing the test.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2005
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HOW COULD the Government have got it so wrong? The new Citizenship Test does nothing to assist immigrants.
Few people arriving in the UK spend time in court, in church or with the Queen, so why ask detailed questions about such things? Highly intelligent people come here, smartly dressed and speaking impeccable English and yet continue to live isolated from wider society because they have no insight into how they can mix socially or in the workplace.
The cultural awareness training I provide to Asians new to the UK was inspired by my experience teaching my husband from a remote Kashmir village about this country. My students learn about Halloween, Bonfire ...