Do you agree with proposals to give a language test to people applying for citizenship? |
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Votes: 331
Comments: 17
Added: September 2003
| Red5 - 9th September 2003 11:41 |
| This poll is related to the following weblog entry... http://www.usingenglish.com/weblog/a rchives/000038.html |
| Sampson - 11th September 2003 01:19 |
| Total immersion is the best way to learn a language. Make information available upon applying such as cd's or cassette tapes and volunteer tutoring. I wouldn't want to be tested myself and for pete's sake don't teach anything but English in public schools. |
| willbut - 13th September 2003 17:10 |
| I agree with Sampson. I don't think dumping kids in classes with little or no English as they so often do in the UK is a good idea. |
| willbut - 13th September 2003 17:10 |
| I agree with Sampson. I don't think dumping kids in classes with little or no English as they so often do in the UK is a good idea. |
| blogal villager - 22nd September 2003 20:09 |
| The addition of Welsh and Gaelic (is that Scots Gaelic, by the way) is interesting to the transatlantic observer. Not that Nigerian immigrants will go out of their way to memorize the Mabinogion, of course. But it seems a bit like the U.S. making Native American languages semi-official. |
| belaja - 5th November 2003 23:03 |
| Total immersion is NOT the best way to learn a second language--especially for young children. And if you were familiar with the EXTENSIVE research on the topic, you'd know that. The problem is that the facts are counterintuitive and the situation much more complex than people realize. I know--I have taught ESL (for 7 years) in a bilingual setting and an immersion setting. Bilingual wins hands down. |
| italianbro - 6th November 2003 16:45 |
| Whoever has applied to be naturalised in a specific country must be thinking to live in it, hence I would have thought that is a fare deal: you’ll get the passport, yet before getting it you prove me some level of English. Now the problem consist on how to teach a language, which in some of these applicants is of little or no interest at all. |
| Willbut - 6th November 2003 23:38 |
| The passport method is the legal equivalent of brute force. It might well guarantee a minimum level, which can't be altogether bad. |
| italianbrother - 26th December 2003 02:45 |
| Yes but sometime one does not know a single word of the county's language. |
| willbut - 20th January 2004 01:16 |
| One should. |
| an odd person - 19th May 2005 16:05 |
| They don't exactly have to know english to be American |
| S-At - 23rd April 2006 15:10 |
| Belaja, How would bilingual work in a classroom with twenty languages? |
| pp - 28th October 2006 06:08 |
| myself,i live in the U.K if i were to live in another country i would learn their laungage and customs |
| Doaa Yehya - 26th November 2007 11:22 |
| absolutely i do agree, it is hih advantage you will feel its importancy later |
| Elisa - 3rd January 2008 13:38 |
| I completely agree that learning the country's language is a most important step to integration. I have lived in three other countries besides my birth country and have learned all languages. Learning the language not only allows you to communicate, but also opens doors to understanding the culture as well. |
| Fergie - 11th March 2008 18:32 |
| I think they should test language because you have to speak tha language your future nation speaks. |
| Statuess - 2nd November 2009 09:39 |
| Yes, to be a citizen, you should be able to function as a citizen. Note that people should still be allowed to visit the country beforehand and learn the language by immersion if they desire (plus, you'd have to visit to know you wanted to become a citizen!). Unless they're actually going to be useful to the country, though, they shouldn't automatically have the right to stay permanently. |
