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Prime Minister of Australia: 'The key to integration is obviously, English'
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JOURNALIST: Why should migrants have to pass the basic English test to be Australian citizens?
PRIME MINISTER: I didn’t hear all of your question, but it is plainly in everybody’s interest that everyone ideally should have English language skills. So, we have the most successful multicultural society in the world. It is based on integration and the key to integration is obviously, English. That’s the national language, that’s how you can engage in the economy, in society and education. So, it’s in everyone’s interest to do that and we understand that there have been some concerns raised about the level of the English test and we’re looking at that, to make it more like a sort of conversational English at a sort of primary school level, being the initial goal. I think that’s reasonable. Alan Tudge is working carefully with a lot of the migrant communities. But everyone should recognize that we all have a vested interest in being able to converse and engage in our national language. So we don’t make, there is no need for any apologies for saying this. It’s perfectly obvious. If this is an English speaking country, then we want everyone to be able to achieve their best in our great nation and they can do that by being able to speak with each other and indeed listen to the very wise political commentary from our Australian media.
Source: Prime Minister-Turnbull-on-English-testing-of-migrants.pdf
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018Paul, sche mah? Ability to speak English maybe well and good but do they speak English in Australia? It took me two years to work out why I was called "bluey" and I thought I could speak English. And what about the question "How yer going" (interpreted as a mode of travel; by car, by bus, by bicycle?) as opposed to "How are you" ? Having said that, I do fully agree that newcomers need to be able to understand and speak English, at least in the long run. Forget the written form as even the average Aussie has no clue. What we have at present is an IELTS test for skilled migrants. A test that very few Australian students can pass, with the result that in due course foreigners' English ability will far surpass that of the Aussies. Oh, another thing, as those familiar with the IELTS test will be aware, the IELTS does not anywhere include trade terms such as welder, paint brush, fuse box, sparkplug, colander, bain marie, electrode, positive terminal, engine block, etc so expiring tradies looking to pass an IELTS, a test designed to test someone's ability for future tertiary study, can go elswhere. New Zealand perhaps?
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