According to the statistics compiled by the
Department for Education, London children whose first language is not English
are getting slightly better overall grades at school than pupils who were
brought up speaking it. At the same time the Government is still worried about immigrant
mothers with weak English skills and how this lack of English in immigrant
communities was hampering integration and life-chances, particularly of women…English
language importance must not be underestimated but as I wrote in other posts,
British they still do not want to accept that they have a problem: they speak
only English! There must be a mentality change about that, otherwise the
isolation from the real multilingual world is guaranteed. British will face problems to get new jobs and to integrate with an unstoppable multicultural society.
Statistics confirm that being brought up with another language is not a disadvantage
but a great advantage not only for academic or job success but also for a necessary social
integration.
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