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<h1 class="">U.K. government misspells 'language' while announcing English tests for migrants</h1></div></div></div><div id="sharecount_gig_containerParent" class=""><div style="" id="sharecount" class=""><div id="yui_3_11_0_1_1453823416764_15" class=""><table id="yui_3_11_0_1_1453823416764_17" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td style=""></td></tr><tr><td style=""></td></tr><tr><td style=""></td></tr><tr><td style=""></td></tr><tr><td style=""></td></tr><tr><td style=""><div class=""><div class="" id="sharecount-reaction5" title="" alt=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="sharecount-reaction5-left"></td><td id="sharecount-reaction5-icon" style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;background-repeat:repeat-x"><br></td><td id="sharecount-reaction5-text" style="vertical-align:middle;background-repeat:repeat-x"></td><td id="sharecount-reaction5-right"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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<p>A seemingly rough week for British Prime Minister David
Cameron came to an almost outlandish end Friday on when, four days after
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cameron-english-extremism-communication-1.3415985">sparking controversy with his comments</a> about Muslim
women learning English, the U.K. government published an announcement
about its new language requirements for migrants.</p>
<p>"The new A2 requirement delivers the government's manifesto
commitment to ensure that those coming to the UK on a family visa with
only basic English will become more fluent over time," <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-a2-english-requirement-in-the-family-route">reads the news release</a> as it currently appears on <a href="http://gov.uk">gov.uk</a>.</p>
<p>"<span>It will mean that the person can better engage in everyday conversation </span><span>and thereby better participate and integrate in everyday life in the community."</span></p>
<p>Unlike Cameron's own <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-cameron-muslim-women-english-1.3408594">announcement of the plan</a>
last week during an interview with BBC Radio, the U.K. Home Office
document makes no mention of deportation, specific religious groups, or
combating extremism.</p>
<p>What it did contain was an unmistakable error, right at the top of the page:</p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/uk-government-misspells-language-on-website-migrants-1.3419465">http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/uk-government-misspells-language-on-website-migrants-1.3419465</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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