Speak their language: Renewed attempt to have migrants learn English

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Half of all participants in the Adult Migrant English Program drop out within a year. Even fewer end up with a good grasp of English.

Behavioural economics experts in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet are trialling ways to prod migrants into resuming their English language studies.

However, around 50 per cent of AMEP participants leave the program within a year, while only one in five leave with functional levels of English. Prime Minister Scott Morrison poses for photos with new citizens during the Australia Day flag raising and citizenship ceremony in Canberra.“Digital literacy, with its underpinning of English, is a fundamental requirement for participation in Australia’s social, economic and political life,” a government discussion paper argued last year.

 

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it should be simple No Eng and no visa They need to pass written n oral tests In the 70's Asian students had to pass Eng test at the consulate Even PR assessment should be assessed orally n skill factor not just on paper It looks rosy on paper but they r duds here

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