Calls for everyone in England to speak English

A top British official has said the UK government should set a target date for everybody in England to speak English. Dame Louise Casey is an expert on social welfare and community interaction. She said a "common language" would help to "heal rifts across Britain". Ms Casey has been a long-time critic of successive governments, who she deems have failed to focus on integration in an ever-increasingly multicultural Britain. She said politicians had continually failed to keep up with the "unprecedented pace and scale of immigration" over the past decade. She said that many communities were becoming increasingly divided, and a lack of ability in English was a key factor in creating division.
 The UK's Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, revealed that 770,000 people who live in England either speak no English whatsoever or hardly any. He warned that up to 70 per cent of those whose English skills were lacking were women, mostly from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. He said these women were at great risk from inequality and discrimination. Ms Casey said: "Everybody of working age and of school age should be able to speak one language, and I think the public in particular would feel some relief." Opponents of Ms Casey's views say England should be proud to be a multi-lingual country and not force people to learn English if they have no desire to.


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1.	expert	a.	A person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something.
2.	interaction	b.	Following one another or following others.
3.	rifts	c.	A person who has a vast (huge) and trusted knowledge of or skill in a particular area.
4.	critic	d.	Never ever done or known before.
5.	successive	e.	A two-way or multi-way process of talking, behaving or managing relations among people.
6.	deems	f.	A serious break in friendly relations.
7.	unprecedented	g.	Regard, think of or consider in a specified way.

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8.	revealed	h.	A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
9.	whatsoever	i.	Made previously unknown or secret information known to others.
10.	discrimination	j.	At all (used for emphasis).
11.	relief	k.	Someone who competes against or fights another in a contest, game, or argument; a rival or adversary.
12.	opponents	l.	A feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress.
13.	force	m.	The very unfair or damaging treatment of different categories of people or things, especially because of race, age, or sex, etc.
14.	desire	n.	Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

 LEARN ENGLISH: What are the best ways to learn English? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Best way	Why?
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Writing
Grammar
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