Sunday, January 18, 2009

Unemployed Urged to Learn English

The British government is outline plans to cut benefits payments to unemployment who refuse to learn to speak English, about fourty thousand people in Britain say their poor English is barrier to finding a job.
Ministers say money spent on translator at job center would be better spent on teaching people English so they can get work. Workers from ethnic minorities in Britain earn on average a third less than other people and the government hopes language lesson will help redress the balance.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009