Markers have highlighted problems with basic English in this year's Standard Grades and Highers.
But in December 2011 the High Court upheld the requirement that a foreign spouse learn basic English before joining his better half.
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But former Labour minister Frank Field, co-chairman of the cross-party balanced migration group, said Mr Cameron was on the "right course" in requiring all those wishing to settle in the UK to speak basic English and making it "much tougher" for those working in the UK to eventually gain citizenship.
For the middle and upper tier, basic maths, English and computing will be compulsory.
The room has several placards of basic greetings in English, all spelt phonetically alongside translations in Marathi.
In England (which the OECD no longer ranks in the top ten), a third-class or even a pass bachelor's degree will suffice, along with the most basic qualifications in English and maths.
Pertierra said a 1986 federal law supplies precedent to require completion of a civics component -- such as basic knowledge of English and U.S. history and government -- to grant permanent resident status.
Since last autumn, people from outside the EU applying for a visa to join their spouse or partner now have to prove they have a basic command of English before their application is approved.
In one district, 1, 800 young herders have so far been taught basic literacy, Swahili, English and maths.
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The basic contract would be for English Language eBook rights only (should we be generous and give them worldwide english rights, after all the digital world is not limited by borders).
Their schools focus on religious learning: even basic subjects such as maths and English get short shrift.
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"The thing that struck me when I put together this list was that 90% of the top 100 words were one syllable, and that a large proportion were actually from Old English, meaning the basic words we use all the time in basic sentences are from before the Norman Conquest, " he said.
Thus the Oxford English Dictionary explains one of the most basic institutions in a modern economy.
Instead, the assimilation of elements of French into English produced Middle English and, with it, the basic profile of the language we still speak: a large vocabulary of Germanic and French-derived words organized with a simplified Germanic grammar.
But shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan said the report showed that the government had the wrong priorities and should be doing more to provide support in basic skills at primary level as well as strengthening English and maths teaching at secondary level and allowing all students to continue those subjects until 18.
"Basic material wealth is a necessity, " observed Zhou, executive editor of the English-language newspaper, China Daily.
Steve Jenner, from the Plain English Campaign, said punctuation, including the apostrophe, was one of the basic rules of language and he described the council's decision as "nonsensical".
My basic point is that the past few decades, what is often called globalisation (often by the English, neoliberalism) has led to the largest reduction in poverty in the history of our species.
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