My parents are immigrants from Mexico and when I began school they did not speak English and neither did I.
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In addition to the free rides, Nares' nonprofit provides support services and assistance to its clientele, many of whom do not speak English.
Although curry chefs could be said to possess skills not found here, many may not speak English, and so would fail the language tests now being imposed.
The workers complained that they had difficulty complying with the rule because they did not speak English or unconsciously lapsed into Spanish when conversing with their peers.
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"We identified problems with access to interpreting services for people who do not speak English as their first language and for those who are deaf, " Ms Drown said.
Some 20% of the intake are on free school meals, an indicator of poverty often linked with poor academic performance, and 20% do not speak English at home.
Despite the hardships, the rigid primogeniture back home ensured a constant supply of Basque labour looking to emigrate, and sheep herding was an attractive trade for those who did not speak English.
Harvard Business School is among those seeking to tap that market with a new, simultaneously translated program for Chinese CEOs who do not speak English and whose companies are aiming to go international.
Madiha Sarwar had to take the language test in Lahore in Pakistan before joining her husband in east London, and says it has given her an advantage over those who did not speak English before they arrived.
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If the pharmacist does not speak good English, then go to another pharmacist who does - this should not be a problem in tourist areas.
They do not speak any English but look happy to see their daughter talking with tourist supporters.
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He said schools could be "quite blunt" about what they wanted from supply agencies - and that could include not wanting someone who did not speak good English.
Yet the irony was that the manager, gung-ho as he was, did not speak any English and probably had not traveled abroad, nor was he planning to analyze the markets.
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For a start, he did not yet speak fluent English when he took the job.
He said he thought people who do not learn to speak English should have to pay for translation services but added there is a "duty to help them get justice".
Also unsettling was the fact that he had no ADT logo on his shirt and did not speak a word of English.
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"We must encourage everyone to speak English, but we must not discriminate against those that speak other languages, " said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.
We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language.
This was the first census to ask how well the population could speak English when it was not a person's main language.
In his gloominess, Charlemagne missed an important point: the linguistic unification of Europe can yield economic returns in addition to the cultural and social ones enjoyed by those of us who speak English, whether or not it is our first language.
The children of Somalis growing up in Birmingham speak Brummie, not some Somali inflected version of English.
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Customer service was also criticised, with leaflets only printed in English, when many tenants do not speak the language.
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Although he understands English perfectly, he apparently prefers not to speak it, on official occasions at least.
"Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do not speak foreign languages, and we just need to speak louder in English, " he said.
There are other problems: few Lao and Cambodian officials speak English, the working language of ASEAN, and Lao officials may not be able to afford plane tickets to attend meetings.
Our analysis does not hinge on English enjoying official-language status across Europe, only that Europeans are able to speak it well.
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