FactCheck requested sources and comment from Senator Pauline Hanson to support her statement about the number of people in Australia who can’t speak English “well or at all”.
John David Washington as Ron Stallworth and Laura Harrier as Patrice Dumas in BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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‘Some of us speak King’s English, some of us speak jive,’ declares the lead character in Lee’s powerful new film. And he wields the English language to devastating effect.
Second-generation migrants are usually dominant in English, and third generation are usually monolingual in English.
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Concerns about non-English-speaking migrant populations leading to “parallel communities” are not well founded. Third-generation migrants are typically monolingual in English.
English is just one of many languages spoken in the UK.
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In little more than a generation and a half we have become a more caring and inclusive society.
‘I want to be effluent’: malapropisms and mispronounced words were a regular gag in the TV comedy Kath and Kim and continue to peeve many people today.
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Contrary to some reports, there is no new English language test for international students - the government is simply expanding standards already being met by most providers.