Immigration no threat to English use in U.S.: study
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U.S. citizens concerned that Latino   immigrants will have them singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in   Spanish can rest easy, according to an academic study published   on Wednesday.
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Rising numbers of immigrants in Britain are Anglicising their names or changing them to everyday British ones, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.
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Some contend that low-cost labor in India, China and elsewhere is far from the only thing inhibiting job growth in the United States --  skilled workers just aren't out there. American adults rank 12th in literacy among those of 20 high-income, industrialized countries, according to a study.
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Reading this article means you're on firmer footing than most Americans.
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As tougher immigration laws make it increasingly harder for foreign students to learn English in the United States, immersion villages, according to experts, have promise beyond South Korea.
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"It's a real shame that Brits are avoiding visiting certain countries around the world due to language barriers and are therefore missing out on experiencing diverse cultures"  Britons avoid going on holiday to places where they cannot speak the language, a study said Friday, reporting sometimes embarrassingly low linguistic skills. via Middle East Times
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The government Monday proposed tighter immigration controls and said only skilled workers who speak English would be allowed to settle in Britain permanently.
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In a Nov. 15 story about Italians learning English, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the percentage of Cypriots who speak English as a second language. The correct figure is 57 percent, not 27 percent.
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Some people have a great excuse for being bad at math -- their language lacks the words for most numbers, US-based researchers reported on Thursday.
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Scientists believe learning a second language alters a part of the brain.
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The way children learn may determine the building blocks of language, suggests a study of deaf Nicaraguan children. Ann Senghas of New York&#39;s Columbia University, US, and colleagues studied three generations
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There are times when having an English degree comes in handy for looking at the business world. This is one of those times because the only way to grasp the essence of the Hewlett-Packard and "backdated" stock options scandals is to speak in plain English instead of using euphemisms that obscure...
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English people living in Scotland are less likely than native Scots to die from heart disease, a study finds.
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More than half the members of ethnic minorities in Britain believe immigrants should speak English, a survey suggests.
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Despite widespread unease over  immigration in the industrialized world, migrants do not  significantly drive down wages or employment rates in the  countries they move to, the United Nations reported on Monday.
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By Padilla, Cynthia  Finding good sites for international information is a challenge for many types of online research. In an increasingly global environment, the Web is not just for those with English as their mother tongue, nor is Google the only search engine.
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Danish embassies are not affected by Sunday&#39;s terror warning from US officials to American citizens in the Nordic and Baltic countries, local media quoted Danish Ritzau News Agency as reporting on Tuesday.