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England losing its language

Once mighty England which influenced so much of the world is now in danger
of losing its language. Added to that the Prime Minister is asking the Queen
to ratify an act of parliament which will do away with the centuries old
parliament from which some other countries adopted their laws. If this
happens Britons will lose the right of being innocent until proved guilty.
The situation will be reversed with the accused having to prove their
innocence. Many other rights will also be lost.

They rose against King John and produced Magna Carta. Is there no other way
to defeat the traitors other than rising up again to protect their rights?

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English a minority language in 1,300 schools

By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent

Last Updated: 2:56am GMT 17/12/2007

Children with English as their first language are now in the minority in
more than 1,300 schools, according to official figures.

In 112 of the 3,343 secondary schools, children without English as a first
language make up 51 to 70 per cent of all pupils

The Daily Telegraph has obtained data from the Department for Children,
Schools and Families illustrating the impact of high levels of immigration
on the education system.

The figures show that in a total of 1,338 primary and secondary schools -
more than one in 20 of all schools in England - children with English as
their first language are in the minority.

In 600 of these schools, fewer than a third of pupils speak English as their
first language.

The disclosure led to warnings that the rising number of foreign pupils
without a decent grasp of English was putting intense pressure on teachers
and undermining education standards.

Teachers' unions said educating a single non-English-speaking pupil could
cost as much as £30,000 a year.

Philip Parkin, the general secretary of the Professional Association of
Teachers, said rising levels of immigration and a lack of multi-lingual
teaching staff were "providing serious challenges" for schools trying to
maintain standards.

Dealing with non-English- speaking children "makes it much harder to deliver
the curriculum", Mr Parkin said.

"Schools that are in that position need considerable support in order to
give those children help with English and help with our curriculum.

"The Government needs to be looking at funding the employment of teachers or
teaching assistants, in addition to the staff they have, who are bilingual
or multilingual." ( Rubbish, deport non Europeans N.M)

Last month, the National Association of Head Teachers said some schools were
struggling to cope with the influx of foreign pupils.

Mick Brookes, the union's general secretary, told a Lords committee that the
situation was "out of control".

A rush of migrants into an area can "strain or even break the resources of
the school", he said.

Last night, Mr Brookes said the latest figures proved the case for putting
additional resources into the areas dealing with large numbers of
non-English speakers.

"There are children who cannot speak the language," he said. "Others are
refugees who may have witnessed some horrible things.

"These children may not just need support to speak English, but often they
require counselling to talk them through the trauma they have witnessed."

Data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families show that in 574
of the 17,361 primary schools in England, children without English as a
first language make up between 51 and 70 per cent of all pupils.

Another 569 primaries have more than 70 per cent who count English as a
second language.

In 112 of the 3,343 secondary schools, children without English as a first
language make up 51 to 70 per cent of all pupils. In another 83 secondary
schools, the proportion is above 70 per cent.

The total number of schools where pupils with a first language other than
English make up at least 51 per cent of the population is 1,338.

Following patterns of immigration, children who do not speak English as a
first language are heavily concentrated in certain areas of the country,
especially London.

The 20 councils with the highest concentration of non-English speaking
children are in London.

In the borough of Newham, nine out of 10 schools have a non-English first
language majority. The same is true of a third of schools in Leicester and
in Blackburn, and a quarter of schools in Birmingham.

The Government said last night that it was properly funding schools facing
extra costs from children struggling with English.

A DCSF spokesman said: "We have listened to the unions' concerns and are
increasing funding in the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant to £206 million
by 2010.

But even Labour MPs have expressed concern that the Government is failing to
keep up with immigration.

Phyllis Starkey, the Labour chairman of the communities and local government
committee of MPs, last week warned Mr Brown that funding delays risked
inflaming "community conflict".

Many of the pupils without English as their first language are the children
of the 600,000 eastern Europeans who have come to Britain since the European
Union's eastward expansion in 2004.

Official statistics last week showed that one in five births in Britain last
year was to a woman from overseas.

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