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Although Luxor is a popular tourist destination and sees thousands of foreign visitors every year, there is no guarantee balloon pilots and other maintenance staff can speak English.
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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said new tests would be brought in to ensure that healthcare workers from other EU countries can speak English to a satisfactory level, an issue which is complicated by rules which prevent systemic language testing.
BBC: The Record: Europe
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That's why with us, if you're good at your subject, can speak English and have been offered a place on a course at a trusted institution - you will be able to get a visa to study here.
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Too many students don't speak English, can't read or write at grade level, and yet, it's the overcrowding that has complicated matters.
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Working teaches adolescents to speak standard English clearly so they can be understood.
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She can also speak to you in a rather pleasant English accent.
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"He said, 'Pop, we speak English, give me the money and we can buy things and sell them here, ' " his father recalled.
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Filipino officers speak English, know and admire America, once the colonial power, and can bond with their comrades over beer and karaoke.
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Or will ministers at least set a target date for its implementation so we can prepare the ground for the day when we can all go abroad and speak other languages rather than simply speaking more slowly and loudly in English in the hope "Johnny foreigner" will understand?
BBC: Parlez-vous francais?
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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.
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And Mr Buckles admitted: "I can't say categorically that all the guards recruited by G4S for the Olympics are able to speak fluent English".
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