Scottish Conservative Party spokesman Murdo Fraser called for a reduction in business rates to below the English level to give Scottish firms a "competitive advantage".
At age 11, one fifth of children fail to reach the level expected in English (Level 4) - although achievement in reading is better than in writing.
Leeds Building Society has recruited a local retired A-level English teacher to give tuition designed to improve the standard of internal reports.
The learners also have the option to learn English at this level.
The technical level of top-level English football has surely improved, the result of better pitches as well as the massive widening of the pool of talent.
Clarke, who works as a poet, playwright, editor, creative writing tutor and translator is well known in schools across the UK as a set-text poet for GCSE and A-level English.
But shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan said the report showed that the government had the wrong priorities and should be doing more to provide support in basic skills at primary level as well as strengthening English and maths teaching at secondary level and allowing all students to continue those subjects until 18.
At present, about one in five pupils do not reach the expected level for English at the age of 11.
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Bringing all European countries up to the level of English proficiency enjoyed by the Dutch could increase European trade by up to 70%.
Last year just 66% of those known to be eligible for free school meals reached the expected level in English and maths, compared with 82% of all other pupils.
They studied bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District and found that native-Spanish speakers were at or above grade level in English and Spanish in first grade through fifth grade.
But he was a fast learner, and he has also picked up a fair level of English and Portuguese from his teammates while playing for J-League Kawasaki Frontale, where he posted 111 appearances and 46 goals.
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Certainly members of the media were left wondering if their questions had actually been answered by the German, whose level of English, at news conferences, seemed to vary depending on how keen he was to respond.
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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.
He said he hoped common sense would now prevail so that students could come into the UK to study English with a lower level in the language, equivalent to having studied it for 150 to 200 hours.
In the new single level tests being piloted in English reading, English writing and mathematics, the questions are all pitched at a certain level of understanding.
The definition of Level 5 for English given by the DCSF is "a knowing reader, who writes for effect".
The lake, which normally is 1 foot above sea level, peaked at 8.6 feet above sea level, said English.
Last year, the BBC's tables showed 74% of 11-year-olds in England met the required levels in English and maths - a Level 4.
When these figures are broken down by gender and local authority, it shows that in some areas more than four in 10 girls are reaching Level 5 in English.
She has already attained straight As in history, politics English and law at AS Level and has been described by one of her tutors as 'a very nice human being'.
Training will include the proper way to carve meat, serve cigars and pour champagne, as well as improving the level of spoken English, and the way complaints are dealt with.
Fewer than one in 10 schools, or 1, 310, are below the government's floor target of achievement - 60% of pupils getting Level 4 in English and maths and scoring above the England median for progress in maths and English.
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First, talk to the receptionist (most of them speak English) and decide on the level of treatment you want.
For example at the entry level, workers with English skill may have been able to find a good job decades ago whereas now only the subset with more education would find a good job.
Nonetheless, Congress should slash the corporate tax rate to a permanent level resembling that in Phil English's plan.
This is 10% greater than the level of support expected at English universities by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).
The leafy London borough of Richmond came out as the best-performing local authority, with 87% of pupils reaching the government's benchmark of Level 4 in maths and English.
The tables show the best performing local authority is Richmond upon Thames in south London, where 87% of pupils achieve the government's benchmark of Level 4 in maths and English.
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At 11.7% of the workforce, the region has the second highest level of manufacturing jobs of any English region.
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