When we are communicating with people whose SECONDARY language is English, we need to make sure that we do not use 'figures of speech' and regional terms.

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Four primary schools in County Londonderry could send pupils to an Irish language secondary school which is a 'satellite' of one in Belfast.

BBC: 'Satellite' Irish language school proposed in Maghera

And despite years of mandatory English-language classes in secondary school, the Japanese score lowest among rich countries on English tests.

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The government cash was also to be used for language teachers in primary schools and science and maths teachers in secondary schools.

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