YEp Adrianus --as they will be taking over here in the in the near future

... my son learnt Indonesian from the age of 8 onwards when he was in school (that was 22 years ago now .....) - we - as parents - had to choose - either that or French!  Must ask him if he remembers any of it/or can still "speak it" lol lol .....never thought of that 'til now ..........my son asked me why I/we chose Indo. - I told him back then - the way the world is going you may possibly need the use of it far more than French!! 

I may be wrong but - I thought Refugees/Immigrants were given a monetry Govt. Grant to learn English??   What did they do with the money then???

I had a Woolies delivery driver (few weeks ago) who could barely "speaka da engleesh" - wondered how on earth he got his licence to drive??    lol 

Yes it's been over 20 years and still we havent sighted the amarda? A lot of fat use that was. On top of that looks like Donald Trump has given all the Miss Universe contestants what they've been asking for, for so long.

Yes that's right World peace!!

We may as well go back to learning english with Chinese as an elective.

The news item is for people to be able to speak English before they come not learn after they have actually landed.   

That is funny Leonie, because it reminds me of a similar experience I had with a French woman, who looked a little lost. As she looked around our eyes met. I asked her what she was looking for? She replied "I'm looking for ?hap?nis. Or at least that's what I thought she said. 

We will know them by their New Zealand accent. They will learn in NZ.

Haha, we'll keep them under surveillance my friend!

Really? And how do you make that out? Someone who sits in a chair in a depressed state, is not strange??