The Standard Deviants - Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) - Possessives, Verb + Infinitive, and the Past

English is the second language among children in 1,300 British schools. The astonishing figure reflects the increasing pressure that immigration is having on the education system. In one district of London, almost nine out of ten schools have an intake where the mother tongue is not English for a majority of pupils. The statistics, obtained from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, highlight a problem which needs immediate action. An inevitable consequence is that teaching time is being taken away from English-speaking pupils because of the extra needs of the foreign students.

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