Citizenship_elementary.pdf

New citizens, good citizens

Level 1 Elementary

Key words

Skim the text to ind words with these deinitions.

1. Someone who travels to another country in order to ind work. ________________ ( Para 1 )

2. Someone who has the right to live permanently in a particular country and has the right to the

legal and social beneits of that country. ________________ ( Para 2 )

3. A plan or suggestion, especially a formal one, that a group has to consider. ________________ ( Para 3 )

4. To be an important part of something. ________________ ( Verb, para 4 )

5. To do some work without getting paid. ________________ ( Verb, para 5 )

6. Happening or existing now. ________________ ( Para 6 )

7. Someone who has recently started to live or work somewhere, or who has just arrived in a place.

________________ ( Para 8 )

8. The fact that very different people or things exist within a group or place. ________________ ( Para 10 )

9. Feeling that someone or something cannot be trusted. ________________ ( Para 11 )

10. A gradual change or development that produces a particular result. ________________ ( Para 13 )

What do you think?

Which of these words would you expect to be in a text about citizenship and immigration?

Tick ( ) your choices.

national

violence

vote

pay

report judge plane community

points

democracy

neighbour

extremism

differences passport workplace integration

Now read the text to see how well you did.

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New citizens, good citizens

Level 1 Elementary

Rules to make migrants integrate

Ministers say citizenship should depend on good

behaviour, passing English tests and knowledge

of the UK.

Patrick Wintour, political editor

and Alan Travis

June 5, 2007

for demonstrating their knowledge of the UK, for

doing civic work and for living in a law-abiding

way. Points would be deducted for anti-social

behaviour and for criminal behaviour.

The ministers continued, “This form of points

system would be the basis of a clearer

relationship between the citizen and the state. An

easy to understand contract such as this would

encourage integration and demonstrate a clearer

sense in which British citizenship is earned.”

Government ministers want to introduce a

national British day as part of a ‘citizenship

revolution’. They also want to toughen rules

for migrants and to instil community pride in all

18-year-olds.

Local government should also provide a

citizenship deal for newcomers, setting out their

responsibilities to be good neighbours, as well

as their access to English language training and

employment, say the ministers.

They intend to give every teenager in the UK

a citizenship pack when they are old enough

to vote, and say that migrants should only

be able to become British citizens if they can

demonstrate good behaviour and a willingness

to integrate.

A ‘life in Britain – good neighbour contract’

would be provided to all migrants from inside

and outside the EU, including those that stay

temporarily. The contract would be introduced

alongside identity cards. The ministers also agree

that councils should spend less on translation

services and more on English language teaching.

The national day would be a public holiday,

similar to Australia Day in Australia. The

proposals come from the communities secretary,

Ruth Kelly, and the immigration minister,

Liam Byrne. They would also like to introduce

citizenship ceremonies for anyone who wants to

come to live in the UK.

The ministers warn that after 40 years of

diversity, Britain’s communities are no longer

looking outwards and celebrating what they

have in common. Instead, they are beginning

to look inwards, stressing their differences

and divisions.

Some of the ministers’ ideas are likely to feature

in a new report. The prime minister-in-waiting,

Gordon Brown, is very much in favour of some of

the ideas.

The threat to integration comes both from

Islamist extremism and also groups like the

British National Party. Mr Byrne said that,

“We risk seeing a more divided society, more

suspicious of each other and no longer coming

together around shared goals. We need a

stronger sense of why we live in a common place

and have a shared future.” Mr Byrne admitted

that the large number of eastern European

migrants had proved a “shock to the system”.

Another idea is to improve links between

veterans and young people. The citizenship pack

for 18-year-olds would provide information on

democracy, volunteering and civic duties such

as jury service. Young people could reduce their

student loan repayments if they volunteer for

community work.

Mr Byrne and Ms Kelly say that the current

settlement policy for new migrants is “dificult

to understand and unclear”. In future, new

citizens would gain points for the length of time

they have spent in the country, for bringing new

investment into the UK, for passing English tests,

He said new migrants needed to do more to

“help them understand British values and its way

of life.” He added: “We need to make it clearer

that citizenship isn’t simply handed out, but is

something which is earned.”

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New citizens, good citizens

Level 1 Elementary

The ministers say new trends are dividing Britons

in the workplace, the family, the media and new

technology. They insist migration has brought

beneits, but say that the changes are happening

too quickly.

First published in The Guardian , 5/6/07

Comprehension check

Are these sentences True (T) or False (F) according to the text?

1. Britain already has a national day.

2. British people can vote from the age of sixteen.

3. Government ministers want to introduce citizenship ceremonies.

4. The ministers would like more people to do volunteer work.

5. The current settlement policy for new immigrants is easy to understand.

6. Minority groups in Britain are becoming more integrated into society.

7. British society is becoming divided.

8. Ministers say citizenship shouldn’t be easy to obtain.

9. A lot of migrants from eastern European countries have recently arrived in Britain.

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New citizens, good citizens

Level 1 Elementary

Vocabulary 1: Odd word out

Which word doesn’t it into each word-group? Put a cross ( r ) next to it.

Government words

Legal/oficial words

Words to describe

people and their status

teenager

council

policy

newcomer

workplace

student

Prime Minister

contract

media

party

goal

veteran

Minister

report

18-year-old

Vocabulary 2: Collocations

Match the words on the left with those on the right to make collocations from the text.

civic

system

jury policy

settlement

duty

points

service

student

behaviour

provide

tests

pass information

criminal

loan

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New citizens, good citizens

Level 1 Elementary

Now complete the sentences using the collocations.

1. The government are hoping to introduce a new _____________________ for immigrants.

2. Many people no longer have a sense of _____________________.

3. You have to go to court to do _____________________.

4. Is it a good idea to use a _____________________ to decide who can stay in a country?

5. Many websites _____________________ on different countries and their immigration policies.

6. I don’t have any money and I still haven’t managed to pay off my _____________________.

7. Is there a connection between _____________________ and drugs?

Discussion

Does your country have a national day?

If yes, How would you explain it to a visitor?

If no, choose a date for a new national holiday. Give reasons why you would choose this date.

Webquest

When do different countries around the world celebrate their national holidays? Use the Internet to ind some

examples and ill in the table.

Country Date of national holiday

Australia

26 January

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