TakeAwayEnglish随身英语9June2014TakeAwayEnglish随身英语©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2014Page1of4bbcukchina.com/learningenglish42languages操场上的42种不同语言Vocabulary:School词汇:学校ByronCourt,aschoolinnorth-westLondon,getshighmarksforintegration.Nofewerthan42languagesarespokenintheplayground.The600pupilsfromplacesasfarapartasIraq,thePhilippines,Somalia,India,RomaniaandSlovakiamingleandplaytogether.ManyofthesechildrenspokenoEnglishatallwhentheyarrivedintheUKagedfivetoeightyearsold.Buttheylearnquickly.MartineClark,theschool'sexecutiveheadteacher,believesthatunityisveryimportant.Shesays:"It'svitalthere'snodifferentiationbetweenanylanguagesoranyculture.Wedothatbycelebratingthediversityofthecultureinourschool."AccordingtoClark,thechildrenthatcometoByronCourtareadaptableandresilient.Havingsuchavarietyofbackgroundsmakesthembetterlearners.Somehavestruggled,notalwaysunderstandinginstructionsintheclassroom.Butafterafewyears,manyhaveturnedthedisadvantageofnotspeakingEnglishintotheadvantageofbeingbilingual.Nonetheless,educationalstandardscansufferwhennoteveryonespeaksthesamelanguage,atleasttobeginwith.ThoughaccordingtoMartynPendergast,aneducationofficeratBrentCouncil,thisdoesn'tlastforlong:"IttakestimetolearnEnglishandinBrentourchildrenperformjustbelowthenationalaveragewhentheyareassessedatsevenyearsold.Butbythetimethey're11they'vecaughtupwithnationalstandardsandat16they'reflying".Thosewhodon'tspeakEnglishbutareusedtodisciplineoftenprogressrapidly.ButsomeareconcernedaboutchildrenwhoarenativespeakersofEnglish.ChristopherMcGovern,thechairmanoftheCampaignforRealEducation,whichaimstopromoteagreateremphasisontraditionalvalues,says:"Theproblemisnotthemigrantchildren.Theproblemisthewhiteworkingclasschildrenwhoaredoingverybadlyatschool."McGovernbelievesmanyparentsthinkalotofattentionisgiventomigrantchildren,whiletheirownchildrenarebeingneglected.WhiteBritishfamiliesandsecond-generationimmigrantshavebeenmovingoutofschoolsnearurbancentrestomoredistantsuburbs,ortothecountryside.Th...
