Citizenship_intermediate.pdf

New citizens, good citizens

Level 2 Intermediate

Key words

Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. A______________hasthelegalrighttoliveinacountry.(citizen/citizenship)

2. Someonewhocomestoliveinacountryfromanothercountryiscalledan______________.

(migrant/immigrant)

3. A______________isalegal(written)agreementbetweentwoormoreparties.(policy/contract)

4. InBritaina______________canvoteattheageof18.(teenager/veteran)

5.A______________isanoficialgroupofpeoplewhomakedecisionsaboutalocalarea.(council/government)

Use your dictionary to look up the deinitions of the words you didn’t use. Compare and contrast the

meanings of each of the words.

Subtitles

Write down keywords you would expect to read in the part of the text that follows each of these subtitles.

DivisionsinBritishsociety

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Anewpointssystem

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Reasonswhythechangesareneeded

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Plansfora‘BritainDay’

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Ministerssetoutplansinanewreport

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Citizenshipcontract

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Then skim-read the text and decide where each subtitle should go. Write them into the spaces

(a-f) provided.

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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

understandandunclear”.Infuture,newcitizens

wouldgainpointsforthelengthoftimespentin

thecountry,bringingsubstantialnewinvestment

intotheUK,passingEnglishtests,demonstrating

knowledgeoftheUK,undertakingcivicworkand

livinginalaw-abidingway.Apointssystemfor

citizenshipwouldallowcreditstobedeductedfor

anti-socialbehaviour,ly-tippingormoreserious

criminalbehaviour.

a. _____________________________________

“Thisformofpointssystemwouldbethebasis

ofaclearerrelationshipbetweenthecitizen

andthestate.Aneasytounderstandcontract

suchasthiswouldencourageintegrationand

demonstrateaclearersenseinwhichcitizenship

andtherightsthatcomewithlivinginBritainare

earned.”

Governmentministerswanttointroducea

nationalBritishdayaspartofa‘citizenship

revolution’thatwouldalsotoughenrulesfor

migrantsandtrytoinstilcommunitypridein

all18-year-olds.

Underthenewplans,everyteenagerintheUK

wouldbegivenacitizenshippackwhenthey

becameeligibletovote,andmigrantswouldonly

beabletobecomeBritishcitizensiftheycould

demonstrategoodbehaviourandawillingness

tointegrate.

d. _____________________________________

Localgovernmentshouldalsoprovidea

citizenshipdealfornewcomers,settingouttheir

responsibilitiestobegoodneighbours,aswell

astheiraccesstoEnglishlanguagetrainingand

employment,saytheministers.

Thenationaldaycouldbeabankholiday,similar

toAustraliaDay.Theproposalscomefromthe

communitiessecretary,RuthKelly,andthe

immigrationminister,LiamByrne,whowould

alsoliketointroducecitizenshipceremoniesfor

anyonewhowantstosettleintheUK.

A‘lifeinBritain–goodneighbourcontract’

wouldbeprovidedtoallmigrantsfrominside

andoutsidetheEU,includingthosethatstay

temporarily.Thecontractwouldbeintroduced

alongsideidentitycards.Theministersalso

saycouncilsshouldspendlessontranslation

servicesandmoreonEnglishlanguageteaching.

b. _____________________________________

Someoftheideasloatedbythetwoministers

arelikelytofeatureinaforthcomingreport.

Thethemeshavealreadybeenenthusiastically

embracedbytheprimeminister-in-waiting,

GordonBrown.

e. _____________________________________

Theministerswarnthereis“acriticalriskthat

after40yearsinwhichdiversityhasgrown,

Britain’scommunitiesarenolongerlooking

outwardsandcelebratingwhattheyhave

incommon.Instead,theyarebeginningto

lookinwards,stressingtheirdifferencesand

divisions”.

Anotherideaistoimprovelinksbetween

veteransandyoungpeople.Thepackfor

18-year-oldswouldprovideinformationon

democracy,volunteeringandcivicdutiessuch

asjuryservice.Studentloanrepaymentscould

bereducedinreturnforvolunteering.

ThethreattoaunitedsenseoffeelingBritish

comesbothfromIslamistextremismand

alsogroupsliketheBritishNationalParty.

Ministerspointoutthatthegovernmenthasto

acknowledgeandrespondtothegrowingmood

ofEnglishnationalism.

c. _____________________________________

MrByrneandMsKellyarguethatthecurrent

settlementpolicyfornewmigrantsis“dificultto

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“Weriskseeingamoredividedsociety,more

suspiciousofeachotherandnolongercoming

togetheraroundsharedgoals.Weneeda

strongersenseofwhyweliveinacommonplace

andhaveasharedfuture.”MrByrneadmitted

thatrecenteasternEuropeanmigrationhad

proveda“shocktothesystem”.

thatby2011,only20%ofBritain’sworkforcewill

bewhite,able-bodiedmenunder45.

f. _____________________________________

Inaspeechtobusinessleaders,MrByrnesaid

thenewmeasureswereneededbecausethe

“spike”inasylumclaimsin2000,theunpredicted

levelofeasternEuropeanmigrationandthe

foreignprisonerscrisishasbadlydamaged

conidenceinBritain’sasylumandimmigration

system.Headded,“Wehavetobeopenabout

thechoicesavailabletous.Inthe21stcentury

wecan’tmakebigdecisionsinsecret.”

Hesaidnewmigrantsneededtodomoreto

“helpthemunderstandBritishvaluesanditsway

oflife.”Headded:“Weneedtomakeitclearer

thatcitizenshipisn’tsimplyhandedout,butis

somethingwhichisearned.”

TheministerssaynewtrendsarepushingBritons

apartintheworkplace,thefamily,themedia

andnewtechnology.Theyinsistmigrationhas

broughtbeneits,butsaysometimesthepaceof

changeisrapidanddestabilizing,pointingout

©GuardianNews&Media2007

Firstpublishedin The Guardian ,5/6/07

Comprehension check

Choose the best answer according to the text.

1. Governmentministerswanttointroduceanew

bankholidayto...

a.improvetherelationshipwithAustralia.

b.handoutgoodcitizenawards.

c.toughenimmigrationrules.

d.promotecommunityrelationships.

4. Underanewpolicy,pointswouldbeawardedfor...

a.criminalbehaviour.

b.volunteering.

c.ly-tipping.

d.oldage.

2. ThePrimeMinister-in-waiting,GordonBrown,

thinkstheplansare...

a.abadidea.

b.ok,butnotforBritain.

c.agreatidea.

d.notmodernenough.

5. MrByrnesayscitizenshipneedstobe...

a.bought.

b.foughtfor.

c.earned.

d.handedout.

3. Ministerssaythecurrentsettlementpolicyis...

a.tooeasy.

b.toocomplicated.

c.toolong.

d.tooexpensive.

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Vocabulary 1: Collocations

Which words come before or after the words in the centre of the word wheels below? Find verbs or nouns

in the text to complete the word wheels.

British

points

citizenship

Can you think of any more words to add to the word wheels?

Vocabulary 2: Compound words

Skim-read and subtitle are both compound words, i.e. two or three words that are combined to make a new

word. Put these single words together to make compounds words from the text.

waiting minister abiding social ly in bodied

year anti able tipping 18 law old

_____________-_____________

_____________-_____________-_____________

Try to work out what they mean by reading the text again.

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Discussion

Doesyourcountryrequirenewimmigrantstotakeacitizenshiptest?

Whatsubjectswouldyouincludewhenwritingquestionsforacitizenshiptest?

Isnationalismagoodorabadthing?Trytothinkofdifferentinstanceswherenationalprideisacceptableor

notacceptable.

Webquest

Chooseacountryyouwouldliketomoveto.Searchfortheimmigrationrequirementsforthatcountryonthe

Internet.Youcandothisbywritingkeywordssuchas citizenship requirements intoasearchengine.

Isiteasyordificulttomovetothatcountry?

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