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Read the article “Citizenship test has stunning pass rate”

1. What is the “Citizenship test” and who has to take it?

2. What is the overall pass rate for migrants taking the citizenship test?

3. What nationalities have the highest and lowest pass rates?

4. How many British people took the test? How many of these failed the test?

5. How many New Zealanders took the test? How many of these passed the test?

6. What do you think is meant by skilled migrants?

7. What percentage of the migrants coming to Australia are skilled?

How many people did this represent?

8. How many Afghanis passed the test?

9. How many migrants from the Sudan took the test?

Express this as a percentage of all migrants taking the test.

10. What percentage of the migrants were from Britain?

11. What reason did the article give for a high failure rate migrants moving to Australia on humanitarian grounds?

Do you agree with these reasons? List some other possible causes for the poor pass rate.

Suggest some ways migrants might be helped to pass the test.

Extension Work

1. Complete the table below using the article and try to find more information about migrants from other countries.

|Country |Number taking test |Pass rate |Number passing the test |

|Britain |1103 |97.74% |1087 |

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Draw a pie chart to show the countries of origin of people taking the citizenship test.

2. Use the Internet to find 10 examples of questions used on the Citizenship test. Make up a test sheet using these questions.

Decide on the number out of 10 you would consider a pass.

Try the test out on 10 students and 10 adults.

Analyse your results and write a newspaper article reflecting your findings.

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