[PIF]

“... written essay in English showing proficiency in our official language ...”

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as well as spoken one - does no good to be able to read & write when the accent is nearly incomprehensible - like a heavy lisp.

[notaliberal]

The school libs will give them a diploma no matter whether they are proficient or not—that’s a fact!! They are doing it now, so why would they change.

[Steelfish]

Indians slaughter the Queen’s English. No more HB1 visas either.

[BlueLancer]

"as well as spoken one - does no good to be able to read & write when the accent is nearly incomprehensible - like a heavy lisp."

An accent will diminish over time. If accents are such a problem to you, how do you manage with American citizens who stutter or, as you say, have a heavy lisp? What about citizens who are mildly retarded and have a speech impediment of one degree or another?

I work as a court reporter and hear all types of accents and speech impediments. If you take the time to listen carefully, almost anything is understandable eventually so long as it's in English.