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Academic calls citizenship test a ‘bad pub quiz’
     2013-June-20  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    A test taken by around 150,000 would-be British citizens each year is just a “bad pub quiz” with too much focus on culture and history at the expense of practical knowledge, an academic has said.

    The Life in the U.K. test, which must be passed to qualify for indefinite leave to remain in Britain, does not require practical necessities in everyday life, Durham University’s Thom Brooks said.

    But it is required that new citizens know “trivial” facts such as the year Emperor Claudius invaded Britain, the year that Sake Dean Mahomet launched the first curry house in the country and the age of Big Ben.

    Brooks, a U.S. immigrant who took and passed the test in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2009, becoming a British citizen in 2011, said the test is a key part of immigration policy but is unfit for its purpose in the current form.

    “The Life in the U.K. test has become a bad pub quiz. It has gone from testing practical trivia to the purely trivial and is a major opportunity lost,” he said.

    “The biggest surprise is the lack of attention successive governments have paid to ensuring the test is fair and not out of date, a surprise even bigger than the sometimes-shocking questions that can be found on the test,” said Brooks, of Durham Law School.

    “Many citizens that were born and bred in the U.K. would struggle to know the answers to many of these questions.

    “Britain will not be more cohesive because more have heard about the Battle of Trafalgar, but rather if future citizens understand better how to participate in daily British life and make a contribution.”

    The latest edition of the test took effect from March 25 and was based on the third edition of the handbook “Life in the United Kingdom.”

    The handbook contains about 3,000 facts including five telephone numbers, 34 websites, 278 historical dates and several brief excerpts of British poetry.

    英学者呼吁改革公民入籍考试

一名学者表示,每年约15万人参加的英国公民入籍考试是一个“拙劣的酒吧问答游戏”,它太过专注文化历史,而非实用知识。

英国杜伦大学法学院的汤姆·布鲁克斯表示,想要获得英国永久居留签证的外国人必须通过“英国生活”入籍考试,此测试并不需要受试者掌握日常生活的实用知识。

但是,考试需要新公民知道一些“琐碎”的事实,例如克劳狄一世入侵英国的年代、萨克 迪恩 穆罕穆德开设英国第一家咖喱餐馆的年代以及大本钟的岁数。

布鲁克斯是一名美国移民,他于2009年在泰茵河畔的纽卡斯尔参加并通过了考试,2011年成为英国公民。

他说这项考试是移民政策的重要部分,但现在的形式不符合考试的初衷。

他说:“‘英国生活’测试已变成了一个拙劣的酒吧问答游戏。它从测验实用的琐碎事项变成了测试纯粹的琐碎事实,这是浪费机会。”

“最让人吃惊的是,历届政府完全忽视了这一点,就是考试需要公正并且及时更新,这比测试中某些奇怪的问题更让人震惊。许多土生土长的英国公民面对很多问题时也要绞尽脑汁。”

“公民知道特拉法加海战不能让英国变得更有凝聚力,未来的公民应该更好地理解如何参与日常生活,并贡献自己的力量。”

最新版的入籍考试3月25日起开始生效,参考《英国生活》手册第三版。

手册收录了3000条事实,包括5个电话号码,34个网址,278个历史日期和英国诗歌选段。

一名学者表示,每年约15万人参加的英国公民入籍考试是一个“拙劣的酒吧问答游戏”,它太过专注文化历史,而非实用知识。

英国杜伦大学法学院的汤姆·布鲁克斯表示,想要获得英国永久居留签证的外国人必须通过“英国生活”入籍考试,此测试并不需要受试者掌握日常生活的实用知识。

但是,考试需要新公民知道一些“琐碎”的事实,例如克劳狄一世入侵英国的年代、萨克 迪恩 穆罕穆德开设英国第一家咖喱餐馆的年代以及大本钟的岁数。

布鲁克斯是一名美国移民,他于2009年在泰茵河畔的纽卡斯尔参加并通过了考试,2011年成为英国公民。

他说这项考试是移民政策的重要部分,但现在的形式不符合考试的初衷。

他说:“‘英国生活’测试已变成了一个拙劣的酒吧问答游戏。它从测验实用的琐碎事项变成了测试纯粹的琐碎事实,这是浪费机会。”

“最让人吃惊的是,历届政府完全忽视了这一点,就是考试需要公正并且及时更新,这比测试中某些奇怪的问题更让人震惊。许多土生土长的英国公民面对很多问题时也要绞尽脑汁。”

“公民知道特拉法加海战不能让英国变得更有凝聚力,未来的公民应该更好地理解如何参与日常生活,并贡献自己的力量。”

最新版的入籍考试3月25日起开始生效,参考《英国生活》手册第三版。

手册收录了3000条事实,包括5个电话号码,34个网址,278个历史日期和英国诗歌选段。

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

【无限的】

wúxiàn de

indefinite

without fixed or specified limit, unlimited

【有凝聚力的】

yǒu níngjù lì de

cohesive

tending to cohere or stick together

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