Australian citizenship – could you pass the proposed English test?

The government’s planned overhaul of Australian citizenship hangs in the balance and may be blocked in the Senate. Much of the opposition centres on the proposed English test.

Right now, a general citizenship test is administered in English – so you need to know enough to understand the questions. But the reform would create a separate English language exam, administered under the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Would-be Australians would need to get a Band 6 result in the “general training” stream, rather than the “academic”.

Read more at: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/09/21/australian-citizenship-could-you-pass-proposed-english-test