📻 Rob and Finn talk about a school in London which has 600 children who speak a total of 42 different languages. Is it difficult for them to learn English? And how does this affect their educational performance? Find out more while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of 6 Minute English. What languages did the students at your school speak? Join the conversation in the comments 👇👇👇

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ rusty - (of a language) not as fluent as before
✔️ playground - area in a school where children play between lessons
✔️ marks - score in a test or exam
✔️ integration - bringing together
✔️ nursery - place where very young children are looked after while their parents are at work
✔️ head teacher - person in charge of a school
✔️ educational standards - the knowledge and skills students should have at a particular level
✔️ assessed - tested and given scores
✔️ caught up with - became equal with others in the same level
✔️ bilingual - being able to speak two languages fluently

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of 6 Minute English was first published on the BBC Learning English website in December 2014.

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