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Books : Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship - 2nd Edition (2007)
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Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship - 2nd Edition (2007) by: The Home Office - Life in the UK Advisor List Price: £9.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £8.99 You Save: £1.00 (10%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780113413133 ISBN: 0113413130 Label: TSO (The Stationery Office) Manufacturer: TSO (The Stationery Office) Number Of Pages: 145 Publication Date: March 27, 2007 Publisher: TSO (The Stationery Office) Studio: TSO (The Stationery Office) Sales Rank: 185 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A necessary evilHere it is, the cure for insomnia! Given that one of the aims of the Life in the UK test is to test English literacy, you would think the official guide would be written in accessible English! Instead, we are handed this sloppy compilation of pointless statistics, useless abbreviations, dry facts with little context and advice that will make you slap your forehead and scowl: 'Well, OBVIOUSLY!' A blue box pops up every so often asking the reader 'check that you understand...', but oftentimes what is listed has NOT been explained or even mentioned in what you've just finished reading. I defy anyone to explain to me the differences between the Council of Europe, the Council of the EU, the EU, the EC and the European Parliament ... Read More: Rating:  - Big and cumbersomeAlthough this is the official book, it is not the best buy. It is A4 size and therefore too big to pop into you bag so that you can read it on the bus or train. You only need to study chapters 2,3,4,5 and 6, but the book contains 9 chapters, 4 of which are not required to be read for the test. The book also contains no questions and answers. You would be far better off buying one of the smaller books. They contain the required study material and one of them even has a CD that contains Question and answer tests with hundreds of questions that you can practice to make sure that you are completely ready for the test. Rating: - Only buy if you need a UK passport or Indefinite Leave to RemainThe 'Life in the UK test' itself has audio. However, the Government has elected not to make available any official audio materials with this publication. That is is a real pity. This book is the only offical study material for the 'Life in the UK test' and it is only sensible to review it in that context. From April 2007 most categories of migrants to the UK will have to pass the 'Life in the UK' test if they want Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or a UK Passport. For those seeking Indefinite Leave to Remain the requirement has, unusually for UK law, been applied retrospectively so that, for example, a spouse entering the UK as far back as November 2005 and applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain in October 2007 is still ... Read More: Rating: - Not as bad as the press might make you thinkThis book certainly contains mistakes, both grammatical and factual, but it does actually collate some useful information about the UK. At times it does tie itself in knots as it tries to fit in what is clearly a politically motivated syllabus, as well as making some aspects of life in the UK unnecessarily complicated. For example, there is a section that attempts to explain the role of the Lord Chancellor in the context of the situation as it was at the beginning of 2007. A much clearer explanation would have been possible simply by explaining the intention of the changes and the new role of the Minister of Justice. The figures also get confusing: there are far too many to absorb, and many could have been omitted or summarised (for example, is it ... Read More: Rating: - Warning - You'll need perfect eyesight for this book!I'm absolutely disgusted that a book which is a legal requirement to study for many people uses such a ridiculous font and colour scheme. The font is very narrow and pale grey colour making it appear very blurry to me. On top of that it contains sections with such gems of common sense as "white text on a pale grey background on glossy paper" and "spidery thin white text on a powerful bold blue backgroung on the same glossy paper". This is no doubt attempting to be all trendy and modern and Web2.0 style, but this is hardly the place for such things. There is also a "large print" version which is not stocked by Amazon. I have asked the publisher for a sample of it and hope it will be more sensible. |
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