Failing in English language – By GEORGE BRAINE Some time back, local nurses earned headlines when only four out of four hundred passed an English language test in order to qualify for work in the United States. If a similar test is conducted for local doctors and lawyers of a certain age group, I am afraid that the success rate would only be a little better. The tragedy, perhaps, is that many of our English teachers would also fail an English language test relevant to their profession. A few years back, the twin daughters of a neighbor sought my help with their English. They attended the local maha vidyalaya and were in tenth grade. On the first occasion we met, I asked them to read aloud from their English text book. Neither could; they said that their English teacher never read aloud in class. Hence, they lost the only opportunity ...