Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
the reasons Arthur, is because the English language test is to test the persons ability to listen and speak not to read English.
Ah ... of course, makes sense, Joe ...

It's like, I can understand [some] French ... when I (based on what I was taught at school over half a century ago!). But I'd have great difficulty when listening to, or with my pronunciation of that language when trying to speak it.