""Skills in an official language (English or French) significantly affect the economic integration of Canada's immigrants, including their employment levels and incomes. Official-language skills also have an impact on how well immigrants integrate socially in their workplaces and communities. In this study, Tracey Derwing and Erin Waugh examine the relationship between official language knowledge and the social integration of adult immigrants to Canada. The authors review a range of research findings, including those from a recent Citizenship and Immigration Canada study of the English-language proficiency levels of 3,827 immigrants, whose speaking and listening skills were assessed at the time of their citizenship test (the average time spent in Canada at the time of testing was six years)."--Document."
"Résumé -- Adult immigrant language training -- Language ability and social integration -- Approaches to encouraging interaction and integration -- Emerging issues in the relationship between language and social integration -- Policy recommendations -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Acknowledgements -- Notes and references -- About this study."@en

Language skills and the social integration of Canada's adult immigrants