par. 1
- correctly = properly
- in the words of = according to
- the possibility of a job = chance

par. 2
- to cause problems = to become problematic

par. 3
- committees = boards
- oral = verbal
- companies = businesses

par. 4
- abilities = skills
- oral expression = speech

par. 6
- employers = bosses
- companies = firms

par. 7
- representative = spokesman
- deficiencies = flaws
- consequence = result

par. 8
- president = chairman

titre
- argot = slang
- jeunes (n) = youths

par. 1
- avoir du succès = to be popular
- une possibilité = a chance
- convenablement, correctement = properly
- selon = according to

par. 2
- envoi de minimessages/textos/SMS = text messaging
- grave, sérieux = problematic
- jeunes (n) = youngsters

par. 3
- alors que = while
- commissions d'examens = exam boards
- adolescents (n) = teenagers
- langage texto, langage SMS = text
- acteur = comedian
- chanteurs de rap = rap artist
- entreprises (n) = businesses

par. 4
- président = chairman
- aptitudes = skills
- se voir accorder de l'importance = to be given emphasis

- élèves = pupils
- la langue parlée = speech

par. 5
- but principal = key purpose
- milieux sociaux = backgrounds
- compréhension = grasp
- faillir à ses devoirs envers = to fail

par. 6
- chefs d'entreprise = business leaders
- mettre à niveau = to bring up to scratch

par. 7
- porte-parole = spokesman
- patrons = bosses
- défauts, vices = flaws
- à l'intérieur de = within
- faire de la remise à niveau = to do remedial training
- mettre les gens à niveau = to bring people up to the level

par. 8
- soit... soit... = either... or...
- tâches subalternes = menial work
- entrevues = interviews
- si (marquant la concession) = while
- faire tache = to stand out like a sore thumb

a/ Is the title of the article (Street Slang Makes Youths 'Unemployable') entirely accurate as compared with the first line of paragraph 2?

The title should be "Street Slang and Text Messaging Make Youths 'Unemployable' ".

b/ Give the byline and dateline of the article.

The byline is "By Nick Britten The Telegraph - UK" and the dateline is "3-11-4".

c/ What four words in the article are used by the journalist to designate young people?

These four words are : youths (title), youngsters (par. 2), teenagers (par. 3), children (par. 5)

c/ Nick Britten quotes two main factors accounting for teenagers speaking and writing poor English. What are they?

These factors are "street slang" (title) or "verbal slang" (par. 3) on the one hand and "text messaging" (par. 2) or "writing in text" (par. 3).

e/ "Street slang" has been made popular with youngsters by two particular categories of people. Can you name them?

It has been made popular by comedians and rap artists.

f/ Do Nick Seaton and Chris Clifford blame mobile phone companies at all for the failure of youths to speak and write good English?

No, they blame "teachers" (par. 4) , "the system" (par. 5) / "the educational system" (par. 7).

g/ Are British employers doing anything to remedy the problem?

They are "doing remedial training" (par. 7) "to bring [young] people up to the level" (par. 7).

h/ What particular situation is revealing of the inability of young people to speak proper English?

It is the job interviews they go to (par. 8).