After a year they still can't speak the language?

My grandparents  immigrated from Holland after WW2  it took them about 6 months and their spelling and grammar puts mine to shame.

They learned it living in a house with no hydro with some tutoring from a local church. Beyond that about the only help my Grandfather got was the government sending him to a job with a farmer - that couldn't afford to pay him. But they didn't complain or look for handouts, they just got on with it, worked hard and prospered - just like the Portuguese, Vietnamese and other waves of immigrants that followed them and built this country - they had ambition - they learned the language - that seems to be lacking here - not surprising when you coddle people.

Sometimes the best help you can give people is to make them stand on their own two feet - ask any parent.