Language Testing Migration And Citizenship

Author : Guus Extra,Massimiliano Spotti,Piet Van Avermaet
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441132987

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Language Testing, Migration and Citizenship by Guus Extra,Massimiliano Spotti,Piet Van Avermaet Pdf

What is required to achieve civic integration and citizenship in nation states across the world? Should language testing be a part of it? This book addresses the urgent need to develop a fuller conceptual and theoretical basis for language testing than is currently available, to enable widespread discussion of this theme and the concomitant linguistic and cultural requirements. The policy proposals for civic integration have so far been conducted almost entirely at a national level, and with little regard for the experiences of a countries with long traditions of migration, such as the USA, Canada, the UK or Australia. At the same time, EU enlargment and the ongoing rise in the rate of migration into and across Europe suggest that these issues will continue to grow in importance. This book raises the level of discussion to take account of international developments and to promote a more coherent and soundly based debate. It will appeal to researchers and academics working in sociolinguistics and language education, as well as those working on language policy.

Author : C. Slade,M. Möllering
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230281400

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From Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture by C. Slade,M. Möllering Pdf

In this impressive volume a combination of theorists - linguists, historians and lawyers - address the subject of citizenship testing for language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge. Discussing themes of identity and cultural belonging, they draw out the implications for Australia and the wider international community.

Author : Christina Slade,Martina Möllering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 1349366196

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From Migrant to Citizen by Christina Slade,Martina Möllering Pdf

"Citizenship is highly topical and relevant to a number of disciplines including law, politics and sociology. What can a linguistic study contribute to the debate? In this impressive volume a combination of theorists -- linguists, historians and lawyers -- address the subject of citizenship testing in language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Gabrielle Hogan-Brun,Clare Mar-Molinero,Patrick Stevenson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027206237

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Discourses on Language and Integration by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun,Clare Mar-Molinero,Patrick Stevenson Pdf

One of the most pressing issues in contemporary European societies is the need to promote integration and social inclusion in the context of rapidly increasing migration. A particular challenge confronting national governments is how to accommodate speakers of an ever-increasing number of languages within what in most cases are still perceived as monolingual indigenous populations. This has given rise to public debates in many countries on controversial policies imposing a requirement of competence in a 'national' language and culture as a condition for acquiring citizenship. However, these debates are frequently conducted almost entirely at a national level within each state, with little if any attention paid to the broader European context. At the same time, further EU enlargement and the ongoing rise in the rate of migration into and across Europe suggest that the salience of these issues is likely to continue to grow. This volume offers a critical analysis of these debates and emerging discourses on integration and challenges the assumptions underlying the new 'language testing regimes'.

Author : Kamran Khan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350038134

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Becoming a Citizen by Kamran Khan Pdf

This book explores the process of acquiring UK citizenship and investigates how the naturalisation process is experienced, with an explicit focus on language practices. This ethnographically-informed study focuses on W, a Yemeni immigrant in the UK, during the final phase of the citizenship process. In this time, he encounters linguistic trials and tests involving the Life in the UK citizenship test, community life, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), adult education and the citizenship ceremony. The richness of linguistic data featured in this book allows for a nuanced portrayal of the complexities of becoming a citizen. This is especially so in the context of the UK's assimilationist form of citizenship which is reflected in the introduction of a citizenship test within a broader socio-political climate. Becoming a Citizen offers a detailed analysis of the linguistic process of naturalisation in the the UK and is relevant to scholars working in sociolinguistics, language policy, migration studies and ethnographic research.

Author : Glenn Fulcher,Fred Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136590863

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The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing by Glenn Fulcher,Fred Davidson Pdf

Winner of the SAGE/ILTA Book Award 2016 The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing will provide a comprehensive account of the area of language assessment and testing. Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together approximately 35 authoritative articles (around 8000 words each). The proposed outline for the Handbook (below) is divided into ten sections. The section titles reflect the contents of their Language Testing and Assessment –textbook in our RAL series and sketch a useful overview of the discipline. Each chapter has been carefully selected to relate to key issues raised in the respective topic, providing additional historical background, critical discussion, reviews of key research methods, and an assessment of what the future might hold.

Author : James W. Tollefson,Miguel Pérez-Milans
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190458904

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The Oxford Handbook of Language Policy and Planning by James W. Tollefson,Miguel Pérez-Milans Pdf

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art account of research in language policy and planning (LPP). Through a critical examination of LPP, the Handbook offers new direction for a field in theoretical and methodological turmoil as a result of the socio-economic, institutional, and discursive processes of change taking place under the conditions of Late Modernity. Late Modernity refers to the widespread processes of late capitalism leading to the selective privatization of services (including education), the information revolution associated with rapidly changing statuses and functions of languages, the weakening of the institutions of nation-states (along with the strengthening of non-state actors), and the fragmentation of overlapping and competing identities associated with new complexities of language-identity relations and new forms of multilingual language use. As an academic discipline in the social sciences, LPP is fraught with tensions between these processes of change and the still-powerful ideological framework of modern nationalism. It is an exciting and energizing time for LPP research. This Handbook propels the field forward, offering a dialogue between the two major historical trends in LPP associated with the processes of Modernity and Late Modernity: the focus on continuity behind the institutional policies of the modern nation-state, and the attention to local processes of uncertainty and instability across different settings resulting from processes of change. The Handbook takes great strides toward overcoming the long-standing division between "top-down" and "bottom-up" analysis in LPP research, setting the stage for theoretical and methodological innovation. Part I defines alternative theoretical and conceptual frameworks in LPP, emphasizing developments since the ethnographic turn, including: ethnography in LPP; historical-discursive approaches; ethics, normative theorizing, and transdisciplinary methods; and the renewed focus on socio-economic class. Part II examines LPP against the background of influential ideas about language shaped by the institutions of the nation-state, with close attention to the social position of minority languages and specific communities facing profound language policy challenges. Part III investigates the turmoil and tensions that currently characterize LPP research under conditions of Late Modernity. Finally, Part IV presents an integrative summary and directions for future LPP research.

Author : Jan Blommaert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110808049

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Language Ideological Debates by Jan Blommaert Pdf

Author : Ricky van Oers,Eva Ersbøll,Dora Kostakopoulou
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047428510

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A Re-definition of Belonging? by Ricky van Oers,Eva Ersbøll,Dora Kostakopoulou Pdf

The introduction of language and integration tests as a condition for naturalisation and other types of legal residence permits reflects an important recent change in citizenship policies in European countries. In this book, experts from nine countries reflect on the redefinition of political belonging by examining the policies concerning immigrant integration.

Author : Antony John Kunnan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 047065533X

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The Companion to Language Assessment, 4 Volume Set by Antony John Kunnan Pdf

A state-of-the-art reference work exploring the crucial topics for practitioners and scholars of language teaching and assessment, their impact on language learners, and specific approaches to assessment employed around the world Includes 140 thematically-organized chapters exploring the contexts where assessment occurs, including learners and their abilities; developmental tools and approaches to assessment; and qualitative and quantitative interdisciplinary approaches to evaluation and language assessment in 35 languages Brings together an international team of scholars under the editorship of Antony John Kunnan, one of the foremost scholars in this field Combines the leading voices and cutting-edge research in a reference work spanning the fields of language teaching and learning, language policy and planning, testing and evaluation, and education 4 Volumes www.companiontolanguageassessment.com

Author : Betty Lanteigne,Christine Coombe,James Dean Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789813342323

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Challenges in Language Testing Around the World by Betty Lanteigne,Christine Coombe,James Dean Brown Pdf

This book combines insights from language assessment literacy and critical language testing through critical analyses and research about challenges in language assessment around the world. It investigates problematic practices in language testing which are relevant to language test users such as language program directors, testing centers, and language teachers, as well as teachers-in-training in Graduate Diploma and Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics programs. These issues involve aspects of language testing such as test development, test administration, scoring, and interpretation/use of test results. Chapters in this volume discuss insights about language testing policy, testing world languages, developing program-level language tests and tests of specific language skills, and language assessment literacy. In addition, this book identifies two needs in language testing for further examination: the need for collaboration between language test developers, language test users, and language users, and the need to base language tests on real-world language use.

Author : Bernard Spolsky,Ofra Inbar-Lourie,Michal Tannenbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134658657

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Challenges for Language Education and Policy by Bernard Spolsky,Ofra Inbar-Lourie,Michal Tannenbaum Pdf

Addressing a wide range of issues in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and multilingualism, this volume focuses on language users, the ‘people.’ Making creative connections between existing scholarship in language policy and contemporary theory and research in other social sciences, authors from around the world offer new critical perspectives for analyzing language phenomena and language theories, suggesting new meeting points among language users and language policy makers, norms, and traditions in diverse cultural, geographical, and historical contexts. Identifying and expanding on previously neglected aspects of language studies, the book is inspired by the work of Elana Shohamy, whose critical view and innovative work on a broad spectrum of key topics in applied linguistics has influenced many scholars in the field to think “out of the box” and to reconsider some basic commonly held understandings, specifically with regard to the impact of language and languaging on individual language users rather than on the masses.

Author : Catrin Norrby,John Hajek
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847694485

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Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy by Catrin Norrby,John Hajek Pdf

This book brings together current research by leading international scholars on the often contentious nature of language policies and their practical outcomes in North America, Australia and Europe. It presents a range of perspectives from which to engage with a variety of pressing issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity. A recurrent theme is that of tension and conflict: between uniformity and diversity, between official policies and real day-to-day life experiences, but also between policies in schools and the corporate world and their implementation. Several chapters present research about language policy issues that has previously not been fully or easily available to an English-language audience. Many of the chapters also provide up-to-date analyses of language policy issues in particular regions or countries, focusing on recent developments.

Author : Suresh Canagarajah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317624349

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The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language by Suresh Canagarajah Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language is the first comprehensive survey of this area, exploring language and human mobility in today’s globalised world. This key reference brings together a range of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, drawing on subjects such as migration studies, geography, philosophy, sociology and anthropology. Featuring over 30 chapters written by leading experts from around the world, this book: Examines how basic constructs such as community, place, language, diversity, identity, nation-state, and social stratification are being retheorized in the context of human mobility; Analyses the impact of the ‘mobility turn’ on language use, including the parallel ‘multilingual turn’ and translanguaging; Discusses the migration of skilled and unskilled workers, different forms of displacement, and new superdiverse and diaspora communities; Explores new research orientations and methodologies, such as mobile and participatory research, multi-sited ethnography, and the mixing of research methods; Investigates the place of language in citizenship, educational policies, employment and social services. The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language is essential reading for those with an interest in migration studies, language policy, sociolinguistic research and development studies.

Author : Dina Tsagari,Jayanti Banerjee
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614513827

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Handbook of Second Language Assessment by Dina Tsagari,Jayanti Banerjee Pdf

Second language assessment is ubiquitous. It has found its way from education into questions about access to professions and migration. This volume focuses on the main debates and research advances in second language assessment in the last fifty years or so, showing the influence of linguistics, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and psychometrics. There are four parts which, when taken together, address the principles and practices of second language assessment while considering its impact on society. Read separately, each part addresses a different aspect of the field. Part I deals with the conceptual foundations of second language assessment with chapters on the purposes of assessment, and standards and frameworks, as well as matters of scoring, quality assurance, and test validation. Part II addresses the theory and practice of assessing different second language skills including aspects like intercultural competence and fluency. Part III examines the challenges and opportunities of second language assessment in a range of contexts. In addition to chapters on second language assessment on a national scale, there are chapters on learning-oriented assessment, as well as the uses of second language assessment in the workplace and for migration. Part IV examines a selection of important issues in the field that deserve attention. These include the alignment of language examinations to external frameworks, the increasing use of technology to both deliver and score second language tests, the responsibilities associated with assessing test takers with special needs, the concept of 'voice' in second language assessment, and assessment literacy for teachers and other test and score users.