Language Testing, Migration and Citizenship - Cross-National Perspectives on Integration Regimes

Informationen zum Autor Guus Extra is at Babylon! Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society! Department of Language and Cultural Studies! Tilburg University! Netherlands Massimiliano Spotti is at Babylon! Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society! Department of Language and Culture Studies! Tilburg University! Netherlands. Piet Van Avermaet is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Diversity and Learning at Ghent University! Belgium. Klappentext An in depth analysis of the linguistic issues surrounding civic integration and citizenship in nation states across the world.> An in depth analysis of the linguistic issues surrounding civic integration and citizenship in nation states across the world. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of linguistic issues surrounding civic integration and citizenship in nation states across the world. This book addresses the need to develop a fuller conceptual and theoretical basis for language testing to enable widespread discussion of this theme and the concomitant linguistic and cultural requirements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements \ 1. Testing regimes for newcomers Guus Extra! Massimiliano Spotti and Piet Van Avermaet (Tilburg University! Netherlands and Centre for Equity in Education! Flanders! Belgium) \ PART I Case studies in Europe  \ 2. The politics of language and citizenship in the Baltic context Gabrielle Hogan-Brun (University of Bristol! UK) \ 3. Language! migration and citizenship in Sweden Lilian Nygren-Junkin (Göteborg University! Sweden) \ 4. Inventing English as convenient fiction: language testing regimes in the United Kingdom Adrian Blackledge (University of Birmingham! United Kingdom) \ 5. Language! migration and citizenship in Germany: discourses on integration and belonging Patrick Stevenson and Livia Schanze (University of Southampton! UK) \ 6. One nation! two policies: language requirements for citizenship and integration in Belgium Piet Van Avermaet and Sara Gysen (Centre for Equity in Education! Flanders! Belgium) \ 7. Testing regimes for newcomers to the Netherlands Guus Extra and Massimiliano Spotti (Tilburg University! Netherlands) \ 8. Regimenting language! mobility and citizenship in Luxembourg Kristine Horner (University of Leeds! UK) \ 9. Spanish language ideologies in managing immigration and citizenship Dick Vigers and Clare Mar-Molinero (Southampton University! UK) \ PART II Case studies abroad \ 10. The language barrier between immigration and citizenship in the US Tammy Gales (University of California Davis! USA) \ 11. Canada: a multicultural mosaic Lilian Nygren-Junkin (Göteborg University! Sweden) \ 12. The spectre of the Dictation Test: language testing for immigration and citizenship in Australia Tim McNamara (University of Melbourne! Australia) \ 13. Citizenship! language! and nationality in Israel Elana Shohamy and Tzahi Kanza (Tel Aviv University! Israel) \ Index ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Guus Extra, Massimiliano Spotti, Massimiliano Avermaet Spotti, P Van Avermaet
• Con la collaborazione di: Piet van Avermaet (Editore), Guus Extra (Editore), Massimiliano Spotti (Editore), Piet Van Avermaet (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.06.2009
• EAN: 9781847063458
• ISBN: 978-1-84706-345-8
• Pagine: 270
• Serie: Advances in Sociolinguistics; Advances in Sociolinguistics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Sociolinguistics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples