Discourses on Language and Integration

Critical perspectives on language testing regimes in Europe

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Gabrielle Hogan-Brun | University of Bristol
Clare Mar-Molinero | University of Southampton
Patrick Stevenson | University of Southampton
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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’.
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“Each of the contributions in this volume is valuable and insightful in its own right. The authors provide evidence from a range of contexts and with a range of approaches that citizenship testing is not about what it claims to be about (i.e. integration and inclusion), but the discursive construction of hegemonic national identities and the exclusion of migrants from the national body.”
“[...] the authors provide important tools for critical analysis and make a significant contribution to our thinking about complex issues of citizenship, membership, integration, and the role that language plays in diverse societies.”
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Main BIC Subject

CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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