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Pearson, William S. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
English language proficiency has long been recognised as important to the academic success of non-native English-speaking international students through the setting of minimum English language requirements as a condition of entry to Anglophone universities. The present study provides a historical account of the evolution in language entry standard…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Hamid, M. Obaidul – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
Globalized English proficiency tests such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are increasingly playing the role of gatekeepers in a globalizing world. Although the use of the IELTS as a "policy tool" for making decisions in the areas of study, work and migration impacts on test-takers' lives and life chances, not…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Language Proficiency