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Carlsen, Cecilie Hamnes; Rocca, Lorenzo – Language Policy, 2022
During the past decades, migration policies in Western societies have grown stricter by the day. As part of this retrenchment, migrants are required to pass language tests to gain access to human and democratic rights such as residency, family reunification, and citizenship, as well as to enter the labour market or higher education. The use of…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Activism, Immigrants, Social Justice
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Bruzos, Alberto; Erdocia, Iker; Khan, Kamran – Language Policy, 2018
Spain has followed the lead of other Western countries by establishing new citizenship requirements for immigrants. In 2015, the "Real Decreto" 1004/2015 was passed, making both knowledge of culture and history of Spain and knowledge of Spanish language a requisite for immigrants wishing to become citizens. In order to fulfill this legal…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Immigrants, Spanish, History
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Cushing, Ian – Language Policy, 2021
Since their introduction by the Conservative government in 2013, primary school children in England have taken a mandated grammar, punctuation and spelling assessment, which places an emphasis on decontextualised, standardised English and the identification of traditional grammatical terminology. Despite some concise criticisms from educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Grammar, Educational Policy
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Cruze, Angela; Cota, Meg; López, Francesca – Language Policy, 2019
In 2006, Arizona ELL Task Force implemented Structured English Immersion (SEI) within its public schools to educate emergent bilingual (EB) students. Although prior research has demonstrated limitations of SEI, we investigate whether institutionalization has improved its implementation and outcomes using coordinators' and teachers' responses from…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alexander, Mariko Mizuno – Language Policy, 2017
Though previous research addresses the negative impact of state-mandated high school exit exams on English language learners' (ELLs) educational experiences, less attention has been given to how college-oriented ELLs, especially those who attended school in their home countries before coming to the US, handle rigorous exams or gain access to…
Descriptors: High School Students, English Language Learners, Foreign Students, Exit Examinations
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Goldenberg, Claude; Rutherford-Quach, Sara – Language Policy, 2012
Assuring that English learners (ELs) receive the support services to which they are entitled requires accurately identifying students who are limited in their English proficiency. As a first step in the identification process, students' parents fill out a home language survey. If the survey indicates a language other than English is spoken in the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Identification, English (Second Language)
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Florez, Ida Rose – Language Policy, 2012
The Arizona English Language Learners Assessment (AZELLA) is used by the Arizona Department of Education to determine which children should receive English support services. AZELLA results are used to determine if children are either proficient in English or have English language skills in one of four non-proficient categories (pre-emergent,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Test Validity, Second Language Learning, Cutting Scores