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Hamid, M. Obaidul; Hoang, Ngoc T. H.; Kirkpatrick, Andy – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
Language tests are increasingly being used as gatekeeping tools in a globalised world. This article examines the processes of linguistic gatekeeping by the use of language tests in the context of migration. We draw on half a dozen cases of test-takers of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test who applied for entry into…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Carcamo-Huechante, Luis E.; Legnani, Nicole Delia – New Directions for Youth Development, 2010
Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas and the rest of the world have to deal with problems of cultural assimilation, migration, and dissemination of their populations. Some of them, in countries such as Argentina, Chile, and Nigeria, have developed radio programming to maintain home languages; gain access to health, education, and employment…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Programming (Broadcast), Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations