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Critical Language Testing, Multilingualism and Social Justice
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Shohamy, Elana – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2022
The paper reports on trends in language testing taking place over the years and aim at critical perspectives of testing and promoting inclusion, equity and justice. It begins with critical theories by Messick, Foucault and Bourdieu, leading to critical language testing (CLT) which focused on consequences and uses of tests. Given the power of tests…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing, Multilingualism, Social Justice
COVID-19, Education, and Literacy in Malaysia: Social Contexts of Teaching and Learning. COVID-19 in Asia
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Pandian, Ambigapathy, Ed.; Kaur, Surinderpal, Ed.; Cheong, Huey Fen, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
Part of a mini series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, the chapters in this book address the pandemic's impacts on education and literacy. Covering a range of teaching and learning challenges impacting learners and teachers, the contributors highlight the pervasiveness of the pandemic on Malaysian society and how Malaysians have found ways…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health, Literacy
International Double Degree Programs as Accelerators for Internationalization: Lessons from the Trans-Atlantic Business School Alliance
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Steagall, Jeffrey W.; Falk, Peter; Gallo, Andres; Porter, Thomas W. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2021
The global nature of the modern business world has expanded the set of skills and attitudes necessary for success, even among new bachelor degree graduates. Although US business schools have primarily integrated international concepts through their curricula, students who stay at their home institutions for their entire degree programs do not live…
Descriptors: International Trade, Business Schools, Business Administration Education, Student Attitudes
The Art of the Reveal: Undocumented High School Students, Institutional Agents, and the Disclosure of Legal Status
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Murillo, Marco A. – High School Journal, 2017
For many undocumented youth, the end of high school and transition to adulthood is the first time they grapple with being undocumented. Given the negative social stigma attached to being undocumented, many youth may hesitate to reveal their legal status to a teacher or other school personnel. The purpose of this study was to identify the contexts…
Descriptors: High School Students, Undocumented Immigrants, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Elementary Secondary Education
After Phase II: A Needs Assessment Design Framework.
Broussard, Kathleen M. – 1991
Under Phase II of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, eligible legalized aliens (ELAs) can become lawful permanent residents (LPRs) if they demonstrate English language competency or show that they are satisfactorily pursuing a course of study to obtain English language skills. Certain English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs have been…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Federal Legislation, Immigrants, Legal Problems
Accent Discrimination: Implications for the Multicultural Educational Institution of the 21st Century.
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Wyld, David C. – CUPA Journal, 1997
Based on litigation patterns, discrimination because of accent occurs most frequently in colleges and universities, particularly in the classroom. Accent discrimination cases are unlike other employment discrimination cases because successful claims generally do not depend on qualifications, but on accent's effect on job performance. Specific…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students