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Direct linkShohamy, Elana – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
In the past decade, major attention has been given to the power of tests and to the pivotal roles tests play in societies in shaping the definitions of language, affecting learning and teaching, and maintaining and creating social class. Accordingly, the quality of tests is not judged merely by their psychometric traits but also in relation to…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Social Class, Testing, Language Tests
Kamwendo, Gregory H. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
According to the Medical Council of Malawi, one of the conditions for a licence to be granted to an individual who wants to practise medicine in Malawi is the practitioner's ability to speak and write English fluently. This means that the expatriate medical practitioner is not required by law to demonstrate fluency in Chichewa (the national…
Descriptors: Health Services, Speech Communication, Hospitals, Official Languages
