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Title: Citizenship testing and linguistic integration in Australia and Germany
Related: Zeitschrift für interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, Vol. 14, No. 2, (2009), p.13-27
Related: http://zif.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/
Publisher: Literatures and Linguistics der Universität Alberta
Date: 2009
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 200400 Linguistics 200300 Language Studies
Author/Creator: Möllering, Martina
Description: This contribution is concerned with German as a Second Language in the context of testing for citizenship requirements. The changes to German citizenship and immigration laws and the introduction of integration courses and citizenship testing in Germany are discussed and compared to the situation in Australia, a country of immigration par excellence. The importance of language in the context of citizenship testing in both countries is critically discussed and linked to an examination of a concept of “integration” that does not seem mutually inclusive, but rather assumes linguistic integration on the part of the immigrant aspiring to citizenship rights.
Description: 15 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 200400 Linguistics
Subject Keyword: 200300 Language Studies
Subject Keyword: Language testing
Subject Keyword: citizenship testing
Subject Keyword: language competence
Subject Keyword: Australia
Subject Keyword: Germany
Subject Keyword: German as a second language
Subject Keyword: English as a second language
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of International Studies

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/160545
Identifier: ISSN:1205-6545
Identifier: mq-rm-2009001533
Language: eng
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