Calls for greater protection of national boundaries – both physical and ideological – and the politicising of immigration and citizenship are increasingly characteristic of the global geo-political landscape. Several signatory countries to the UNHCR refugee convention have sought to legislate higher levels of language proficiency for citizenship eligibility. Most recently, this has been attempted in Australia, reigniting controversy about the use of language testing to assess a potential citizen’s ‘worthiness’. In this paper, we identify contested conceptions of belonging and citizenship, manifested in mediatised debates around language proficiency and citizenship which emerged following the announcement of proposed changes to Australian ci...
Over the last few decades, economic, social and political transformations arising from the globalisa...
Abstract. This contribution is concerned with German as a Second Language in the context of testing ...
Over the last few decades, economic, social and political transformations arising from the globalisa...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
Citizenship is highly topical and relevant to a number of disciplines including law, politics and so...
In this chapter, we consider the recently introduced Australian citizenship test (a formal knowledge...
In this examination of the Australian debate on citizenship tests in its historical and internationa...
Australia’s immigration policies have remained an unsettled area subject to political disputation si...
Australia’s immigration policies have remained an unsettled area subject to political disputation si...
© 2015 Taylor & Francis. In this paper I explore how recent public debates about Australian values i...
Citizenship is a powerful construct that is legally framed as denoting inclusion within a nation-sta...
Citizenship is an extremely complex concept and, as such, can be utilized in sociolinguistic researc...
Over the last few decades, economic, social and political transformations arising from the globalisa...
Abstract. This contribution is concerned with German as a Second Language in the context of testing ...
Over the last few decades, economic, social and political transformations arising from the globalisa...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
The proposed changes to citizenship requirements in Australia have an increased focus on English lan...
Citizenship is highly topical and relevant to a number of disciplines including law, politics and so...
In this chapter, we consider the recently introduced Australian citizenship test (a formal knowledge...
In this examination of the Australian debate on citizenship tests in its historical and internationa...
Australia’s immigration policies have remained an unsettled area subject to political disputation si...
Australia’s immigration policies have remained an unsettled area subject to political disputation si...
© 2015 Taylor & Francis. In this paper I explore how recent public debates about Australian values i...
Citizenship is a powerful construct that is legally framed as denoting inclusion within a nation-sta...
Citizenship is an extremely complex concept and, as such, can be utilized in sociolinguistic researc...
Over the last few decades, economic, social and political transformations arising from the globalisa...
Abstract. This contribution is concerned with German as a Second Language in the context of testing ...
Over the last few decades, economic, social and political transformations arising from the globalisa...