ISBN:
978-1-3500-3812-7
,
978-1-350-17563-1
Language:
English
Pages:
164 Seiten.
Series Statement:
Advances in sociolinguistics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Dissertation note:
Dissertation University of Melbourne and University of Birmingham 207
DDC:
323.6/230941
Keywords:
Naturalization Social aspects
;
Language policy
;
Language and languages Case studies Ability testing
;
Immigrants Case studies Language
;
Immigrants Case studies Cultural assimilation
;
Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
"Becoming a Citizen makes a unique contribution to the existing scholarship on citizenship processes by empirically investigating how the naturalisation process is experienced with an explicit focus on language practices. This ethnographically informed investigation focuses on W., a Yemeni immigrant in the United Kingdom during the last eleven months of the citizenship process. In this time, he encounters linguistic trials involving the Life in the UK citizenship test, community life, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) adult education and the citizenship ceremony. The richness of data allows for a nuanced portrayal of the complexities becoming a citizen, a particularly significant contribution since the UK's move towards an assimilationist form of citizenship, reflected in the introduction of a citizenship test within a broader socio-political climate which promotes the use of English. Drawing upon a wide range of theorists, from philosophy, psychology and linguistics, this book offers a detailed analysis of the process of becoming a citizen and makes an original contribution to the area of citizenship in language testing, sociolinguistics, sociology and ethnic relations"...
Note:
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Melbourne and University of Birmingham, 2013) issued under title: Becoming British : a migrant's journey. - Includes bibliographical references and index.
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