European citizenship and language tests : Ideologies of competence
Organiser Ciliberti, Anna / White, Goodith
U per Stranieri di Perugia · Italy, Leeds U · UK
The symposium aims to explore and debate the differing approaches of a number of European countries towards the use of language tests for migration and citizenship purposes. We argue that such tests present a number of professional and ethical concerns for us as applied linguists, since they have profound effects on the lives of the test takers and serious consequences for the social structure of a country as a whole.
Contributors to Symposium:
Part 1: Overview
Ciliberti, Anna / Anderson, Laurie· Ideologies of competence in language testing for migration or citizenship purposes (U per Stranieri di Perugia ·Italy, U of Siena ·Italy)
Sundberg, Gunlög · Five perspectives on language testing—the case of Sweden (Stockholm U · Sweden)
Part 2: The political angle ·
Simpson, James / Cooke, Melanie· Language and citizenship testing in the UK (part 1) (U of Leeds ·UK, King’s College London ·UK)
Blackledge, Adrian · Language and citizenship testing in the UK (part 2) (U of Birmingham ·UK)
Conrick, Maeve · Citizenship and language issues in Ireland (U College Cork ·Ireland)
Part 3: The content of tests and the implications for teachers of immigrants ·
Ziegler, Gudrun · Justifying living in Germany—prove you are German (U of Luxembourg ·Luxembourg)
Ramirez Verdugo, Maria Dolores · European Citizenship in Spain from a linguistic and social semiotic perspective (Autonomous U of Madrid · Spain)
Jong, John H.A.L. de · The situation in the Netherlands (Language Testing Services ·Netherlands)
Grego Bolli, Giuliana / Rocca, Lorenzo · Language testing used for migration or citizenship purposes: The Italian context and the experience of the ‘Università per Stranieri’ in Perugia (U per Stranieri di Perugia · Italy)