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- Title
English-Language Proficiency Requirements for Migration to Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and the Implications for Language Testing Research.
- Authors
McLeod, Melissa
- Abstract
Language proficiency testing has long played a role as both facilitator and barrier in global migration. This paper outlines how Canada and other traditional migrant destination countries use English-language proficiency testing for immigration, asylum and resettlement, and citizenship. It identifies commonalities between these three related areas of migration and the covert values that are often embedded in the required test scores. It identifies different approaches for conducting research under the umbrella of Shohamy's (2001) Critical Language Testing and concludes with language testing research and advocacy suggestions specific to the Canadian context.
- Subjects
CANADA; LANGUAGE research; LANGUAGE ability testing; LANGUAGE ability; TEST scoring; LAND settlement; FIRST Nations of Canada
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue Canadiennne de Linguistique Appliquée, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1481-868X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37213/cjal.2023.32825