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Title: Educating Adults for Citizenship: Critiquing 'Adequate' Language Practices and Canada's Citizenship Test
Language: English
Authors: Burkholder, Casey, Filion, Marianne
Source: Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. Nov 2014 27(1):1-13.
Availability: Mount Saint Vincent University. e-mail: cjsaerceea@gmail.com; Web site: https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2014
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Tests, Citizenship, French, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Literacy, Discourse Analysis, Citizenship Responsibility, Public Policy, Web Sites, Benchmarking, Networks, Official Languages, English
Geographic Terms: Canada
ISSN: 0835-4944
Abstract: In 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) implemented a requirement that all aspiring Canadians who wish to take the citizenship test must have an adequate level of English- or French-language skills, defined as Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4. The CLB 4 language policy directly and, we argue, problematically links language abilities with the right to citizenship for new immigrants and, relatedly, assumes a deficit conception of literacy. We examine the discourses embedded within the citizenship test study guide "Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship" (2012), the new language requirement policy, and the CIC website to expose how these place problematic restrictions on new immigrants who aspire to become Canadian.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 29
Entry Date: 2018
Access URL: https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae/article/view/3336/pdf_32
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