Language, Immigration and Naturalization : : Legal and Linguistic Issues /

Language, Immigration and Naturalization : : Legal and Linguistic Issues / / ed. by Ariel Loring, Vaidehi Ramanathan.

This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experiences of immigrants/outsiders and the media's interpretation of this process. The book brings togeth...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Baptiste, Michelle Winn,
Feuerherm, Emily,
Griswold, Olga,
Josić, Jasmina,
Lillie, Karen E.,
Long, Jennifer,
Loring, Ariel,
McPherron, Paul,
Ramanathan, Vaidehi,
Roumani, Russul,
HerausgeberIn:
Loring, Ariel,
Ramanathan, Vaidehi,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction: Language, Immigration and Naturalization: Legal and Linguistic Issues
  • Part 1: Policies
  • 2. The Value(s) of US Citizenship: An Analysis of the English Writing Test for Naturalization Applicants
  • 3. The Journey to US Citizenship: Interviews with Iraqi Refugees
  • Part 2: Pedagogies
  • 4. 'The ELD Classes Are ... Too Much and We Need to Take Other Classes to Graduate': Arizona's Restrictive Language Policy and the Dis-Citizenship of ELs
  • 5. Local, Foreign and In-Between: English Teachers and Students Creating Community and Becoming Global 'Citizens' at a Chinese University
  • 6. Language and Body in Concert: A Multimodal Analysis of Teacher Feedback in an Adult Citizenship Classroom
  • Part 3: Discourses
  • 7. 'You Are Part of Where You're From and a Part of Where You're Born': Youths' Citizenship and Identity in America
  • 8. Reinforcing Belonging and Difference Through Neighborhood Gentrification Projects in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • 9. Ideologies and Collocations of 'Citizenship' in Media Discourse: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Afterword
  • Index

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