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Download full textEllyson, Catherine; Andrew, Caroline; Clément, Richard – London Review of Education, 2016
Combining policy analysis with language policy and planning analysis, our article comparatively assesses two models of adult immigrants' language education in two very different provinces of the same federal country. In order to do so, we focus specifically on two questions: "'Why' do governments provide language education to adults?"…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Land Settlement
Direct linkBurkholder, Casey; Filion, Marianne – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
Genc, Bilal; Bada, Erdogan – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2010
Language is a phenomenon which can hardly be viewed separate from its very inherent component, culture. This component does by all means play a significant role in enabling the language to gain a global status. No doubt, some prominent issues do contribute to this process: political, economic, and military supremacy, to name but a few. This study…
Descriptors: English, Language Role, Official Languages, Global Approach
