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Direct linkMcNamara, Tim – Applied Linguistics, 2012
The biblical story of the shibboleth is widely cited in language testing as emblematic of the social and political function of language tests. But the meaning of the shibboleth has also been explored within poststructuralism, specifically within Derrida's discussion of the dilemmas of identity in the work of the German Jewish poet Paul Celan.…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing, Jews, Language Usage
