Language Testing in the Context of Citizenship and Asylum: The Case of Estonia  

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Zabrodskaja, Anastassia

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Language Assessment Quarterly vol. 6 no. 1 (2009), page 61-70.
Fulltext: Language Assessment Quarterly, 6, 61–70,.pdf (117.89KB)

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The focus of the current article is language testing in the context of citizenship and asylum in Estonia, a country that regained independence in 1991. Estonian as the single official language of the country (according to the new language legislation laws) and a new political system have caused changes in use of and attitudes toward Estonian among the Russian-speaking population, which is the local majoritized minority. At the same time new language, citizenship, and education laws have begun to enforce the use of Estonian. As part of a summary of these laws, the article also touches on the challenges currently faced by the country in fulfilling the needs and rights of the local Russianspeakers who, it is argued, cannot be treated as a traditional linguistic minority as normally understood.

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