Becoming a citizen : linguistic trials and negotiations in the UK / Kamran Khan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Kamran, 1980- author.

Series:

Advances in sociolinguistics

Advances in sociolinguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naturalization--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Naturalization.

Language policy--Great Britain.

Language policy.

Language and languages--Ability testing--Great Britain--Case studies.

Language and languages.

Immigrants--Great Britain--Language--Case studies.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Great Britain--Case studies.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.

Immigrants--Language.

Language and languages--Ability testing.

Social aspects.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 157 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

"Becoming a Citizen makes a unique contribution to the existing scholarship on citizenship processes by empirically investigating how the naturalisation process is experienced with an explicit focus on language practices. This ethnographically informed investigation focuses on W., a Yemeni immigrant in the United Kingdom during the last eleven months of the citizenship process. In this time, he encounters linguistic trials involving the Life in the UK citizenship test, community life, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) adult education and the citizenship ceremony. The richness of data allows for a nuanced portrayal of the complexities becoming a citizen, a particularly significant contribution since the UK's move towards an assimilationist form of citizenship, reflected in the introduction of a citizenship test within a broader socio-political climate which promotes the use of English. Drawing upon a wide range of theorists, from philosophy, psychology and linguistics, this book offers a detailed analysis of the process of becoming a citizen and makes an original contribution to the area of citizenship in language testing, sociolinguistics, sociology and ethnic relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Citizenship and language in the UK

Becoming

The Life in the UK Test

Ideological becoming

ESOL and becoming

The citizenship ceremony.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Melbourne and University of Birmingham, 2013) issued under title: Becoming British : a migrant's journey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Khan, Kamran, 1980- author. Becoming a citizen

ISBN:

9781350038127

1350038121

OCLC:

1050140165