Marking and unmarking the (non)native speaker through English language proficiency requirements for university admission
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2913100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingrid Piller (0000-0003-2181-2596, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Agnes Bodis (0000-0003-4792-3315, Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404522000689 |
| OpenAlex | W4312193263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 71 |
This article examines the language ideologies undergirding university English language admission requirements. Universities are today caught between the order of the nation state and that of corporate globalization as they seek to attract both national and international students. This tension produces conflicting processes of (converse) racialization and linguistic (un)marking within which universities construct language proficiencies and ethnonational identities. Our study finds two categorically different constructs of English language proficiency (ELP): inherent ELP based on citizenship, linguistic heritage, and prior education, and tested ELP. These two constructs of ELP map onto two dichotomous student groups. One side of this binary-the white native-speaker citizen construct-is subject to converse racialization and unmarking. While it becomes blurred, it casts its Other into clear relief: the Asian non-native speaker non-citizen. The research has implications for critical language testing and language policies in higher education. (Citizenship, English as a global academic language, internationalization of higher education, international students, language ideologies, language testing, native speakerism, racialization, World Englishes
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
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| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |