When a nation starts gatekeeping identity with grammar and accents, it’s not protecting language — it’s protecting power.

"Language at the Gate" unpacks the deep politics behind who gets to belong.

https://brewminate.com/language-at-the-gate-how-immigration-policy-is-shaped-by-cultural-purity-narratives/

#Brewminate #ImmigrationPolicy #LinguisticDiscrimination #HistoryMatters

Revealing article about "How [...] language proficiency assessments are never about language alone. Language assessments are always also about identity"

#EnglishProficiency #LanguageBias #LinguisticDiscrimination #InherentEnglish vs #TestedEnglish #EnglishLanguageTesting #ELT #TLEAP #AcademicEnglish #HigherEducation #IELTS #AcWri #EnglishForAcademicPurposes

https://www.languageonthemove.com/how-do-universities-decide-whose-english-needs-to-be-tested-for-admission/

Here's my #Introduction ... I'm a professor of English at the University of South Carolina, where I specialize in #DigitalHumanities. I just published a book on #Quantitative #Methods for textual analysis and I sometimes teach a course called Math4Shakespeare. But I also work with students and collaborators on a wide range of topics, from #18C #Literature and #Architecture (www.digitalpiranesi.org) to contemporary issues of #Language, #LinguisticDiscrimination, #HumanRights, and #Conflict (www.languageconflict.org). I love reading about other scholars' work, no matter the field.

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