Language policy at times of instability and struggle: the impact of fluctuating will and competing agendas on a Slovene language strategy

Savski, Kristof

doi:10.1080/14664208.2016.1265280

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“…Elder highlighted the external factors that can mediate policy impact including the interests and competing agendas of parties involved, as well as power imbalances or unclear communication channels between administering bodies. Savski (2017) provided another example of factors which can influence the impact of language testers in policymaking. He reviewed the contribution of different groups of linguists to the drafting and implementation of a Slovene language policy.…”

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Language testers and their place in the policy web

Schildt,

Deygers,

Weideman

2023

Language Testing

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In the context of policy-driven language testing for citizenship, a growing body of research examines the political justifications and ethical implications of language requirements and test use. However, virtually no studies have looked at the role that language testers play in the evolution of language requirements. Critical gaps remain in our understanding of language testers’ first-hand experiences interacting with policymakers and how they perceive the use of tests in public policy. We examined these questions using an exploratory design and semi-structured interviews with 28 test executives representing 25 exam boards in 20 European countries. The interviews were transcribed and double coded in NVivo (weighted kappa = .83) using a priori and inductive coding. We used a horizontal analysis to evaluate responses by participant and a vertical analysis to identify between-case themes. Findings indicate that language testers may benefit from policy literacy to form part of policy webs wherein they can influence instrumental decisions concerning language in migration policy.

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Section: Language Testers and Migration Policymentioning

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“…Savski (2017) provided another example of factors which can influence the impact of language testers in policymaking. He reviewed the contribution of different groups of linguists to the drafting and implementation of a Slovene language policy.…”

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Language testers and their place in the policy web

Schildt,

Deygers,

Weideman

2023

Language Testing

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“…While such demystification is a form of discursive struggle akin to the conflicts that occur when different ideologies come into contact (e.g. nationalist and neoliberal agendas in language policy, see Savski, 2017), it is also distinct from such debates in that it is the site of potential liberation from hegemony. Namely, by sharing narratives and identifying common experiences, members of discursive communities are able to form alliances and build counter‐ideologies through which broader resistance to unjust social relations may be mobilized.…”

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Dialogicality and Racialized Discourse in TESOL Recruitment

Savski

2021

TESOL Quarterly

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The investigation and unmasking of racial inequality have been one of the cornerstones of the critical turn in TESOL, so much so that a significant body of literature on the topic now exists. Yet, there is often a lack of reflection on the fact that discourse surrounding contentious social issues like race is inherently dialogical in that it consists of constant interaction between different voices (heteroglossia) and ideologies (polyphony). This paper presents the findings of a study focussing on the dialogicality of discourse surrounding the recruitment of non-local teachers of English in Thailand. This research, framed by the existence of significant inequalities between teachers of different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds in the Thai educational system, examined the role race played in interactions in a Facebook group for non-local teachers of English seeking employment in Thailand. The analysis focussed on identifying points of struggle, salient topics around which particularly intensive concentrations of dialogicality could be found. Two are presented in this paper, the struggle for discursive space to debate racial inequality and the struggle over the assignment of victimhood and perpetratorhood. I conclude by arguing for more attention to be paid to how global inequalities in TESOL are debated and challenged locally.

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Gender, Discourse and Ideology in Italian

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Language policy at times of instability and struggle: the impact of fluctuating will and competing agendas on a Slovene language strategy

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Language testers and their place in the policy web

Language testers and their place in the policy web

Dialogicality and Racialized Discourse in TESOL Recruitment

Feminine Forms Between Recommendations and Usages

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