The Limits of ‘Democratic’ Language Education

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_791
dc.title	The Limits of ‘Democratic’ Language Education. The Case of Civic Knowledge Tests in Italy
dc.contributor.author	Machetti Sabrina
dc.contributor.author	Rocca Lorenzo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/elle/2017/1/i-limiti-alleducazione-linguistica-democratica/
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents the first results of a research project realized by the Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena that created materials designed to promote social awareness nei migrants living in Italy. The paper describes the Italian context within the more complex European situation, then moves to the analysis of the construct and content of the KoS materials and identifies some critical issues related to the ethics of a KoS test and the impact on a democratic educational linguistics project.
dc.relation.ispartof	EL.LE
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| Issue 1 \| May 2017
dc.issued	2017-03-01
dc.dateAccepted	2017-04-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-11-05
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-6792
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2280-6792/ELLE-6-1-17-3
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Educational linguistics
dc.subject	Educational linguistics
dc.subject	Knowledge of society
dc.subject	Knowledge of society
dc.subject	Migrants
dc.subject	Migrants
dc.subject	Test
dc.subject	Test

Research Article
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The Case of Civic Knowledge Tests in Italy

Sabrina Machetti Università per Stranieri di Siena

Lorenzo Rocca Università per Stranieri di Perugia, CVCL, Italia

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abstract

This paper presents the first results of a research project realized by the Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena that created materials designed to promote social awareness nei migrants living in Italy. The paper describes the Italian context within the more complex European situation, then moves to the analysis of the construct and content of the KoS materials and identifies some critical issues related to the ethics of a KoS test and the impact on a democratic educational linguistics project.

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March 1, 2017

Accepted

April 20, 2017

Submitted

Nov. 5, 2016

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Keywords: Educational linguistics • Knowledge of society • Migrants • Test

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