Becoming a Citizen - Linguistic Trials and Negotiations in the UK - Bog af Dr Kamran (Research Associate Khan - Hardback

Becoming a Citizen - Linguistic Trials and Negotiations in the UK - Dr Kamran (Research Associate Khan

This book explores the process of acquiring UK citizenship and investigates how the naturalisation process is experienced, with an explicit focus on language practices. This ethnographically-informed study focuses on W, a Yemeni immigrant in the UK, during the final phase of the citizenship process. In this time, he encounters linguistic trials and tests involving the Life in the UK citizenship test, community life, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), adult education and the citizenship..