Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Routledge
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
School
School of Communication and Arts
RAS ID
12466
Abstract
Although English is widely used by Indigenous Australians as the main means of communication, national testing has consistently raised questions as to the level of their English language and literacy achievement. This article examines contextual factors (historical, linguistic, cultural, socio-political and educational) which underlie this situation and calls for a more context-sensitive approach to the English language assessment of Indigenous Australians.
DOI
10.1080/15434303.2010.536869
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Language Assessment Quarterly, on 25 May 2011, Malcolm, I. G. (2011). Issues in English language assessment of Indigenous Australians. Language Assessment Quarterly, 8(2), Original article available here