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| Autor/inn/en | Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. |
|---|---|
| Institution | Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn (Germany). |
| Titel | Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category. Discussion Paper. |
| Quelle | (2002), (46 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Language Proficiency; Language Skills; Refugees; Second Language Learning; Australia |
| Abstract | This study examines the impact of visa category on the English language skills of recent immigrants to Australia, focusing on the extent to which immigration selection criteria have an impact on language skills and noting the extent to which this impact is over and above that attributable to age, skills, and behavioral factors. The study followed a cohort of recent arrivals to Australia, examining both visa category and variables derived. Immigrants were interviewed three times between 1993-95. Overall, immigrants' English speaking, reading, and writing skills varied across the visa categories, and they were considerably higher among skill-based immigrants shortly after immigration, followed by family-based visa recipients. Refugees had the lowest language proficiency. These differences disappeared 3.5 years after immigration for speaking skills, but they persisted for reading and writing skills. The variables generated from the model of destination language proficiency were in part predictions of visa category and were important statistically for explaining proficiency. The effects of some variables on language skills increased with duration, in particular, the efficacy variable, age, and gender, which may be reflecting differences in labor market attachment. (Contains 25 references.) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (SM) |
| Anmerkungen | IZA, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany. E-mail: iza@iza.org. For full text: http://www.iza.org. |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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