In:Migration, Language, and Policy Discourse: Bridging the gap between policymaking and language assessment
Laura Schildt
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 59] 2026
► pp. 87–113
Chapter 6Language tester identities
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Article outline
- Philosophical and theoretical approach
- Critical realism
- Identity in discourse
- Agency and structure in identities
- Stance and positioning
- Language tester identities
- Language tester identities in the policy domain
- Methodology
- Framework of analysis
- Narrative selection
- Analysis
- Christine: Critical activist — language expertise is challenged
- Robert: Objective expert — language expertise is neutral
- Natalie: Issue advocate — language expertise is engaged
- Emily: Problem-solving partner — language expertise is legitimized
- Reflections and implications
- Concluding remarks
