2020 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence

January 23–26, 2020

Tucson, Arizona and online

“Universal” Western Knowledge and U.S. Naturalization: Meaning-Making by Refugee-Background Adults

Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 12:00 PM–12:30 PM MST

Salon J

Proposal Type

In-person paper presentation

Language of Presentation

English

Strand

Theory and approaches

Summary

This study investigated how refugee-background adults with no or limited literacy make meaning from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) official study materials for the U.S. naturalization test. Results illuminated how U.S. naturalization assessment practices are inadvertently biased against individuals with limited or extremely different literacy experiences.

Primary Presenter

Jenna A. Altherr Flores, University of Arizona, Second Language Acquistion and Teaching

Country

USA