“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 add to calendar
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