Gatekeeping v. Marketing: English Language Proficiency as a University Admission Requirement in Australia

Autor/in	Bodis, Agnes
Titel	Gatekeeping v. Marketing: English Language Proficiency as a University Admission Requirement in Australia
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 42 (2023) 7, S.1578-1592 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bodis, Agnes)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2023.2174082
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Admission; Admission Criteria; Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Monolingualism; Foreign Students; School Policy; Language Usage; Social Bias; English Language Learners; Neoliberalism; Web Sites; Legal Responsibility; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schulpolitik; Sprachgebrauch; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Web-Design; Strafmündigkeit; Australien
Abstract	In Australian higher education, there is a tension between international students' English language proficiency (ELP) seen as inadequate, thus prompting the need for firm gatekeeping for quality control, and on the other hand, the financial dependence on international student revenues, and therefore, striving to attract international applicants. Against this backdrop, this paper examines the way discursive forces interact in the context of ELP as an admission requirement. This paper analyses ELP admission requirements webpages of Australian universities, using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis. It finds that the textual and visual data have distinct messages enabled by the linguistic features of the legal discourse and the neoliberal marketing discourse, respectively. Their combination creates a representation of ELP as a requirement for the idealized student lifestyle in Australia. This strengthens the monolingual mindset operating in Australian education by referencing the authority of legislation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01