Linguistic penalty in the job interview

Ingrid Piller

Linguistic penalty in the job interview

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Abstract

A common explanation for the un- and underemployment of migrants is that their English is not good enough. Despite the overuse of this explanation, we do, in fact, not have a particularly clear idea what “good English” for a particular job might mean. In some cases, the proficiency expectations placed on job candidates are clearly out of step with the language requirements of a particular job, as I have shown before. So, when it comes to migrants’ access to the job market, English language proficiency is both over-used as explanation and under-specified as to what the actual requirements might be.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Language on the move
Publisher	Language on the move
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2014

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200401 applied linguistics and educational linguistics
200405 language in culture and society (sociolinguistics)

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Linguistic penalty in the job interview

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