IMPACT
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Project description
In recent years, language proficiency requirements for immigrants have become increasingly stringent in Finland and across Europe, impacting access to, e.g., higher education, employment, and citizenship. These requirements and language testing associated with them, aimed at facilitating social and professional integration, lack solid empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness. The IMPACT project examines the influence of these language proficiency mandates and associated high-stakes testing on the lives of adult immigrants in Finland.
The target group of the study is adults who have previously participated or are participating in the intermediate or advanced level YKI examination (National Certificates of Language Proficiency) to obtain an official certificate of their Finnish/Swedish language skills.
