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Language learning linked to migration is an important issue in many contemporary societies. This article discusses how adult migrants following a L2 Swedish course express beliefs on competence, language learning and language use during a test event. The theoretical framework is based on performance theory and the Bakhtinian notion of addressivity. Drawing on an interactional analysis of 27 video-recorded paired speaking tests (a candidate-candidate discussion) in the final national exam in an L2 Swedish course for adult migrants, the article discusses how the speaking tests could be interpreted as institutionalized staged performance. It is argued here that institutional performance puts ideologies on display. Stancetaking, interactional alignment and an orientation to dominant discourses on monolingualism and integration become important resources for keeping the discussion going in front of the examiners. Finally, the study argues that the view of speaking tests as performance provides a deeper understanding of the complexity of language use in test settings.Spr akinl€ arning kopplat till migration € ar en aktuell fr aga i m anga samh€ allen. Den h€ ar artikeln belyser hur vuxna migranter som l€ aser en kurs i svenska som andraspr ak uttrycker tankar om kompetens, spr akinl€ arning och spr akanv€ andning under ett prov i muntlig f€ ardighet. Det teoretiska ramverket bygger p a performanceteori och Bakhtins begrepp addressivitet. Analysen bygger p a 27 videoinspelade parsamtal (en diskussion mellan tv a testtagare) i de nationella slutproven i utbildning i svenska f€ or invandrare. Artikeln diskuterar hur proven i muntlig f€ ardighet kan ses som institutionell performance och hur ideologier synligg€ ors i institutionell perfomance. Analysen visar att positionering (stance), interaktionell samst€ ammighet (alignment) och en orientering mot samtida ideologier kring enspr akighet och integration blir till resurser f€ or att h alla diskussionen ig ang inf€ or l€ ararna. Slutligen argumenterar studien f€ or att synen p a muntliga prov som performance bidrar till en djupare f€ orst aelse f€ or komplexiteten i spr akanv€ andning i testsammanhang. [Swedish]

At school everyone realizes that it takes more time than they thought you cannot learn in a year a language is a long-term project But everyday life is a short-term project and it doesn't really fit together because you want to manage in life today right now Extract 1, data set A 1