Local Tests, Local Contexts: The Italian Language Testing Scenario

Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants in Greece and Italy: Language Requirements and Learning Opportunities in L2 Greek and L2 Italian

“…Tintori (2018) argues about migration laws that accrue from a combination of ius sanguinis (right of blood or descent), ius soli (right of the soil or birth in the country), and ius domicilii (right of abode or residence in the country), in order to discuss the public debate and political activities concerning the reform of the ius soli provisions in the Italian Nationality Law and naturalization patterns in Italy. Since our paper focuses only on the linguistic integration of migrants, this section will briefly present the Italian language and KoS requirements and tests in the context of migration in Italy as well as and language-learning opportunities in L2 Italian (see Machetti and Masillo 2023;Masillo 2021;Barni 2012;Deiana 2021;D'Agostino and Lo Maglio 2018;Bianco and Ortiz Cobo 2018). Machetti et al (2018) discuss language policies for migrants in Italy, considering the extent to which Italian language policies are or are not capable of guaranteeing the possibility to participate in the democratic life of the country and therefore to have a genuine opportunity to integrate.…”