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SUMMARY:Language Testing of Asylum Seekers
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DESCRIPTION:Language Analysis for Determination of Origin (LADO) is a new
  branch of applied linguistics\, used by governments in processing asylu
 m seekers who are applying for refugee status. As part of testing their 
 claim to come from a certain nation\, region or group\, some asylum appl
 icants are interviewed by government agencies or commercial contractors 
 seeking to ascertain whether they natively speak the language of a group
  they say they belong to. Many linguists and some judges have been criti
 cal about the standard of expertise used in these cases: Can language te
 sting be done validly and reliably? For which sorts of cases? Are govern
 ments employing a useful tool or paying for “bad science”? (Part of the 
 50th Anniversary series of public lectures put on by the Department of L
 inguistics and English Language.)
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre A\, University Place\, Manchester
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