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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2025)

Compétences professionnelles perçues chez quatre groupes linguistiques de Néo-Québécois de la Ville de Québec

DOI
https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2025.33763
Submitted
December 19, 2023
Published
2025-09-15

Abstract

The professional integration of economic immigrants into the host society is not without difficulties. Employers may rely on their own perceptions to judge the language proficiency of applicants, which may disadvantage those who speak with a foreign accent. This article presents the results of a study conducted in Quebec City, highlighting the professional skills attributed to four recent immigrant language groups (Mandarin, Spanish, English and Persian speakers) based on their French accent. Some differences were observed according to the types of stimuli evaluated (auditory vs. auditory combined with photo, language groups) and the judges' profiles (age, beliefs about immigration) The results show that linguistic stereotyping affected the evaluative process, as judges did not attribute the same symbolic capital to the four groups.

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