Language Learning for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

[Unkotare]

It is often one of the first and most crucial skills for new arrivals entering the country under the most trying of circumstances. Given the background, education, and affective issues facing such learners, different approaches are recommended as compared to other student populations. It can be very challenging but also very rewarding when progress is made.







note: For anyone feeling motivated to post something like "Dey Shud Stai Da Fuc Out!" just take it as having been said and move on.

 

[Mr. H.]

And what are some of those different approaches?

 

[Unkotare]

And what are some of those different approaches?

Many. Often, people who have lived most of their lives in a refugee camp will be illiterate in their first language, which greatly affects second language acquisition. People unfamiliar with the objectives and expectations of a typical learning environment in the country of their destination will tend to have a hard time being successful initially. Of equal importance, the circumstances that have brought a refugee or asylee to their new country can create affective barriers to the acquisition of the dominant language where they now live due to, among other things, their attitude toward the target language and the culture in which it functions. There are many more detailed complications that have to do with the comparative linguistics between the L1 of the new arrival and the target language, and the functional uses for that language that an individual may want or need.


It's pretty complicated.

 

[Mr. H.]

I understand that "it's complicated". And it's probably "me, not you", but still what are some of those different approaches?

Employing more effective ESL instructors? Should the illiterate in their first language be first taught their native language or be first taught the English language?

Often time you come off as quite banal and esoteric. As well as obtuse.

 

[Unkotare]

I understand that "it's complicated". And it's probably "me, not you", but still what are some of those different approaches?....

Ugh...a demanding interlocutor. OK, part of an effective approach - depending always on the individual - may be literacy classes in the L1. This can greatly improve the rate and success of acquisition of the target language. Obviously, learning basic vocabulary and key sight-words as well as basic sentence structure and grammar are important for beginning learners. For adult learners, designing courses based on identified goals and practical usage can be motivating and help overcome affective barriers.

 

[Mr. H.]

Thank you for responding to the task. I'm impressed.

And I am informed.

Yet, you are still a bitch because this is USMB and I can say that.

 

[Unkotare]

.... you are still a bitch because this is USMB and I can say that.

 

[Mr. H.]

Girl, prepare yourself...

 

[Unkotare]

It is often one of the first and most crucial skills for new arrivals entering the country under the most trying of circumstances. Given the background, education, and affective issues facing such learners, different approaches are recommended as compared to other student populations. It can be very challenging but also very rewarding when progress is made.







note: For anyone feeling motivated to post something like "Dey Shud Stai Da Fuc Out!" just take it as having been said and move on.

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[Unkotare]

It is often one of the first and most crucial skills for new arrivals entering the country under the most trying of circumstances. Given the background, education, and affective issues facing such learners, different approaches are recommended as compared to other student populations. It can be very challenging but also very rewarding when progress is made.







note: For anyone feeling motivated to post something like "Dey Shud Stai Da Fuc Out!" just take it as having been said and move on.

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