Now my hope is clear for building my future. How two young refugees build social connectedness
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Now my hope is clear for building my future. How two young refugees build social connectedness |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1417 |
Book Title | Language, culture and social connectedness |
Authors | |
Author | Taylor-Leech, Kerry |
Editors | Dashwood, Ann and Son, Jeong-Bae |
Page Range | 115-135 |
Chapter Number | 8 |
Number of Pages | 21 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Place of Publication | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781443829922 |
Abstract | This chapter describes some findings from an ethnographic study of the relationship between language training and settlement success. Using a social practices perspective, I describe how two young, male refugees build social connectedness. I show how social networks provide each young man with an important social resource and act as mediators of literacy and culture. I use the notion of in-betweenness to interpret their experience of coming to terms with the past, adjusting to a new culture, learning a new language and making sense of their lives in their new country. I then describe some practices that support their progress towards oral and literate proficiency in English. Finally, I suggest that teachers have much to gain from ethnographic studies that can help them to understand the experience of refugee learners more deeply and elicit rich funds of knowledge that can be drawn upon to support learners’ educational and literate success. |
Keywords | refugees; settlement; social practices; connectedness; in-betweenness |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440107. Social and cultural anthropology |
470401. Applied linguistics and educational linguistics | |
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0z2y/now-my-hope-is-clear-for-building-my-future-how-two-young-refugees-build-social-connectedness
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