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Engaging The Needs Of Young Refugees In The Language Classroom, Mia-Shalom N. Hayes
Engaging The Needs Of Young Refugees In The Language Classroom, Mia-Shalom N. Hayes
Selected Honors Theses
As the number of refugee students increase each year, many language teachers find themselves uninformed and ill-equipped to effectively engage refugee students in the classroom. Thus, through a survey and synthesis of the current body of research, the following literature review seeks to present the specific needs of refugee students and suggest practical ways in which language teachers can effectively meet those needs and engage refugees in the language classroom. The findings suggest that though the pre-migration, trans-migration, and post-migration experiences present numerous physical, emotional, behavioral, cultural, social, and academic challenges to refugee students in the classroom, teachers can combat …
Beginning From The Border, Kip Austin Hinton
Beginning From The Border, Kip Austin Hinton
Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Abstract
In this essay, Educational Borderlands: A Bilingual Journal (EBBJ) is introduced in relation to borderlands, in South Texas and beyond. The journal’s purpose is explained, beginning with its inception as part of the bilingual mission at a majority Mexican American university, then placed within educational, political, and linguistic contexts. Each of EBBJ’s threads is situated in relation to hybridity, intersectionality, bilingualism, translanguaging, transnationalism, and the border itself. The journal seeks to apply these to the study of curriculum, instruction, special education, dual language bilingual education, and research across various interdisciplinary fields.
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En este ensayo, Educational Borderlands: A Bilingual …