A multilingual refugee, a personal experience

Abstract The refugee is the person who has fled his or her country for reasons of war, racial discrimination, vengeance, sectarian massacres or other reasons. Many refugees have left everything behind them to reach a society that is completely different from their own, creating many challenges. Perhaps the most important of these challenges is to learn the language of the host country, which is the key that opens the door to integration in all its forms. Overcoming the challenges in language learning occurs not only through teaching institutions, but society also plays a major role. Thus, we can say that the process of teaching the language to newcomers is a combination of the efforts of the relevant educational institutions as well as those of social and cultural organizations and individuals. In this report, I review the process of teaching foreign languages to refugees and migrants, based on my personal experience as a refugee student and as a language teacher for foreigners, which I have been at the same time for more than three years. The article does not address educational methods as much as the steps that I believe should be taken into consideration in the process of trying to integrate refugees in their host community culturally and linguistically. These steps, which may often have more of an impact than the traditional teaching process, are not confined to the field of educational institutions, but go beyond them to reach social and cultural organizations.

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Persepsi Mahasiswa Terhadap Proses Pembelajaran Kemahiran Bahasa

JURNAL Al-AZHAR INDONESIA SERI HUMANIORA ◽

10.36722/sh.v3i4.224 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 297

Author(s):

Faisal Hendra

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Foreign Language Learning ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Teaching Methodologies ◽

Teaching Aids ◽

Five Elements

Abstrak - Keberhasilan penerapan kurikulum pembelajaran bahasa asing diperguruan tinggi harus didukung dengan kemampuan profesional pendidik dan lembaga pendidikan mengawal pelaksanaan lima unsur yang ada dalam kurikulum. Kelima unsur ini adalah: tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam pengajaran bahasa asing, bahan ajar yang digunakan, metodelogi penganjaran yang dipakai oleh dosen, alat bantu pengajaran yang mendukung proses pembelajaran bahasa dan yang terakhir proses evaluasi yang digunakan dosen dalam menentukan sejauhmana keberhasilan pembelajaran bahasa asing yang dipelajari. Keseimbangan lima unsur dalam pembelajaran bahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia menjadi satu keharusan untuk diterapkan. Dari hasil penelitian ini didapatkan data bahwa lima unsur kurikulum dalam pengajaran bahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra sudah dilaksanakan dengan baik walaupun dibeberapa sisi masih perlu untuk ditingkatkan lagi. Untuk mengembangkan kurikulum dan meningkatkan proses pembelajaran kemahiran berbahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia kedepannya, maka penelitian ini dilakukan.Kata kunci: persepsi, mahasiswa, proses pembelajarn, kemahiran berbahasaAbstract - The success of the curriculum of foreign language implementation at a University level should be supported by the educator’s professional skills and educational institutions itself that supports the implementation of the five elements in the curriculum. These five elements are: the goal in teaching foreign languages, the teaching materials, the teaching methodologies used by lecturers, the teaching aids that support the process of language learning and finally, the evaluation process used by lecturers in determining how far the success of the foreign language learning studied has achieved. The balance of these five elements in foreign language learning at the Faculty of Letters, Al Azhar University of Indonesia becomes a must to apply. From the results, this study obtained data that the five elements of the curriculum in the teaching of foreign languages in the Faculty of Letters has been implemented well, although some areas still need a lot of improvement. To develop the curriculum and improve the process of learning foreign language proficiency in the Faculty of Letters, Al Azhar University of Indonesia in the future, this research is conducted.Keywords: perception, student, learning process, language proficiency

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The significance of a pandemic in teaching foreign languages, with special regard to the teaching of seniors

XLinguae ◽

10.18355/xl.2021.14.01.06 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 73-80

Author(s):

Aleksander Kobylarek ◽

Emilia Alaverdov ◽

Luba Jakubowska

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Foreign Language Teachers ◽

Educational Methods ◽

Special Regard ◽

Interview Technique ◽

Remote Learning

This article presents the results of research into the influence of a pandemic on education in the field of foreign languages. Research regarding opinions was conducted by the free interview technique on specially selected foreign language teachers in Poland, Belarus, Italy, Ukraine and Georgia. The areas researched covered opinions on various topics – changes in the functioning of educational institutions; changes in students’ needs, expectations and behaviour, with special regard to seniors; problems connected with remote learning; changes in educational methods and content; and the specifics of teaching seniors foreign languages during a pandemic. As a result of qualitative analysis, three categories of problem emerged - pedagogical, didactic, and those specific to the teaching of seniors.

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THE PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE IN CROATIAN TOURISM

Tourism and hospitality management ◽

10.20867/thm.13.3.15 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 693-700

Author(s):

Nevenka Blazević ◽

Maja Blazević

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

German Language ◽

Global Competition ◽

Tourist Industry ◽

German Speaking ◽

Communication Needs

The global competition on the tourist market and the internationalization of the tourist industry intensify the need for language learning. Knowledge of foreign languages is the most important prerequisite of the quality service in the tourist industry. The structure of foreign guests in Croatia classified by emitting countries proves that the part of the German speaking guests in comparison with other language communities is the most prominent one, so that German is the most important foreign language for the communication in Croatian tourism. Although its learning in Croatian educational institutions compared to English has been neglected, it has been learnt by all pupils in vocational schools for hotel and tourism industry. In Croatian tourism English as the language of the global communication can not satisfy all communication needs in tourism.

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Development of Plurilingual Competencies through Vocationally Oriented Language Learning in Sweden

Comparative Professional Pedagogy ◽

10.2478/rpp-2014-0034 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 44-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Larysa Movchan

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Language Education ◽

Foreign Language Education ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

International Mobility ◽

Council Of Europe ◽

Upper Secondary ◽

Higher Educational

Abstract The article tackles the problem of developing plurilingual competencies through vocationally oriented foreign language in Sweden. The author analyses the pedagogical conditions of realization of plurilingual education at upper-secondary schools, vocational and higher education establishments and the aspects of teacher education for this purpose. The vocational foreign language education in Sweden is determined by the country’s multilingual policy and English is given much priority in many societal domains including educational. English and other foreign languages are used as the medium of instruction while teaching the content of other subjects. At the higher educational level students are encouraged to write research papers in English. Participation of Sweden in numerous multilingual initiatives of the Council of Europe providing the opportunities for both teachers and learners of vocational and higher educational institutions with the opportunities of the cross-border cooperation in this sphere and international mobility. Still, there is a problem of teacher’s training for teaching foreign languages in professional spheres. Using skills as a framework of foreign languages for specific purposes teachers are provided with the necessary knowledge and tools to deal with their own students’ specializations.

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Migrant children: current research highlights in Russia

Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0009.7626 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 7-13

Author(s):

Irina Simaeva

Keyword(s):

Elementary Education ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Host Country ◽

Emotional Expression ◽

Foreign Language Learning ◽

Psychological Adaptation ◽

Migrant Children ◽

Learning Problems ◽

Educational Institutions

The article provides an analysis of trends and approaches to researching foreign language learning problems, social and psychological adaptation, and the integration of migrant children in the multiethnic educational institutions of Russia. Showing new actual directions of scientific research: methodology of elementary education in foreign language of middle-school and older migrant children, learning, emotional expression of migrant children and development of their emotional intelligence. It indicates other necessary areas of international research and development in migrant children, a stable identification with the host country, and support for the psychological feeling of security to counter involvement in terrorism.

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TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS IN POLAND

The Modern Higher Education Review ◽

10.28925/2518-7635.2018.3.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Olena Ivashko

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Foreign Language Learning ◽

Educational Needs ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Language Learning Strategies ◽

Third Age ◽

The Third

The article tackles the problem of teaching foreign languages to seniors. The general trends in FL education for the third-age learners are outlined. The institutions in which seniors can study foreign languages in Poland are enumerated. The psychological, physiological, methodological and social peculiarities of teaching a foreign language to the third agers are analyzed. Special emphasis is laid upon educational needs of the Third Age learners. Some language learning strategies which help seniors’ foreign language learning are suggested.

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Understanding High Performance in Late Second Language (L2) Acquisition—What Is the Secret? A Contrasting Case Study in L2 French

Languages ◽

10.3390/languages6010032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 32

Author(s):

Fanny Forsberg Lundell ◽

Klara Arvidsson

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

High Performance ◽

Native Speaker ◽

Age Of Onset ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Host Community ◽

L2 Acquisition ◽

Attribute Importance ◽

High Performing ◽

High Performers

Adult L2 acquisition has often been framed within research on the Critical Period Hypothesis, and the age factor is one of the most researched topics of SLA. However, several researchers suggest that while age is the most important factor for differences between child and adult SLA, variation in adult SLA is more dependent on social and psychological factors than on age of onset. The present qualitative study investigates the role of migratory experience, language use/social networks, language learning experience, identity and attitudes for high performance among Swedish L1 French L2 users in France. The study constitutes an in-depth thematic analysis of interviews with six high-performing individuals and four low-performing individuals. The main results show that the high performers differ from the low performers on all dimensions, except for attitudes towards the host community. High performers are above all characterized by self-reported language aptitude and an early interest in languages, which appears to have led to rich exposure to French. Also, they exhibit self-regulatory behaviors and attribute importance to being perceived as a native speaker of French—both for instrumental and existential reasons.

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APPLICATION OF VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION OF EDUCATION

Bulletin Series of Physics & Mathematical Sciences ◽

10.51889/2021-2.1728-7901.07 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

pp. 61-67

Author(s):

B. D. Sydykhov ◽

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D.U. Ydyrysbayev ◽

Z.A. Batyrkhan ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Educational Process ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Traditional Teaching ◽

Digital Learning ◽

Budget Cuts ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

E Learning ◽

The University ◽

Computer Labs ◽

Digital Learning Resources

Today, education is influenced by many factors. Educational institutions face budget cuts, outdated information technology, data security management, and a push to integrate distance learning. Virtualization technologies offer innovative solutions to the problems that arise in this direction. In particular, the extensive use of virtualization in implementing remote and traditional teaching with the use of various e-learning materials, digital learning resources, educational portals, websites, cloud-based technologies. The article presents the directions of the organization of the original educational infrastructure with the use of virtualization technologies implemented by the university in the educational process. This infrastructure provides students and university staff with access to virtual workstations and applications over the Internet, both for working in computer labs at the university and for extracurricular work. Virtualization technologies that characterize the infrastructure functions are presented, which reflect the advantages of this direction, and the final results of research experiments conducted to identify infrastructure problems are presented.

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Towards a Model of Learner Variation in Autonomous Foreign Language Learning

Studies in Second Language Acquisition ◽

10.1017/s0272263100000966 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 73-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

T. S. Rodgers

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Foreign Language Learning ◽

Learning Systems ◽

Design Model ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

The Third ◽

Short Piece ◽

Language Needs

My intent in this short piece is to provide a context for consideration of learner variables in foreign language learning. I first propose a question set outlining the major issues, as I see them, arising in the design of learner-based foreign language learning systems. I then present a simplified three-part design model comprising knowledge considerations (language needs assessment), instructional considerations (learning access alternatives) and learner considerations (characteristics of learners). A review of some recent work in the first two of these prefaces the discussion of the third, learner considerations. A brief state of the art report on research in learner variables is followed by some speculation on next directions in the determination and description of learner variables within a general design model for learning foreign languages.

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