S066 2/2 | International Perspectives On Educational Models For Newly Immigrated (refugee) Children, Adolescents, And Young Adults: Options, Challenges & Best Practices

S066 2/2 | International perspectives on educational models for newly immigrated (refugee) children, adolescents, and young adults: Options, challenges & best practices

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August 16, 2021 02:30 PM - August 16, 2022 06:00 PM(Europe/Amsterdam)

20210816T1430 20210816T1800 Europe/Amsterdam S066 2/2 | International perspectives on educational models for newly immigrated (refugee) children, adolescents, and young adults: Options, challenges & best practices Educational systems all over the world face the challenges of migration, diversity, and multilingualism. How can educational needs of refugees as well as newly immigrated children, adolescents, and young adults in general be met in order to provide longer-term opportunities of integration and participation? Which types of educational models have been devised for different age groups and for newcomers with varying pre-migration schooling experiences, and how successfully? Which are the major challenges for language acquisition and content teaching? For instance, how can the teaching of subject matters be introduced such that content teaching provides opportunities for language learning even at low proficiency/literacy levels, and how can multiligualism be used as a learning/teaching resource? How can transitions to regular educational programs be scaffolded and continuous language training be ensured? This symposium brings together experts in refugee education, second language learning/teaching research, and multilingualism, focusing on educational options, challenges, best practices, and implications for linguistically diverse classrooms more generally. Strand (1): educational models and challenges, pre-migration schooling, and managing transitions (featured speaker: Prof. Martha Bigelow); strand (2): literacy, academic language proficiency, content and language learning, and heterogeneous classrooms (featured speaker: Prof. Nicole Marx). S066 detailed programme, click here. Room 1 AILA 2021 aila2021@gcb.nl

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Educational systems all over the world face the challenges of migration, diversity, and multilingualism. How can educational needs of refugees as well as newly immigrated children, adolescents, and young adults in general be met in order to provide longer-term opportunities of integration and participation? Which types of educational models have been devised for different age groups and for newcomers with varying pre-migration schooling experiences, and how successfully? Which are the major challenges for language acquisition and content teaching? For instance, how can the teaching of subject matters be introduced such that content teaching provides opportunities for language learning even at low proficiency/literacy levels, and how can multiligualism be used as a learning/teaching resource? How can transitions to regular educational programs be scaffolded and continuous language training be ensured? This symposium brings together experts in refugee education, second language learning/teaching research, and multilingualism, focusing on educational options, challenges, best practices, and implications for linguistically diverse classrooms more generally. Strand (1): educational models and challenges, pre-migration schooling, and managing transitions (featured speaker: Prof. Martha Bigelow); strand (2): literacy, academic language proficiency, content and language learning, and heterogeneous classrooms (featured speaker: Prof. Nicole Marx).

S066 detailed programme, click here.

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In Germany, separate classes for newcomer students are very common. In these learning groups the diversity of multilingual resources is extremely high due to a multiplicity of heritage and foreign languages on different skill levels. How can they be used as a learning and teaching resource?

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What’s Additional? Four Issues for Teachers of EAL Learners in Changing Irish Primary Schools.View Abstract

Standard 02:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 12:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 16:00:00 UTC

This presentation will offer insights from research into the evolving status of language and literacy support provision for children with EAL in mainstream Irish schools and the inherent issues for primary teachers, at a time when a language curriculum and Special Education allocation model is being introduced across the country.

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Informal science education for preschool dual language learnersView Abstract

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This poster reports on a multi-year, multi-institution project that explored the potential of informal science education to engage dual language learners (DLLs) and their families in multilingual early childhood educational contexts.

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A Canadian perspective on the educational systems/curriculum designed to support refugees: Ways to optimize parent-teacher collaborationsView Abstract

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The global political climate has created an unprecedented influx of refugees entering Canada and Canadian schools. This study explores the complex relationship between refugee families and their childrens’ schools, exploring both informal and formal ways to optimize parent-teacher collaboration, accessibility, and existing communications channels between all stakeholders.

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Learning in English in a Djiboutian refugee camp for an uncertain English speaking futureView Abstract

FeaturedAILA Symposium 02:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 12:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 16:00:00 UTC

This talk will showcase the language policies and practices of a Djiboutian refugee camp with an eyewitness account. Instructional materials will be explored through post-colonial literature, through the lens of imagined community, and investment (Norton). These theoretical frames will help trouble the idealistic, imagined or imposed identities the children in the refugee camp must cope with in the (neo)colonial/liberal realities of today.

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