Intercultural Challenges for the Reintegration of Displaced Professionals (Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication)

This book critically reflects on the challenges faced by refugee aspirant professionals in securing employment and the ways in which professional intercultural competence development and attendant language learning practices can help facilitate the professional (re)integration in these communities. The volume draws on data from a large-scale research project that saw refugee aspirant professionals, researchers, and volunteer language teachers working together to develop and operationalise key intercultural skills needed for professional employment in the UK, the Netherlands, and Austria, ultimately culminating in a toolkit of free online resources co-designed to meet the needs of communities and facilitate the development of these practices across Europe. Detailed analyses of the data drawn from the project allow for critical reflections on co-production in intercultural spaces and researchers' positionality, power relations, and ethical choices in multilingual contexts. Taken together, the book offers both theoretical and practical considerations for application beyond the European context toward better facilitating the professional (re)integration of migrant communities on a more global scale. The book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in intercultural communication, refugee studies, and language education.

Politics & Social Sciences

Walsh, Steve

Schneider, Stefanie

Ganassin, Sara

Schartner, Alina

Johnstone Young, Tony

Social Sciences

Routledge

This book investigates the social, political and educational role of community language education in migratory contexts. It draws on an ethnographic study that investigates the significance of Mandarin-Chinese community schooling in Britain as an intercultural space for those involved. To understand the interrelation of 'language', 'culture' and 'identity', the book adopts a 'bricolage' approach that brings together a range of theoretical perspectives. This book challenges homogenous and stereotypical constructions of Chinese language, culture and identity&nbsp;- such as the image of Chinese pupils as conformist and deferent learners - that are often repeated both in the media and in academic discussion.

Language, Culture and Identity in Two Chinese Community Schools: More than One Way of Being Chinese? (Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education, 35) (Volume 35)

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Foreign Language Study & Reference

Multilingual Matters

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